Southport (England)

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

...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 ...
...ago, as I just mentioned Southport is a great place to go for all the family and Southport has a beach I admit it might not be the best in the world but it's a beach and that's where they hold the air show. -*-*- Southport air show… oh and the army. -*-*- Southport air show has been for the past few years connected with the army but it has always been Southport Air show, this year was no different except for the official name, this year its called ... Read review

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

...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 a state of permanent disrepair ...
...waiting rooms. Trains run between Southport and Manchester more or less every half-hour, and between Southport and Liverpool approximately every 15minutes. The once-magnificent Victorian bus station underwent a metamorphosis. It is now a car park for Safeway customers, and a row of empty, vandalised shops. There is no purpose-built bus terminus. National Express Coach passengers from London, Birmingham, and other southerly points, merely alight at ... Read review

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

...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 with transport. **TRANSPORT** ...
...was glad to see that Southport wasn’t that bad at all. I travelled from North Wales there, so it was quite a trip, but I was glad to see it was pretty easy to get there, and not a bad price at roughly £25 for a train trip from Wales to Southport. The train from Liverpool centre to Birkdale (roughly 1 mile from Southport, the train carries on to Southport, and is only about 30 seconds longer) wasn’t rather long taking around 40 minutes. ... Read review

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 ...
...to have a look. Southport is a resort that has a Victorian feel with a long sandy beach and sand dunes. The only problem for me was that a large park with a boating lake separates the town from the seafront. The park itself is very pleasant and made a nice after dinner walk for us both, but I prefer a seaside town where I can walk easily along a promenade and watch the sea. There is a road along the seafront but it seems very isolated with nothing ... Read review

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

...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. ...
...a look. The other main Southport park is Victoria. This is the site of the famous Southport Flower Show. It is also the home of the Southport model railway society, where train rides are available at weekends. Talking of trains, there is a small training running around the Marine Lake, which is fun and loved by train enthusiasts. The Marine Lake is worth a visit – for sitting watching irritable swans bite people, to having a thrilling ride ... Read review