Southport, jewel of the north

Advantages: Something for everyone
Disadvantages: Unless you are a big Blackpool fan!

...I must come clean and say that my views of Southport are undoubtedly biased as it is my home town, although I haven't lived there for over ten years. I think I now visit infrequently enough to see the changes, yet frequently enough to be familiar with the town. Southport was built as a resort town but has always lived in the shadow of its bigger and brasher neighbour, Blackpool. To be fair, if you like Blackpool, then go there. Southport will only disappoint. If you're still open-minded then read on. Southport is a mid-sized town on the Lancashire (technically Merseyside) coast about 15 miles north of Liverpool. Its most well known feature is the impressive shopping boulevard, Lord Street. This broad tree-lined street benefits from almost continuous cast iron and glass Victorian canopies which serve to shelter the shopper from...

pauljm 15.03.2001 (03.09.2001) · Read review
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Southport airshow, great, stunning, awesome!!

Advantages: The great planes!, army, activities!
Disadvantages: No red arrows :-(

...I have always loved planes all my life the power, thrust, speed everything about them and I especially love unique planes and air shows are the best places to go for the unique planes and today on the 10th of September was the Southport air show and was the perfect opportunity for me to go and watch a few of the best unique planes in the world. I have literally just got back in from the air show and I am on my computer writing a review on it because I think it was so stunning. -*-*- A little history about the place -*-*- Southport has been a great location for all the family since the Victorian times and I don't know how long the air show has been going but my Nan says when she was a child it was going and that was about 70 years ago, as I just mentioned Southport is a great place to go for all the family and Southport has a beach I...

ste231191 11.09.2005 · Read review
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Pleasure Land - Southport

Advantages: Great day out
Disadvantages: Crowds

...Southport is a great day out for all the family, especially if you get the weather! We all went to Southport a couple of weeks ago, the weather was cracking the pavements the beaches were packed and everyone just looked like they were having a really good day. We only took a walk around the Pleasure Land Complex, looking at all the rides and all the kids enjoying themselves. Unfortunately we were unable to let Jessica go on anything as she is only 8months old. We did however go into Southport Zoo. It cost us £** for 2 adults and under 2 year old go free. It was fantastic, it's only small but you need at least two hours to walk around and see everything. They had everything from Goats to Crocodiles. They were doing a bit of refurbishment when we went and some of the enclosures were being worked on but apart from that it was...

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Review of Southport (England)

Prince of Wales Southport

Advantages: none
Disadvantages: too many to list here!

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Review of Prince of Wales Hotel, Southport

The Real Southport

Advantages: Lord Street
Disadvantages: Run Down

...I used to live in Southport, I can tell you about the real Southport. You will not find a lot of sand on Southport's beach the reason why is there is a sandworks situated in Marshside, this sandworks takes all the sand off the beach. You can park on the beach for a couple of quid, the reason why is it's not very often you see the tide come in. The beach is completely disgusting; it's full of rubbish in my opinion it's a health hazard it's not unusual to see used syringes, condoms and sanitary towels. Southport has a pier with a train running along it, there is a pub at the end. Southport has a fair it's a bit run down, some of the rides could do with a lick of paint. You would be lucky to see a souvenir shop, although there are plenty of pubs and take away establishments. But Lord Street the main shopping area is...

mandyco 11.03.2001 · Read review
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Pleasureland, Southport (UK)

Advantages: Kids Entertainment, nice views
Disadvantages: Overpriced

...Parents are always stuck for idea's where to take the kids during school holidays (well i am) so one morning we decided to take a trip out to Southport, it wasn't raining (although it tried to a few times) but was windy, which didn't put us off as we were planning on going to Pleasureland, a mini theme park if you like thats been at Southport for years. It was just me, my mum and my 5 year old daughter so we weren't expecting it to cost that much so off we went, once we got there it wasn't too bad to find a parking space, theres plenty of spaces along the main road (if you go early) theres a few car parks and one just outside Pleasureland which is FREE, all others vary from £1.50 for an hour to £4.00 for 5 hours. Theres plenty of Chip shops and take-aways along the main road if your hungry, a few gift shops and if your lucky, some...

brownie1480 21.08.2006 · Read review
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Review of Pleasureland Southport, UK

I was just a little bit disappointed

Advantages: Good fun fair, good shopping, good golf.
Disadvantages: No traditional seafront to walk along, noisy at night.

...My partner and I visited Southport in 2000 to stay for a weekend in The Prince of Wales Hotel at the top of Lord Street. It was a nice enough break and the hotel was lovely, but Southport isn’t a place to which I crave to return. The reason we chose Southport is that the hotel is part of the Paramount group and we have joined their Leisure Break club so we get discounts at the hotels in the chain. To be fair the hotel was lovely, although not quite as nice as The Imperial in Blackpool, which also belongs to Paramount. It was noisy during Saturday night and the early hours of Sunday morning as the clientele leaving the local nightclubs were very rowdy. Lord Street itself is a street of mainly exclusive shops together with the representatives of the major stores so it’s a shopper’s paradise. Unfortunately as I...

SusanLesley 13.05.2001 · Read review
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Review of Southport (England)

  SUN, SEA, SAND ~ AND SEPTUAGENARIANS.

Advantages: YOU DON'T NEED A PASSPORT.
Disadvantages: LET'S JUST SAY THERE'S AN 'INTEREST' DEFICIT.

...Southport, a pimple on the coast of the Irish Sea, used to be in Lancashire. Then the Boundary Commission decided that it was more suited to Merseyside. The location change coincided with the general decline in popularity of English sea-side towns as holiday destinations, from the 1960s onwards. The town centre is about the same distance ? 20miles ? from Liverpool, St. Helens, Preston and Wigan. And about 40miles from Manchester. I?ve actually lived in Southport for 26years ? but I?m always interested to see how the place is being marketed to tourists. Presumably most visitors would arrive either by road or rail ? unless anyone was wacky enough to float over from Ireland on a lilo. Well, I guess their first impressions of the place will be pretty disappointing. The train station was constructed from concrete in the 1950s. Now in...

mr-zeeman 22.07.2003 · Read review
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Fancy A Swim? Fancy A Hike?

Advantages: Good shopping, and good things to do
Disadvantages: Beach wasn't too good

...I was recently invited to a christening. The invitation was from my cousin, Catherine, and it was to be held in the beginning of July. I couldn’t wait. Not to meet the baby, I’m afraid, but because she lives in Liverpool, and I was looking forward to go there for a shopping spree! But, sadly, I was told I wouldn’t stay with Catherine at all, but here sister, my other cousin – Karen, in Southport. I’d been to Southport when I was very little, with my Uncle and Aunty, and I only remembered a beach in my memory. So, I thought the only shopping I’d be doing was in the corner shop, to buy some milk, well when I arrived I was happily surprised to see that the town was all I needed for a shopping spree… I arrived in Southport via train, which gets me started rather well on Southport...

Mattroberts 12.07.2003 (13.07.2003) · Read review
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Review of Southport (England)

My favourite place

Advantages: Something for everyone
Disadvantages: None, it's great!

...I have read some reviews about my favourite town, Southport, recently that have been less than enthusiastic. As Southport won an award the other day for having the most improved beach in the country, I thought I would add my view of the other things it excels at. Southport is a seaside resort in the North-West of England. It is not your ‘kiss-me-quick’ hat type of resort, like Blackpool, it is more refined that than. But neither is it a kill-me-slowly, pensioners-only kind of place like Eastbourne. Southport is unique. The main shopping centre (and main it is, there are a good variety of shops from the bargain-basement to top quality) is Lord Street. It is away from the beach area (a bit on the lines of Llandudno) but runs parallel to it. The beach area for many years was neglected and barren. Now it is being...

MichelleScott 15.03.2001 · Read review
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