The Quiet Seaside Resorts of Merseyside
Merseyside has a few seaside resorts, popular as day trips or for nearby holidays:
If at the coast, read about how to keep dogs safe by the seaside. Never walk on sand dunes, to protect nesting birds, seal pups and other wildlife. Also keep dogs away, especially in breeding season.
- Southport is just 20 miles from Liverpool, with England’s second-longest pier (after Southend-on-Sea in Essex). The New England town of Southport in the USA is named after this town, due to English settlers (just 600 people with sandy beaches, lighthouses and white clapboard cottages – sounds lovely!
- New Brighton sits on the Wirral Peninsula. Known for its long beach, this has been popular for years with people in the city. You can spot the old lighthouse from the shore.
- Formby is a small town with sandy beaches, and local pine woods that are home to red squirrels (providing natural habitats is the way help this endangered species, not culling greys).
- Crosby sits just north of Liverpool, and again has a long sandy beach, and grassy dunes. Enjoy relaxing walks by the water, or explore quiet streets that house old churches and green parks. Crosby Beach is not for walking or swimming, due to quicksand.
