Southport is a Town in the county of Merseyside.
Southport postcode: PR8 1AH
There are great places to visit near Southport including some great towns, lakes, woodlands, parks, old mines, hills, historic buildings, historic monuments, cities, rivers and streams, gardens, shopping centres, airports, beaches, nature reserves, villages, islands, country parks and canals.
The area around Southport features a number of interesting towns including St Helens, Billinge, Speke, Southport, Formby, Wallasey, and Birkenhead.
The area close to Southport boasts some of the best lakes including Carr Mill Dam.
Don't miss Carr Mill Dam's woodlands if visiting the area around Southport.
Parks to visit near Southport include Victoria Park, John Eddleston Playing Fields, Stanley Park, Sefton Park, and Vale Park.
Don't miss Rainford Old Delf - Crank Caverns's old mines if visiting the area around Southport.
Hills to visit near Southport include Billinge Hill (Wigan).
The area around Southport features a number of interesting historic buildings including Billinge Beacon, Liverpool Cathedral, St Johns Beacon, Speke Hall, Gateway to the former Liscard Battery, and Bidston Windmill.
Southport's best nearby historic monuments can be found at Billinge Beacon, and New Brighton War Memorial.
There are a several good cities in the area around Southport like Liverpool.
Mersey Estuary is one of Southport's best, nearby rivers and streams to visit in Southport.
St John's Gardens - Liverpool is a great place to visit close to Southport if you like gardens.
There are a several good shopping centres in the area around Southport like Liverpool One.
There are a several good airports in the area around Southport like Liverpool John Lennon Airport.
The area around Southport features a number of interesting beaches including Southport, Formby Beach, New Brighton, and Thurstaston Beach.
Southport is near some unmissable nature reserves like Formby Nature Reserve,
New Brighton, Eastham, Upton, Wallasey Village, West Kirby, Thurstaston, and Thornton Hough are some of Southport best villages to visit near Southport.
There are a number of islands near Southport including Little Hilbre Island, and Hilbre Island.
The area close to Southport boasts some of the best country parks including Wirral Country Park.
Leeds and Liverpool Canal - Wigan to Liverpool Section is one of Southport's best, nearby canals to visit in Southport.
Southport History
There are some historic monuments around Southport:
Places to see near Southport
History of Southport
The first real evidence of an early settlement here is in the Domesday Book, in which the area is called Otergimele. The name is derived from Oddrgrimir meaning the son of Grimm and is linked to the Old Norse word melr meaning sandbank. The Domesday Book states that there were 50 huts in Otergimele, housing a population of 200. The population was scattered thinly across the region and it was at the northeast end of Otergimele (present day Crossens), where blown sand gave way to alluvial deposits from the River Ribble estuary, that a small concentration of people occurred. The alluvium provided fertile agricultural land and the river itself stocks of fish.
