Southport Beach — Attraction in Sefton

SOUTHPORT is a seaside town in Merseyside ENGLAND , Southport lies on the IRISH sea coast and is fringed to the North by Ribble estuary, The town was founded in 1792 When WILLIAM SUTTON a innkeeper from churchtown built a bathing house at what is now the South end of Lord street at that time the area was known as SOUTHHAWES the rapid growth of Southport largely coincided with the industrial Revolution and the victorian era .SOUTHPORTS PIER is the second longest seaside pleasure pier in the British ISLES the town contains examples of Victorian Architecture ,Some parts of the town have names of Viking origen. It's a lovely little seaside town with the beach and sea and hotels and b&b.s. and AMUSMENTS it's a bit more later back than blackpool but is still good for couples or families it has a boating area AMUSEMENT ARCADES some fair RIDES and a little bus tram like that takes you down the pier .it also has little streets with all kinds of shops and restaurants and cafe's it's LOVELY in summer .I remember stolling down the streets eating ice cream checking out all the shops and then going by the pier were there is live music people dancing and singing along .and then having some good old fashioned fish and chips, all the while breathing in the sea air I must say that in my experience the tide is usally out ..having been taken to both Southport and blackpool as a child I would say Southport has not really changed that much there is still some swimming baths there. all in all not a bad place for a day out...

Spent the weekend here as the kids wanted to get away so we picked this place at random. The beach whilst vast isn’t really a beach you can go down and have a picnic and play around with on as most of it is under water and when the tide goes out, the sand is very wet. Saying that the beach goes on forever and if you are planning to walk on the sand, make sure you wear your wellies!! The pier is one of the longest piers I have been on and is great for a walk although it can get a little windy at times! There is even a little train which takes you up and down which is worth a go. At the end of the pier there is a cafe and amusement arcade with some old school penny games which was great for nostalgia. The cafe does a great hot chocolate and the ice cream was lovely. There is also a little hut serving fresh donuts which you can never resist because the smell draws you to them. Very friendly lady who served us and even gave us extra donuts! We stayed at Ocean Plaza which was very handy with free parking although the Pleasureland didn’t look that busy and very tired so we gave...

Wow it's been about 40 years since I grew up here, but came back to see what has changed. For who don't no, Southport beach sea is like wooden rocking house pop, rarely seen. Most of the beach really wasn't beach as it was covered ingrasses, the pier (nothing like the picture) it burnt out and not maintained. The marine lake looks just the same 140 acres of water but under utilised. Did I mention the 72 million pounds development planned? Gone are the days of the tide coming in right down to the high street, money well spent on a sea wall after far too many years of floods. If you like feathered birds then you are in for a treat. I spotted so many twitchers with binoculars they could hardly lift up look for a glimpse of the less spotted (hints in the name) ????? Bird. I bet Southport has the highest population of people...