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Southport Botanic Gardens

Southport Botanic Gardens is a botanical garden. This one is within Southport’s built-up area. It is protected as a Grade II listed park and garden.

Photo: Southport Botanic Gardens, Rept0n1x (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Where

In Southport

inside the built-up area

Run by

Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council

the operator on record

How well known

Top 28%

#2,392 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 18–20°C

In brief

Museum in Southport

Inside Southport

Southport Botanic Gardens is inside Southport’s built-up area, with 9 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Grade II listed park and garden

On the official list of protected heritage; Southport has 271 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

Seasons in Southport

In Southport, June to September bring the warmest days: highs of 18–20°C.

Jan7° / 2°73 mm

Feb8° / 2°60 mm

Mar10° / 4°55 mm

Apr13° / 6°50 mm

May16° / 8°51 mm

Jun18° / 11°62 mm

Jul20° / 13°72 mm

Aug20° / 13°77 mm

Sep18° / 11°89 mm

Oct14° / 8°96 mm

Nov10° / 5°90 mm

Dec8° / 3°99 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Southport, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Southport. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Southport’s full climate →

About

Southport Botanic Gardens

Running it is Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council. Its Wikipedia coverage spans 3 languages. There are 22 more places to see within 15 km, beginning with Meols Hall (700 m).

Southport’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Museum
Run by: Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council
Listed: Grade II listed park and garden
Wikipedias: Covered in 3 languages
Town: in Southport
Official site: seftonarts.co.uk/home.php?d=bg

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

The map

Mapping Southport Botanic Gardens

Orange marks Southport Botanic Gardens, and the numbered points match the list of places below.

Towns near it

Bases for a visit

Among the 3, Southport is the biggest, home to 94,438 people. From nearest to farthest, these towns all list it.

1 · It’s in town

Southport

94,438 people · 10 places to visit

2 · 2.1 km northeast of it

Banks

4,439 people · 4 places to visit

3 · 3.3 km east of it

Mere Brow

279 people · 5 places to visit

Compare the 3 towns

Town	Where Southport Botanic Gardens is	People	Places to visit
Southport	It’s in town	94,438	10
Banks	2.1 km northeast of it	4,439	4
Mere Brow	3.3 km east of it	279	5

Make a day of it

Beyond Southport Botanic Gardens

3 museums, 2 historic houses and 2 theme parks are among the 22 within 15 km.

Historic houseMeols Hall700 m away 2

Theme parkSouthport Pleasureland4.2 km away 3

MuseumBritish Lawnmower Museum4.1 km away 4

Historic house · National TrustRufford Old Hall9.9 km away 5

MuseumSouthport Arts Centre3.6 km away 6

Theme parkSouthport Model Railway Village3.8 km away 7

PierSouthport Pier4 km away 8

MuseumLytham Hall9.2 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Questions about Southport Botanic Gardens

Where is Southport Botanic Gardens?

Southport Botanic Gardens is in Southport, Merseyside, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Southport Botanic Gardens?

Botanical garden in Churchtown, Southport, Merseyside, England, UK.

Who runs Southport Botanic Gardens?

Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council.

When is the best time to visit Southport Botanic Gardens?

June to September are the warmest months in Southport, with afternoon highs of 18–20°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Southport Botanic Gardens a listed building?

Yes: Grade II listed park and garden.

What else is there to see near Southport Botanic Gardens?

Within 15 km: Meols Hall (700 m), Southport Pleasureland (4.2 km), British Lawnmower Museum (4.1 km) and Rufford Old Hall (9.9 km).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (9)

Southport Botanic Gardens: Rept0n1x, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Meols Hall: Small-town hero, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Southport Pleasureland: Robert Linsdell from St. Andrews, Canada, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
British Lawnmower Museum: Rept0n1x, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Rufford Old Hall: Doug Elliot, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Southport Arts Centre: Anthony Foster, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Southport Model Railway Village: Frombowen, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Southport Pier: MartinMaynard, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Lytham Hall: Michael D Beckwith, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

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