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.
There are a several good lakes in the area around Southport like Carr Mill Dam.
Woodlands to visit near Southport include Carr Mill Dam.
Southport's best nearby parks can be found at Victoria Park, John Eddleston Playing Fields, Stanley Park, Sefton Park, and Vale Park.
Old Mines to visit near Southport include Rainford Old Delf - Crank Caverns.
Billinge Hill (Wigan) is one of Southport's best, nearby hills to visit in Southport.
There are a several good historic buildings in the Southport area like Billinge Beacon, Liverpool Cathedral, St Johns Beacon, Speke Hall, Gateway to the former Liscard Battery, and Bidston Windmill.
The area around Southport features a number of interesting historic monuments including Billinge Beacon, and New Brighton War Memorial.
The area close to Southport boasts some of the best cities including Liverpool.
The area close to Southport boasts some of the best rivers and streams including Mersey Estuary.
St John's Gardens - Liverpool is a great place to visit close to Southport if you like gardens.
Southport is near some unmissable shopping centres like Liverpool One,
There are a number of airports near to Southport including Liverpool John Lennon Airport.
The area around Southport boasts some of the best beaches including Southport, Formby Beach, New Brighton, and Thurstaston Beach.
The area close to Southport boasts some of the best nature reserves including Formby Nature Reserve.
Southport has some unmissable villages nearby like New Brighton, Eastham, Upton, Wallasey Village, West Kirby, Thurstaston, and Thornton Hough.
The area around Southport boasts some of the best islands including Little Hilbre Island, and Hilbre Island.
There are a number of country parks near to Southport including Wirral Country Park.
The area around Southport's best canals can be found at Leeds and Liverpool Canal - Wigan to Liverpool Section.
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.
