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Southport is a seaside town on the Irish Sea coast within the Sefton borough of Merseyside, England. It is to the north of Liverpool, and 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 has contributed over GB£7m to aid the modernisation of the pier, providing improved access, lighting and a new pier train. Southport also has a fairground which originally opened in 1912. After closure in 2006 it has now been re-opened as New Pleasureland as a £100 million project by its new owners Dreamstorm.
Southport has a population of around 100,000 with approximately 40% of the population over 55 years old and around 55% defined as social class ABC1. (...) more....
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