Recommended Towns & Villages near Southport

Formby (18 Pictures)

in the county of Merseyside (7.0 miles, 11.3 km, direction SW)

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Lytham St Anne's (86 Pictures)

in the county of Lancashire (7.1 miles, 11.4 km, direction N)

St. Anne's has a fine sandy beach backed by grassy sand dunes and a fascinating pier, first built in 1885 and subsequently rebuilt and remodelled...

Rufford (6 Pictures)

in the county of Lancashire (7.3 miles, 11.8 km, direction E)

Noted for its picturesque late-medieval manor house Rufford Old Hall, the village of Rufford occupies a fine setting on the fertile Lancashire Plains...

Lydiate (3 Pictures)

in the county of Merseyside (8.5 miles, 13.6 km, direction S)

This attractive village was mentioned in the Doomsday Book. It is perhaps best known for the evocative ruins of St. Catherine's Church...

Crosby (31 Pictures)

in the county of Merseyside (11.4 miles, 18.3 km, direction S)

Modern day Crosby straddles the Irish Sea, it is a mainly residential area with a coastline of sands - including the Blundell Sands, thus named for the Blundell family...

Aintree (1 Pictures)

in the county of Merseyside (12.0 miles, 19.3 km, direction S)

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Blackpool (310 Pictures)

a Seaside Town in the county of Lancashire (12.1 miles, 19.5 km, direction N)

Blackpool, long famous for its vast illuminated Golden Mile, commenced its rise to fame way back in the Victorian Era when the famous seafront consisted of no more than a single row of houses...

Rainford (17 Pictures)

in the county of Merseyside (13.3 miles, 21.4 km, direction SE)

Rainford is a small village attractively set in open countryside between St. Helen's and Wigan...

Preston (68 Pictures)

in the county of Lancashire (14.2 miles, 22.9 km, direction NE)

This is the town that was at the centre of the cotton spinning industry for well over a hundred and fifty years. ..

Chorley (34 Pictures)

in the county of Lancashire (14.8 miles, 23.8 km, direction E)

The town's historic roots go back beyond the Bronze-Age, as evidenced by findings in the 20th century...

New Brighton (30 Pictures)

in the county of Merseyside (15.2 miles, 24.4 km, direction S)

New Brighton in the Wiirral may not be quite what the traditional Brighton of the South of England is, with its extravaganza of a Royal Pavilion, but what it does have is well worth sampling...

Cleveleys (127 Pictures)

in the county of Lancashire (15.8 miles, 25.4 km, direction N)

Less bustling than its busy neighbour Blackpool, Cleveleys lies on the same 15 mile stretch of beautiful golden sands...

Wigan (52 Pictures)

in the county of Greater Manchester (16.3 miles, 26.2 km, direction SE)

Wigan is a sociable town with a long history, it received it's Royal charter in the middle of the 13th-century, but prior to that the Roman's had built a settlement here...

Liverpool (619 Pictures)

a Historic City in the county of Merseyside (16.5 miles, 26.5 km, direction S)

World famous for it's football team and the birthplace of the Beatles , from early humble origins Liverpool, over the centuries has grown and developed to become one of the most.....

St Helens (86 Pictures)

in the county of Merseyside (17.0 miles, 27.4 km, direction SE)

Having transcended the Industrial Revolution and shaken off its old image, St.Helens is rapidly developing into a place of culture and style...

Hoghton (12 Pictures)

in the county of Lancashire (17.6 miles, 28.3 km, direction E)

It was here that James I created "Sirloin" when he supposedly knighted his beef!..

Fleetwood (97 Pictures)

in the county of Lancashire (18.4 miles, 29.5 km, direction N)

Fleetwood was once famous as a fishing port, but now it is more likely the visitor will see yachts and leisure boats lined up at the pretty quayside...

Port Sunlight (8 Pictures)

in the county of Merseyside (20.6 miles, 33.1 km, direction S)

The centre-piece of the village is the Lady Lever Art Gallery and Museum, this was built as a memorial to Lady Lever and was opened in 1922...

West Kirby (8 Pictures)

in the county of Merseyside (20.8 miles, 33.4 km, direction SW)

The town lies between Heswall and Hoylake, it has a nice sandy beach, a beautiful marine lake and some lovely preserved Victorian properties...

Scorton (3 Pictures)

in the county of Lancashire (21.8 miles, 35.2 km, direction NE)

The picturesque village of Scorton lies to the west of the Bowland Forest beneath the shadow of Calder Fell, in an area much famed for its sparkling streams, fells and forest glades inhabited by wildlife...

Recommended attractions near Southport

Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust Martin Mere (52 Pictures)

(4.7 miles, 7.5 km, direction E)

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Formby Reserve (2 Pictures)

(7.0 miles, 11.2 km, direction SW)

A beautiful stretch of coastline offering a large expanse of beach, sand dunes and pine woods where you can glimpse the rare but.....

Rufford Old Hall (20 Pictures)

(7.4 miles, 11.9 km, direction E)

Rufford Old Hall was presented to the National Trust in 1936 by Lord Hesketh. The Old Hall is a medieval manor house of splendid.....

Blackpool Pleasure Beach (9 Pictures)

(10.0 miles, 16.1 km, direction N)

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Blackpool Zoo (10 Pictures)

(11.5 miles, 18.5 km, direction N)

Blackpool Zoo, situated in Lancashire, England, is a popular zoological park known for its wide variety of animals and.....

Camelot Theme Park (4 Pictures)

(11.8 miles, 19.0 km, direction E)

Join Merlin, King Arthur and his brave knights of the Round Table at the Kingdom of Camelot and explore five magical lands filled.....

Harris Museum & Art Gallery, Preston (1 Pictures)

(13.5 miles, 21.8 km, direction NE)

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Cuerden Valley Country Park (1 Pictures)

(14.2 miles, 22.9 km, direction E)

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Preston Guildhall (1 Pictures)

(14.3 miles, 23.0 km, direction NE)

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Astley Hall (9 Pictures)

(14.4 miles, 23.1 km, direction E)

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Croxteth Hall (9 Pictures)

(15.0 miles, 24.1 km, direction S)

This magnificent Hall was once the home of the Molyneux family, Earls of Sefton, who were second in importance to the Earls of.....

Knowsley Hall & Safari Park (3 Pictures)

(16.0 miles, 25.7 km, direction SE)

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The Cavern Club (8 Pictures)

(16.8 miles, 27.1 km, direction S)

The most famous club in the world....

Albion House (1 Pictures)

(17.0 miles, 27.3 km, direction S)

A Victorian era office block designed by Richard Norman Shaw who based the design after his earlier work on Scotland Yard. Albion.....

Albert Dock (29 Pictures)

(17.3 miles, 27.8 km, direction S)

King John granted Liverpool a charter in 1207, this was to encourage the growth of a port, at this time it was a small fishing.....

The Beatles Story Exhibition (8 Pictures)

(17.3 miles, 27.8 km, direction S)

Liverpool's world famous and multi-award winning Beatles Story experience..

Liverpool Cathedral (19 Pictures)

(17.4 miles, 27.9 km, direction S)

That Liverpool should finally have a Roman Catholic Cathedral of its own, was a dream come true when on 14th May 1967, the.....

Friends Meeting House (2 Pictures)

(17.4 miles, 28.0 km, direction SE)

George Shaw of Bickerstaffe first established this handsome stone-built house of 1679 as a place of Quaker worship, since then.....

Hoghton Tower (12 Pictures)

(18.0 miles, 28.9 km, direction E)

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Sefton Park Palm House (15 Pictures)

(18.6 miles, 30.0 km, direction S)

A Victorian glasshouse, showcasing the liverpool Botanical collection...

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