Seaside Town * Private Bathroom * Great Breakfast

Victorian house built in 1892 with some original features and high ceilings. Your bedroom is large with a private bathroom just outside your door (not on-suite). The area is quiet and parking is not usually an issue. The small garden is a pleasant space with a running water pond, on sunny mornings our guests really appreciate having breakfast there. You also have sole use of the front sitting-room, a quiet space to relax. Hope all this grabs you and we are here to help. Any questions pls ask. VICTORIAN SEASIDE TOWN * GOLF * BIRDWATCHING * CYCLING - START OF TRANS PENNINE CYCLE ROUTE * RED SQUIRREL RESERVE * LIVERPOOL * SWIMMING IN FORMBY BEACH & SAND DUNES TO EXPLORE Hello and thanks for looking:- LARGE DOUBLE ROOM INCLUDES BREAKFAST. A light, quiet room that overlooks the back garden. There is tea, coffee, chocolate, herbal drinks and tempting biscuits. PRIVATE BATHROOM - your own dedicated bathroom with a walk-in shower. Toiletries & electric shaver point. Just opposite your bedroom door (not en-suite) FRONT LOUNGE - free for your sole use. BREAKFAST is something our guests really enjoy. We make our own seasonal jams including our delicious Seville marmalade, (made only once every year when the Seville oranges arrive!) There is always a delicious range of cereals and toasted bread, all accompanied with copious amounts of tea and real cafetiere-made fresh coffee! Let us know if you would like some freshly made porridge. We do not provide a cooked breakfast, sorry! We cater for vegetarians, gluten free and lactose free requirements. Just let us know when you book, please. AREA - a quiet residential area of the town, 10 minutes walk to restaurants and pubs in the charming Churchtown village, the old part of our town. PARKING - in our driveway or on the road just outside our home. BUS SERVICE - 5 minutes walk away. Route takes you into the Town Centre then Birkdale and Ainsdale. TRAIN STATION - 7 minutes walk away - Trains to Manchester, Leeds, or the town centre and from there you can take a train to Liverpool (about 50 minutes) and a connection to the fantastic Roman town of Chester. TAXI - Several taxi companies, we can give you their details. WALKING:- Town Centre - about 25 minutes Seafront - about 35 minutes Nearest Park - 15 minutes Churchtown village - 10 minutes Supermarket - 7 minutes Restaurants in Churchtown - 10 minutes We enjoy meeting with our guests and we will be around if you need us for advice or suggestions. A very quiet area, close to the town centre and walking distance to Churchtown village. There are two parks close by, The Botanic Gardens and Hesketh Park. PUBS AND RESTAURANTS AT WALKING DISTANCE There are two good restaurants nearby, THE GRAPEVINE, very popular and you will need to pre-book. The HESKETH ARMS PUB and THE BOLD PUB also offers pub food & a good choice of beers and has a lively atmosphere. There are many good restaurants in the town centre that we can recommend. TRANSPORT FACILITIES Transport to and from here is excellent; 5 minutes walk to buses into town and 7 minutes to the train station to Wigan, Manchester, the famous Lake District and beyond. Southport is well served by the rail network going to Liverpool with further links nationwide. Bikes can be transported by train and you can also hire a bicycle very cheaply for about £4 a day in the town centre, it's all flat and easy riding around this area with plenty to see. WHY COME TO SOUTHPORT? Southport is a well maintained Victorian seaside resort alongside a Promenade by a lakeside. This classic resort has beautiful Victorian and Edwardian architecture around the town. Well worth a visit is Lord Street, a tree-lined boulevard with many shops and with the newly redesigned Atkinson Arts Centre, the Wayfarer's Arcade. There are plenty of opportunities to sit outside enjoying the many pavement cafes, traditional tea rooms and restaurants. You may want to visit the Inn Beer Shop, selling more than 360 different beers from around the world - a tiny, quirky, independent bar. The town also has a very good SWIMMING POOL, CINEMA COMPLEX, THEATRES, BOWLING. BEACH A lovely place to walk, cycle or birdwatch but not to swim as the tide leaves behind vast expanses of sand and marshes. Stretching from Crosby in the south to Southport in the north, the natural coast is a beautiful expanse of beaches, pinewoods and sand dunes. Southport beach is a short walk from the town centre. BIRDWATCHING The large marshes around Southport attract huge amounts of seasonal birds and we are very well provided for with many hides and areas for bird watching in Marshside, MARTIN MERE and MERE SANDS NATURE RESERVE. The tranquil and picturesque forest and lakes of Mere Sands are very interesting and make an ideal place to walk, even if you are not a committed bird watcher. GOLF Southport is known as England's Golfing Capital, most recently hosting the OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP. There are 15 top courses which are no more than an hour's drive away and six of them are actually on Southport's doorstep. CHURCHTOWN VILLAGE is a 10 minute walk away having the great Hesketh Pub, restaurants, quaint shops and antiques. Spend an afternoon at the Botanic Gardens, listening to the Summer Band Concerts. TRANS PENNINE TRAIL CYCLE ROUTE The beginning of the trail starts at the sea mark sculpture in Southport. The trail then forms a 215 mile national route and runs from coast to coast. There are also other local trails for walking and cycling with clear leaflet guides to help you. There are BIKES FOR HIRE in the town centre. EVENTS IN SOUTHPORT Mad Dog 10k race Jazz Festival Folk Festival Star Trekk Charity Walk Food and Drink Festival Woodvale Car & Bike Rally Southport Flower Show 24 Hour Yacht Race Southport Air Show Musical Fireworks Championships EVEN MORE REASONS TO STAY HERE LIVERPOOL - Some 45 minutes by train, a must-see city. It is much easier to leave the car here and travel in by train. After winning the 'City of Culture' it has been transformed into a more sophisticated, stylish, diverse and interesting city offering everything from museums, galleries, two amazing cathedrals, Liverpool 1 fashionable Shopping Centre, the Albert Dock Waterfront, the Northern Tate Art Gallery and of course, all of the BEATLES history and the two famous FOOTBALL teams, Liverpool & Everton. RUFFORD HALL is just a short drive away, situated on part of the beautiful Leeds to Liverpool canal. Then there's the home of the GRAND NATIONAL - Aintree Racecourse, and also nearby is the atmospheric and ever-changing art installation on the beach entitled 'Another Place' by ANTONY GORMLEY. CHESTER and WIGAN PIER are also very accessible by car or train. The bus service is only 2 minutes walk away. There is a train station 5 minutes walk, the trains run from Southport to Manchester city, Machester Airport via Wigan. Trains to Liverpool are every 15 minutes and take only 45 minutes. The line goes as far as Liverpool airport with a short bus connection. PARKING There is ample street parking and we will try to ensure that the space in front of our house is vacant for you. We can also safety store your bicycles or place your motorbike in our enclosed back garden.