Blackpool Pleasure Beach gates are occasionally opened to permit large groups of guests into the park during the peak season. The park has 5 car parks and a coach park. Blackpool Pleasure Beach railway station and the "Big Blue Hotel" are towards the south end of the park. The park is split up into 3 sections: North Park, Nickelodeon Land and South Park. The main park is divided by separate themed areas. These are "North Entrance Plaza", "Heidi Strasse", "Bean Street FY4", "The Watson Overpass", "The Tom Sawyer Bridge" and "South Entrance Plaza". Many of the rides in the park are built over
Tales from Pleasure Beach episode for "The Guardian", said "Tales from Pleasure Beach" was "nicely shot, well acted and refreshingly frank in its portrayal of alcopop-swilling sexual manners", however she found it "rattling through a series of stock tableaux that juddered perceptively under the weight of their agony aunt morality". Tales from Pleasure Beach Tales from Pleasure Beach is a British television drama series first broadcast on BBC Two between 2 and 16 August 2001. Written by Welsh playwright Roger Williams, the three episodes each feature a self-contained story against the backdrop of a seaside amusement park. The series received a BAFTA Awards nomination