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.
Towns to visit near Southport include St Helens, Billinge, Speke, Southport, Formby, Wallasey, and Birkenhead.
There are a several good lakes in the area around Southport like Carr Mill Dam.
The area around Southport's best woodlands can be found at Carr Mill Dam.
There are a several good parks in the Southport area like Victoria Park, John Eddleston Playing Fields, Stanley Park, Sefton Park, and Vale Park.
Rainford Old Delf - Crank Caverns is one of Southport's best, nearby old mines to visit in Southport.
Southport is near some unmissable hills like Billinge Hill (Wigan),
Don't miss Billinge Beacon, Liverpool Cathedral, St Johns Beacon, Speke Hall, Gateway to the former Liscard Battery, and Bidston Windmill's historic buildings if visiting the area around Southport.
There are a several good historic monuments in the Southport area like Billinge Beacon, and New Brighton War Memorial.
Places near Southport feature a number of interesting cities including Liverpool.
There are a several good rivers and streams in the area around Southport like Mersey Estuary.
The area close to Southport boasts some of the best gardens including St John's Gardens - Liverpool.
Liverpool One is one of Southport's best, nearby shopping centres to visit in Southport.
The area close to Southport boasts some of the best airports including Liverpool John Lennon Airport.
There are a number of beaches near Southport including Southport, Formby Beach, New Brighton, and Thurstaston Beach.
Nature Reserves to visit near Southport include Formby Nature Reserve.
Don't miss New Brighton, Eastham, Upton, Wallasey Village, West Kirby, Thurstaston, and Thornton Hough's villages if visiting the area around Southport.
Southport has some unmissable islands nearby like Little Hilbre Island, and Hilbre Island.
Wirral Country Park is one of Southport's best, nearby country parks to visit in Southport.
Leeds and Liverpool Canal - Wigan to Liverpool Section is a great place to visit close to Southport if you like canals.
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.
