Southport - The Revival Tour

Circular walking tour of Southport focussing on Lord Street and The Promenade led by a Blue Badge Tourist Guide The Revival Tour will explore: • Southport’s origins, from rural sea bathing retreat to a seaside resort of style and importance • Its reputation as THE place for shopping, leisure, and health and wellbeing in the 19th century • The mix of French Classical, Italianate, and Art Nouveau styles that feature in its buildings and monuments • Associations with royalty as well as national sporting heritage • The decline in its seaside identity and transition to commuter town, and • Recent and planned projects to modernise infrastructure, attract year-round visitors, combat climate change, and manage natural coastal change.