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What's On in Southport
Sefton Open 2026 — Exhibition Opens
The Atkinson Gallery
Between Tide and Tales Exhibition
The Atkinson
Red Squirrel 10k
Formby
Comedy Pub Crawl
Multiple Venues, Town Centre
One Night on Broadway
Waterfront Southport Hotel
Big Top Festival
Town Centre
Lancashire County Cricket
S&B Sports Club
Southport Beer Week
18 Town Centre Pubs
Food & Drink Festival
Town Centre
Summer Solstice Festival
Victoria Park, PR8 2BZ
Armed Forces Festival
Town Centre & Promenade
The Open Championship
Royal Birkdale Golf Club
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Woodvale Community Centre
Woodvale & Ainsdale Community Association has been running classes, youth sessions and holiday programmes in this part of Southport since 1992. Two centres, all ages, registered charity. Meadow Lane · PR8 3RS.
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Land Registry data · PR8 & PR9
Southport House Prices
Every sale in PR8 and PR9 over three years. School Ofsted ratings, crime by category, flood zones, broadband speeds, and Merseyrail commute times. All in one place. This is what Rightmove doesn't give you.
Postcodes
10 sectors
3yr Sales
4,714
3yr Avg Price
£255k
Top Sector
Birkdale PR8 4
Five very different places
Explore Southport's Areas
Southport isn't one place. Churchtown feels nothing like Birkdale, which feels nothing like Ainsdale. Here's the honest breakdown.
Churchtown
The historic village at the north end. Georgian streets, the Botanic Gardens, a proper village pub. Where Terry lives.
Birkdale
The premium end. Wide tree-lined roads, large Edwardian houses, Royal Birkdale Golf Club. Consistently the highest prices in PR8.
Ainsdale
National Trust beach and pinewoods on the doorstep. Popular with families who've priced out of Birkdale. Good value coastal living.
Town Centre
Lord Street, the seafront, Southport station. Merseyrail direct to Liverpool Central. Flats and terraces: the most affordable entry point.
Banks & Crossens
Flat farmland, quiet roads, big skies. Rural living within 15 minutes of town. You get a lot of house for the money out here.
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#7Ainsdale Beach, Southport
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#8Victoria Park, Southport
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#9Miller & Carter Ainsdale
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Why trust this guide
Written by people who actually live here.
I've lived in Churchtown my whole life. 41 years. I've eaten in most of the restaurants in this town, some of them multiple times a week when the kids were small. I know where Marine Drive car park fills up by 10am on a summer Saturday, and I know which end of Lord Street to park on. I have a bulldog called Frank who has opinions about beer gardens.
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One of England's widest
Southport Beach
Parking postcode PR8 1RQ (Marine Drive). Free entry. Dogs welcome year-round. At low tide the sea retreats over a kilometre. A coastal landscape like nothing else in the North West.
Postcode
PR8 1RQ
Parking
Pay & display
Entry
Free
Dogs
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Big Events
Royal Birkdale · 2026
The Open Championship
Golf's oldest major returns to Royal Birkdale. Book accommodation early. Southport fills up fast.
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Opening April 2027
Marine Lake Events Centre
Southport's new 4,000-capacity events and entertainment venue on the Marine Lake. Opening 2027.
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