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Delve into Blowick
The district Blowick of in Sefton (England) is a district located in United Kingdom about 190 mi north-west of London, the country's capital town.
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Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 12°C / 53 °F
Morning Temperature | 9°C / 48 °F |
Evening Temperature | 12°C / 53 °F |
Night Temperature | 11°C / 52 °F |
Chance of rainfall | 0% |
Air Humidity | 79% |
Air Pressure | 1021 hPa |
Wind Speed | Gentle Breeze with 7 km/h (5 mph) from North-West |
Cloud Conditions | Broken clouds, covering 74% of sky |
General Conditions | Broken clouds |
Wednesday, 6th of November 2024
14°C (57 °F)
12°C (54 °F)
Broken clouds, gentle breeze.
Thursday, 7th of November 2024
14°C (56 °F)
12°C (53 °F)
Sky is clear, moderate breeze, clear sky.
Friday, 8th of November 2024
12°C (54 °F)
10°C (49 °F)
Overcast clouds, moderate breeze.
Hotels and Places to Stay
The Baytrees Hotel
Leicester Hotel
Vincent
Ramada Plaza Southport
Albert and Victoria Hotel
The Shelbourne Apartments
Formby Hall Golf Resort & Spa
Scarisbrick Hotel
TRAVELODGE SOUTHPORT
Metropole
Videos from this area
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The Southport FC Match Day Experience
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Palace Hotel Birkdale Southport
Full story of the demolition of The Palace Hotel, Birkdale, Southport in 1969.
Day out, short break or holiday, Southport has so much to offer
Miles of coast, world class golf, events all year round and this is just a taste of what Southport has to offer for your next UK holiday. Situated just 20 miles north of Liverpool, 30 miles...
Southport v Port Vale FA Cup 1st Round 1988
Highlights of the FA Cup 1st Round tie at Haig Avenue on 19 November 1988.
Southport Solicitors
"We are a specialist solicitors in Southport providing a professional, expert service for a variety of clients for over 20 years, and we're justifiably proud of our excellent reputation." -...
The Southport Belle's Tour of The Marine Lake
The Marine Lake lies nestled between the town centre and the sea and is used for a variety of water-sports including water-skiing, sailing and rowing. The lake is home to the West Lancashire...
thunder Lightning strike over southport caught on camera on my iPhone 5s and slowed down
Lightning over southport caught on camera on my iPhone 5s.
SPEEDING TRAFFIC, RUFFORD ROAD, SOUTHPORT
Just a sample of the cars, vans, wagons, tractors and buses that speed along Rufford Road, Southport everyday. We now have the added features of Speed "Cushions". What they actually cushion,...
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Southport
Southport is a seaside town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton in Merseyside, England. During the 2001 census Southport was recorded as having a population of 90,336, making it the eleventh most populous settlement in North West England. The endonym for people from Southport is "Sandgrounder". Southport lies on the Irish Sea coast of North West England and is fringed to the north by the Ribble estuary.
Southport F.C
Southport Football Club is an English football club based in Southport, Merseyside. The club participates in the Conference National, the fifth tier of English football. They play their home matches at The Merseyrail Community Stadium, which has a capacity of 6,008 (1,884 seated, 4,124 standing). They are known by their nickname "The Sandgrounders".
Southport (UK Parliament constituency)
Southport is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2001 by John Pugh, a Liberal Democrat.
Meols Cop railway station
Meols Cop railway station serves the Blowick suburb of the coastal town of Southport, Merseyside, England. The station has an island platform and is served by Northern Rail's Manchester Victoria - Southport via Wigan Wallgate branch services, on which it is the last stop before the terminus. The station is unstaffed and passengers must buy their tickets on the train.
Shirdley Hill
Shirdley Hill is a small village in the civil parish of Halsall, Lancashire, England, and is situated on the West Lancashire Coastal Plain. It is reached by B roads from either the A5147 or the A570. An £80,000 redevelopment of the village green, completed in 2009, provided the green with a new pond, benches and a flower bed. Shirdley Hill railway station was on the Liverpool, Southport and Preston Junction Railway, though the station closed in 1938, and the track was lifted in 1964.
West Lancashire Coastal Plain
The West Lancashire Coastal Plain is a large area in the south west of Lancashire, England. The plain stretches from the Rimrose Valley in Seaforth, near Liverpool on the Mersey, to the south, to Preston on the Ribble, to the north. To the east, the plain is bounded by the foothills of the Pennines, while the western edge of the plain is separated from the sea by sand dunes. It is very flat, and much of it is only a few metres above sea level. The terrain is mostly glacial in origin.
Southport Theatre
Southport Theatre is a theatre in Southport, England that is owned by Sefton Council and is managed by Ambassador Theatre Group. The theatre presents a programme of touring shows, opera and children's shows throughout the year. The theatre is also a popular choice for national and international conferences & exhibitions and has recently undergone a £40m renovation as part of the overall redevelopment of the Southport area.
Shirdley Hill railway station
Shirdley Hill was a railway station in the village of Shirdley Hill, Lancashire, on the Liverpool, Southport and Preston Junction Railway. Situated on Renacres Lane, the station opened on 1 November 1887 and was the only station on the Barton Branch to have a level crossing instead of a road bridge. The "Altcar Bob" service operated through Shirdley Hill from July 1906. The station closed to passengers on 26 September 1938, though the line remained open for goods traffic until 21 January 1952.
Lord Street, Southport
Lord Street is the main shopping street of Southport, in Merseyside, England. It is one of the great shopping streets of Northern England and measures exactly 1 mile in length, with a roundabout marking each end of the street. There are many water features, gardens and architectural buildings along the entire street, with a mix of residential, commercial and public buildings. Napoleon III lived in lodgings just off Lord Street, in 1846, before becoming Emperor of the French in 1851.
Haig Avenue
Haig Avenue, known as the The Merseyrail Community Stadium for sponsorship reasons, is a football stadium in Southport, England that holds 6,008 spectators, with 1,660 seated and 4,440 standing. Since being opened in 1905 it has been the home ground of Conference National side Southport F.C..
Southport Ash Street railway station
Southport Ash Street was a railway station in Southport, Lancashire, England. It opened as Southport Windsor Road on 10 June 1878 as the temporary terminus of the West Lancashire Railway from Preston. On 5 September 1882 a permanent terminus was opened at Southport Central. From 1 November 1887 the Liverpool, Southport and Preston Junction Railway to Altcar and Hillhouse also ran through Southport Ash Street. In July 1897, both lines were absorbed into the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway.
Stanley High School (Southport)
Stanley High School is a high school for students aged 11to16 in the resort town of Southport, Merseyside in North West England. It became a designated specialist Sports College in 2003, but in 2012 it was renamed Stanley High School to celebrate the school's 60th anniversary.
Meols Hall
Meols Hall is a historical manor house in Churchtown, Merseyside, dating from the 12th century but largely rebuilt by Roger Fleetwood-Hesketh in the 1960s.
Hesketh Golf Links
Hesketh Golf Links is a 14.6 hectare Site of special scientific interest situated 2km north-east of Southport town centre. The site was notified in 1989 due to its biological features, in particular focusing on the presence of the nationally rare Sand lizard (Lacerta agilis).
Southport Eastbank Street railway station
Southport Eastbank Street was a railway station in Southport, Merseyside. It opened on 21 July 1848 as the temporary northern terminus of the Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway, and was the first railway station in Southport. Situated between Eastbank Street and Portland Street, it consisted of a single platform together with a run-round loop and one siding. In 1850 the platform was extended, and an extra line was constructed along with two additional sidings on the east side.
Southport London Street railway station
Southport London Street was a railway station in Southport, Merseyside. It opened on 9 April 1855 as the East Lancashire Railways terminus for the Manchester and Southport Railway, a line jointly operated by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway. The station closed on 1 April 1857, with all services transferred to the adjacent Southport Chapel Street, though the station buildings remained in use as a goods depot.
Kew Gardens railway station (Merseyside)
Kew Gardens was a railway station on the edge of Southport, Merseyside, on the Liverpool, Southport and Preston Junction Railway. The station opened on 1 November 1887, and was situated north of the A570 between Meols Cop Road and Foul Lane. Kew Gardens served and was named after a nearby 12-acre park and boating lake, which closed around 1930. The station closed to passengers on 26 September 1938, though the line remained open for goods traffic until 21 January 1952.
Butts Lane Halt railway station
Butts Lane Halt was a railway station in the Blowick suburb of Southport, Merseyside. The station opened in March 1907 as a halt on the Liverpool, Southport and Preston Junction Railway, and consisted of simple cinder based platforms at track level, situated on an embankment to the south of Butts Lane bridge. The station closed on 26 September 1938, though the line remains open and is today used by trains on the Northern Rail Manchester to Southport Line.
Blowick railway station
Blowick railway station was on the Manchester and Southport Railway in the Blowick suburb of Southport, Merseyside. Situated on a level crossing on Meols Cop Road, the station opened as Cop End in early 1871, and was renamed Blowick on 1 October 1871. The station closed on 25 September 1939, and this section of the line closed on 14 June 1965, forcing trains to divert through Meols Cop on a section of the old Liverpool, Southport and Preston Junction Railway.
Meols Cop High School
Meols Cop High School is a mixed 11-16 comprehensive school located in Southport, Merseyside, England. The school was opened in 1941 and originally consisted of two separate single sex secondary modern schools. One half of the building accommodated the girls and one half the boys – the hall was shared. In 1979 the two schools amalgamated to form Meols Cop High School under the leadership of Alan Hall, the boy's secondary modern head teacher.
Southport gas holder
Southport Gas Holder was once the tallest structure in the northern town of Southport, England for 40 years. The 84.5 m high structure could be seen from miles around, for example from Blackpool and Winter Hill. To some people of the local area it was an instantly recognisable symbol of home coming after being away for weeks. It was built in 1969 in the Blowick area of Southport (1.7 miles from the town centre) – grid reference SD362167.
Southport Botanic Gardens
Southport Botanic Gardens is a botanical garden situated in the suburban village of Churchtown, Southport, in Merseyside, England. It is often called "The Jewel in the Crown" as it is nationally known for its floral displays, which have been featured in the BBC TV program Gardener's World.
St Cuthbert's Church, Churchtown
St Cuthbert's Church is an Anglican church in Churchtown, Merseyside, a village that is now a suburb of Southport in the English county of Merseyside. It is an active parish church in the Diocese of Liverpool and the archdeaconry of Warrington. It has been designated a Grade II listed building by English Heritage. Historically, St Cuthbert's was the parish church of the ecclesiastical parish of North Meols and was within the boundaries of the historic county of Lancashire.
Wayfarers Arcade
Wayfarers Arcade (previously the Leyland Arcade and Burton Arcade) is a Grade II listed structure located in the seaside town of Southport, Merseyside on the famous boulevard of Lord Street in the town centre. The arcade is a near untouched building with the glass dome and Victorian shop fronts below it, creating a shopping arcade.
British Lawnmower Museum
The British Lawnmower Museum is a museum on lawnmowers in Southport, Merseyside, northern England. The museum has over 300 restored exhibits of garden machinery over the last 200 years. Lawnmowers included that of Prince Charles and Princess Diana. The museum has workshops that restore lawnmowers for the collection and others around the world. The collection includes patents and blueprints dating from 1799.