22/08/26 – Southport

Subscribe WordPress Facebook Twitter Instagram If you enjoy reading please consider “buying me a pint”, this will help to cover my hosting and image hosting and help to ensure further trips can go ahead!BUY ME A PINT Pints, Pubs & the Prom: A Southport Seaside Adventure I headed over to Southport for a brilliant day exploring some of the town’s pubs, joined along the way by David and Pete from Southport and District CAMRA. I worked my way through nine venues, from newer places like The Bugle Tap to proper historic gems including The Guest House, Windmill and Bold Hotel. There was a great mix of traditional pubs, independent beer bars and plenty of local character, with a good choice of cask and keg beer throughout. Finishing beside the Marine Lake at the tiny, Grade II listed Lakeside Inn was a lovely way to round off the day. Southport began developing as a seaside resort in the late eighteenth century, when sea bathing became fashionable. In 1792, Churchtown innkeeper William Sutton…