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.
Lakes to visit near Southport include Carr Mill Dam.
Southport is near some unmissable woodlands like 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 a great place to visit close to Southport if you like old mines.
Hills to visit near Southport include Billinge Hill (Wigan).
Southport has some unmissable historic buildings nearby like Billinge Beacon, Liverpool Cathedral, St Johns Beacon, Speke Hall, Gateway to the former Liscard Battery, and Bidston Windmill.
Historic Monuments to visit near Southport include Billinge Beacon, and New Brighton War Memorial.
There are a several good cities in the area around Southport like Liverpool.
There are a several good rivers and streams in the area around Southport like Mersey Estuary.
Gardens to visit near Southport include St John's Gardens - Liverpool.
The area close to Southport boasts some of the best shopping centres including Liverpool One.
Airports to visit near Southport include Liverpool John Lennon Airport.
There are a several good beaches in the Southport area like Southport, Formby Beach, New Brighton, and Thurstaston Beach.
The area around Southport's best nature reserves can be found at Formby Nature Reserve.
Southport's best nearby villages can be found at New Brighton, Eastham, Upton, Wallasey Village, West Kirby, Thurstaston, and Thornton Hough.
Don't miss Little Hilbre Island, and Hilbre Island's islands if visiting the area around Southport.
Country Parks to visit near Southport include Wirral Country Park.
There are a number of canals near to Southport including 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.
