Blackpool Hotels [ close window ] Blackpool Hotels, Hotels in Blackpool Ash Lea Hotel 49 Reads Avenue, Blackpool FY1 4DG Blackpool Zoo Attraction: Blackpool Zoo Blackpool Zoo  (4 km) Blackpool Zoo is just ten minutes from junction 4 on the M55 and 2 miles behind the seafront. The Zoo is home to more than 1500 exotic animals that include lions, tigers, Asian elephants, gorillas and many more. Here you will find a wonderful world of animals and reptiles, also exotic birds in naturalistic environments.