Formby: Sefton Coast Village Known for Red Squirrels, Pine Woods, and Sandy Beaches
Formby is an affluent village in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, Merseyside, about 10 miles north of Liverpool. The population is around 24,000. The area is best known for Formby Point, a National Trust site where red squirrels survive in one of their last English strongholds amid Corsican pine woodland planted in the 19th century. The beach at Formby is wide and backed by sand dunes; at low tide, prehistoric human and animal footprints are sometimes exposed on the foreshore, dating back around 5,000 years. The Asparagus Trail references the vegetable once commercially grown in the sandy soil here.
Formby village has an upmarket feel with independent shops along Chapel Lane and Halsall Lane. Formby station is on the Merseyrail Northern Line, with services to Liverpool Central in about 30 minutes. The A565 coast road runs through the village toward Southport to the north and Liverpool to the south.
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Formby is an affluent village in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, Merseyside, about 10 miles north of Liverpool. The population is around 24,000. The area is best known for Formby Point, a National Trust site where red squirrels survive in one of their last English strongholds amid Corsican pine woodland planted in the 19th century. The beach at Formby is wide and backed by sand dunes; at low tide, prehistoric human and animal footprints are sometimes exposed on the foreshore, dating back around 5,000 years. The Asparagus Trail references the vegetable once commercially grown in the sandy soil here.
Formby village has an upmarket feel with independent shops along Chapel Lane and Halsall Lane. Formby station is on the Merseyrail Northern Line, with services to Liverpool Central in about 30 minutes. The A565 coast road runs through the village toward Southport to the north and Liverpool to the south.
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