Walk the Rainbow Quarter

Your pocket guide to the quarter. Pick a route and press start: a live arrow points you to the next venue, your phone buzzes when you arrive, and the guide moves on by itself when you head off. It shows what is open right now and what is closest to you.

The bars and cabaret, in walking order from the station.

Start at Blackpool North station

Ready when you are

Press Start walking to share your location, or use Next stop to step through the route.

Build my night

Tell the guide what you fancy and it will plan a route around what will actually be open when you get to each place.

Vibe Stops Time at each Include men-only venues

Plan check: will it be open when I get there?

Rainbow passport

Collect a stamp at every venue you reach. Your passport stays on your phone; save it as a picture to share if you like.

Safe home

Pick where you are staying and the guide will walk you straight back, with the same live arrow.

I'm staying at

Emergency: 999. Police non-emergency: 101. Stick to the main, lit streets and look out for each other. See staying safe and reporting hate crime.

GPS not great? Tell us where you are

Tall buildings can confuse phone GPS. Pick the place you are standing by and the guide will use that until a good signal comes back.

I'm at

Around you now

What it does

Live arrow. Turn on Compass and the arrow turns as you do, pointing the way to the next stop. Without a compass it points north-up, and once you are walking it uses your direction of travel.
Arrival alerts. Your phone buzzes when you reach each venue, and with Voice on it chimes and tells you where you are and where to go next.
Auto next. Once you have arrived, the guide moves to the next stop by itself as you walk away.
Starts where you are. If you are already in the quarter, it picks up from the nearest stop you have not visited.
Open now. Venues with published hours show whether they are open right now, in UK time.
Keeps going. Your screen stays on while you walk where your phone allows it, and your progress is saved if you close the page.
Build my night. Choose a vibe and how many stops, and the guide plans a route around what will be open when you arrive.
Plan check. See your estimated arrival time at each stop and whether it will be open, and skip the ones that won't.
Did you know? Stories about the quarter's history pop up as you reach each stop, and are read out with Voice on.
Rainbow passport. Collect a stamp at every venue, and save your passport as a picture to share.
Safe home. One tap walks you back to your hotel or the station.
Private by design. Your location and compass stay on your phone. They are only used in your browser, and this site never receives or stores them.
Honest maps. Pins are placed by postcode, so they are close to, but not always exactly on, each door. The lines show the order, not the exact path; use Walking directions for turn-by-turn help. Men-only venues are marked.

Prefer to plan at home? Use the full map, the bar crawl guide or every street. Look out for each other, and see staying safe.