Stanley Park        Blackpool Attractions STANLEY Park is Blackpool's peaceful parkland haven and is within a five-minute drive from The Seymour Hotel. The green retreat, opened in 1926, offers visitors and locals a refreshing change from the busy seafront, with its boating lake, bandstand and rose gardens. There are ample sports and leisure facilities, including an indoor sports centre with everything from badminton and basketball to five-a-side football and weight training. Outside is a full-size athletics track, all-weather soccer pitches, tennis courts, 'trim trail' and a professional golf course as well as putting for beginners and crazy golf for funsters, crown and flat bowling greens, table tennis, trampolining and netball.