Why visit Hightown
Townapedia lists 2 parks and trails, 5 places to eat and 1 attraction in and around town.
Highlights include Formby Lighthouse, Cabin Hill National Nature Reserve and The West Lancashire Golf Club.
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About Hightown
Hightown is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton in Merseyside, England, located midway between the city of Liverpool and the coastal resort of Southport. It is 8 mi (13 km) north of Liverpool city centre and is located on the coast near the boundary of the Mersey Estuary and Liverpool Bay. The River Alt joins the sea at this point and forms an estuary. There is a pumping station on the River Alt at Altmouth, built 1972, as part of a programme to alleviate flooding in the area.
From the Wikipedia article Hightown, Merseyside (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Things to do1
Parks, trails and playgrounds2
Restaurants and cafes5
Starbucks
Cafe · Coffee Shop · 1.3 mi
Scaffold Lane, Liverpool
Mo-Fr 06:00-21:30; Sa 06:30-21:30; Su 07:00-21:30
Churches and places of worship8
Crosby United Reformed Church
Church · 2.7 mi
Grade II listed church in Great Crosby, Merseyside, England, UK
St Luke's Church, Formby
Church · 2.2 mi
Grade II listed church in Formby, Sefton, Merseyside, England, UK
St Luke's Church, Great Crosby
Church · 2.8 mi
Grade II listed church in Great Crosby, Merseyside, England, UK
St Mary's Church, Little Crosby
Church · 1.8 mi
Grade II listed church in Little Crosby, Merseyside, England, UK
St Michael and All Angels Church, Altcar
Church · 2.3 mi
Church in Great Altcar, West Lancashire, England,UK
St Peter's Church, Formby
Church · 2.9 mi
Grade II listed church in Formby, Sefton, Merseyside, England, UK
Church of the Holy Family Adjoining Service Wing of Ince Blundell Hall
Church · 1.9 mi
Church in Ince Blundell, Sefton, Merseyside, England, UK
History
A dictionary of English Place-Names, A. D. Mills (OUP, Oxford, 1991) lists only a Hightown as a part of Congleton in Cheshire (there is also part of Banbury in Oxfordshire called Hightown). However specific books on Lancashire place names do list this Hightown in what was formerly Lancashire. Altmouth as a settlement features on many old maps prior to the 18th century, north of where the village is now, bordering Altcar parish.
Hightown is historically part of the estate of the Blundell family of Little Crosby and many houses still pay a nominal ground rent annually to the Whitlock-Blundell estate. Hightown beach is the site of a former wartime military base known as Fort Crosby. The fort was situated midway between Hightown and Hall Road and housed a number of Italian and German POW's during WWII. Following its decommission at the end of the war a small cinema screen within the complex was reputedly used by local residents for a number of years until the camp was finally demolished in the mid-1960s. Remains of many of the buildings, pathways and fences can still be seen today.
From the History section of Hightown, Merseyside on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Shopping1
Gas and EV charging1
Schools, colleges and libraries1
Map of Hightown
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Getting there and nearby towns
Liverpool John Lennon Airport (LPL) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 16 miles away.
- Formby 2 mi north, about 4 min by car
- Bootle 4 mi southeast, about 7 min by car
- Litherland 5 mi southeast, about 7 min by car
- Maghull 5 mi east, about 8 min by car
- Wallasey 7 mi south, about 11 min by car
- Fazakerley 7 mi southeast, about 11 min by car
- Kirkby 8 mi southeast, about 12 min by car
- Ormskirk 8 mi east, about 13 min by car
- Liverpool 9 mi southeast, about 14 min by car
- Southport 9 mi north, about 14 min by car
Drive times are estimates from straight-line distance, not routes.
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Photo credits
- The River Alt at Hightown (36186763033), Reading Tom from Reading, UK, CC BY 2.0
- War Memorial, Hightown, Colin Pyle, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Hightown - River Alt, David Hawgood, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Crosby United Reformed Church 1, Rodhullandemu, CC BY-SA 4.0
- St Luke's Church, Formby (6), Rept0n1x, CC BY-SA 3.0
- St Luke's Church, Crosby 2, Rodhullandemu, CC BY-SA 4.0
- St Mary's Church, Little Crosby, Rodhullandemu, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Church of St Michael and All Angels, Great Altcar, Small-town hero, Public domain
- St Peter's Church, Formby, Norman Caesar, CC BY-SA 2.0
- A Westland Lysander of No. 13 Squadron RAF based at Hooton Park, Cheshire, provides aiming practice for members of the Home Guard, at the Western Command Weapons Training School at Altcar, near..., War Office official photographer, Taylor (Mr), Public domain
- Cut-leaved Dead-nettle, Liverpool, England 3, stevencross3, CC0
- Hypnum cupressiforme 116328528, Stephen James McWilliam, CC BY 4.0
- Scyliorhinus canicula 68516583, Stephen James McWilliam, CC BY 4.0
- Street-level photo, davidsong, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, davidsong, CC BY-SA 4.0
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