Southport Idegenvezető

Coordinates: 53°38′43″N 3°00′30″W / 53.6454, -3.0083

Southport is a seaside town on the Irish Sea coast within the Sefton borough of Merseyside, England. It is 16.5 miles (26.6 km) to the north of Liverpool, and 14.8 miles (23.8 km) west-southwest of Preston.

Historically part of Lancashire, like its neighbours Liverpool and Manchester, Southport has many tourist attractions including Southport Pier, the second longest pleasure pier in Great Britain. A restoration project worth over GB£7m has been contributed to aid the modernisation of the pier, with improved access, lighting and a pier train. Southport also has a Fairground which was originally opened in 1912 but after clusure in 2006, it has now been re-opened as New Pleasurelandas a 100 million GBP project by its new owners Dreamstorm.

Southport has a population of around 100,000 people with approximately 40% of the population over 55 years old and around 55% defined as social class ABC1.

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