Liberty Church Blackpool
A small, openly LGBTQ+ inclusive Christian church in North Shore, with Sunday worship, a free Wednesday meal and same-sex weddings.
Egerton Road
Just past the quarter in North Shore, home to St Paul's Worship Centre and the LGBTQ+ inclusive Liberty Church.
Egerton Road is in North Shore, just beyond the northern edge of the quarter, where it meets Pleasant Street. Dickson Road, a block away, was once called Warbreck Road.
St Paul's and Liberty Church
St Paul's Worship Centre on Egerton Road (FY1 2NP) is where Liberty Church Blackpool meets: a small Christian congregation that welcomes LGBTQ+ people, marries same-sex couples and offers blessings. It holds Sunday worship at 6.30pm and a free Wednesday meal and discussion, and it is also a third-party hate crime reporting centre. Everyone is welcome; you don't need to be LGBTQ+ or a regular churchgoer.
The building has full wheelchair access and a Changing Places toilet.
A bit of history
St Paul's began in 1895 as a tin church seating 500. A larger church followed from 1897, with a vicarage and a church hall built at the same time. The hall housed soldiers and evacuees in the Second World War. The last service in the old church was held in 1992; since then worship has taken place in the former hall on Egerton Road. The church itself was largely demolished, but its tower survives on Dickson Road as part of St Paul's Medical Centre, a GP practice that holds the county's LGBT inclusion quality mark. The former vicarage on Egerton Road is locally listed.
Getting here
Walk up Dickson Road from Blackpool North station and turn right at Pleasant Street.
Support and services on Egerton Road
More about Egerton Road on this site
- LGBTQ+ weddings and blessings in Blackpool
- Blackpool's Rainbow Quarter: getting around
- Queen Street
- Lord Street
- Dickson Road
- Talbot Road and the town centre
- Faith and LGBTQ+ Life in Blackpool
- Weekly Regulars: LGBTQ+ Blackpool Day by Day
- Liberty Church Blackpool
Sources
- Heritage Open Days: St Paul's North Shore
- GENUKI: St Paul, Blackpool
- Blackpool Council: locally listed buildings
- NHS: St Paul's Medical Centre
More streets
Banks StreetThe quarter's car park street, a minute from the station, with guest houses, Welhorny's and a Progress Pride street sign.Springfield RoadHome of the rainbow crossing junction with Dickson Road, Acqua sauna and Gin & Bear It, running up from the Metropole.Cocker StreetNamed after Blackpool's first mayor, with Chaps, Evanescent, Secrets, The B&B Blackpool and two small car parks.Cocker SquareWhere Cocker Street meets the sea, at the end of Princess Parade, with a 24-hour car park.Yates StreetA short side street off Lord Street with the Neon cocktail bar and hotel and the men-only Prince Albert.Pleasant StreetThe northern edge of the quarter, where Lord Street ends, with The Dame Lane bar and B&B.General StreetA quiet street just back from the sea, linking Springfield Road, Banks Street and Cocker Street, with Lawrence House.High StreetThe street behind Dickson Road, starting by Blackpool North station, with Pride Lodge and guest houses.Princess ParadeThe 1912 colonnaded promenade from North Pier to Cocker Square, where the Illuminations began and Pride has set up its stage.Talbot SquareWhere Talbot Road meets the sea, with the Town Hall, North Pier and a tram stop.Every streetThe full list, from the quarter to Bispham and South Shore.