Cocker Square

Cocker Square is the small square where Cocker Street meets the Promenade. It marks the northern end of Princess Parade, the colonnaded walk that curves round the Metropole from North Pier, and it is the closest point on the seafront to the Lord Street guest houses. Its postcode is FY1 1RX.

Parking

Cocker Square car park is a small council car park, open 24 hours, with 22 spaces including 2 Blue Badge bays and a 1.9 metre height limit. Use the satnav postcode FY1 1RX and PayByPhone code 803816. The same postcode is used for the General Street side. See parking and arrival.

History

• Blackpool's first electric trams ran from here: the 1885 line from Cocker Square to Dean Street was the country's first permanent electric tramway, and until 1900 the trams went no further north.
• A Cocker Street tram stop stood here until the 2011 to 2012 modernisation of the tramway.
• Princess Parade, opened in 1912, runs from North Pier to Cocker Square.
• The square takes its name from the same family as Cocker Street, named after Dr William Henry Cocker, Blackpool's first mayor.

Getting here

Cocker Square is a short walk from Funny Girls along Dickson Road, and from North Pier along Princess Parade. The nearest tram stop today is North Pier.