The Beach and Sand Dunes in Formby (United Kingdom)
Formby is town in Merseyside, with a beautiful beach and sand dunes.
Formby (Merseyside, UK) in pictures
Photos mainly of Formby village, the beach and pinewoods
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Formby, England
The beautiful Formby, near Liverpool and the sand dunes
Visiting Formby Beach
Surrounded by beautiful sands and pinewoods, Formby remains one of the best natural beaches with barely any man-made structures around! Formby beach is near to Southport (15 minute's drive), Liverpool (35 miute's drive), and from Manchester (60 minute's drive).
Formby Beach in UK, April 9th
Formby Beach in UK
FYI there's a right footpath to get near the seafront.I don't know why these men chose the uphill climb!
Formby Video
Video Of Formby, Merseyside, UK made in about the late 1990's by Bill Raistrick
360 Merseyside Formby Point Woods
The National Trust Formby Point, Merseyside, UK The area consists of woodland with red squirrels, beach and sand dunes. Formby Point is just north of Liverpool, England, UK
360 Merseyside Formby Point Beach
The National Trust Formby Point, Merseyside, UK The area consists of woodland with red squirrels, beach and sand dunes. Formby Point is just north of Liverpool, England, UK
Places to see in ( Formby - UK )
Places to see in ( Formby - UK )
Formby is a civil parish and town within the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton in Merseyside, England. Historically in Lancashire, three manors are recorded in the Domesday Book under Fornebei as Halsall, Walton and Poynton. The town's early recorded industry points to cockle raking and shrimp fishing (in addition to arable ventures) last through into the 19th century. By 1872, the township and sub-district was made up of two chapelries (St. Peter and St. Luke), and contained Birkdale township, the hamlets of Ainsdale and Raven-Meols and Altcar parish. Formby was built on the plain adjoining the Irish Sea coast a few miles north of the Crosby channel where the sands afford shelter to the towns.
Formby is affluent with high owner-occupation and car ownership. Strong economic ties are retained with nearby Liverpool to which it acts as a dormitory town for some of its residents. The greater area is a popular tourist destination during the summer months, with day trippers attracted to its beaches, sand dunes and wildlife - most particularly the endangered red squirrels and natterjack toads. The area is conserved by the National Trust, and designated a site of Specific Scientific Interest.
Erosion of sand on the beach at Formby is revealing layers of mud and sediment, laid down in the late Mesolithic to the late Neolithic, approximately 8,000 – 5,000 years ago, and covered in the early Bronze Age. Formby Hall is a Grade II listed building dating back to 1223. It has traditionally been the home of the lords of the manor. Much of the land around it is now a golf course.
Formby Beach is the location of the first lifeboat station in the UK. It is believed to have been established as early as 1776 by William Hutchinson, the Dock Master for the Liverpool Common Council. Although no exact record has been found, the boat used is believed to have been a 'Mersey Gig'.
Formby is a coastal town roughly 7 sq miles (17 km²) in the borough of Sefton. The town is built upon the west of a large flat area of land called the West Lancashire Coastal Plain. The town is 1.5 feet (0.5 metres) below sea level at its lowest point. Formby's highest point is within the sand dunes that separate the Irish Sea from Formby, sand dunes are ever changing in shape and formation so there is no fixed point. The River Alt runs into the Irish Sea just south of Formby at Hightown.
Formby is in a temperate climate zone, with mild winters and warm summers. Formby's coastline faces an ongoing threat from water based erosion, with high tides washing away yards of sand dunes. In an attempt to stem this, in some years discarded Christmas trees are collected and planted by rangers to help slow this effect.
Formby has a significant tourist industry most notably between the warmer months of May and September. In particular it's popular with day trippers from Liverpool and other industrial towns in Merseyside and West Lancashire. There are two main spots along the Formby Coast which are particularly popular with the public.
Formby Bypass (A565) was built over fifty years ago to take the major Liverpool to Southport route out of Formby and cut alongside the fringe of the town. The bypass is a dual carriageway with two roundabouts and two sets of traffic lights. It has been the scene of many accidents, some fatal and there are calls from some for the scrapping of a proposed motorway link as a result. The B5195 links Formby with Ormskirk and Maghull. Motorways are easily accessible, the M58 and M57 are both 6 miles from Formby.
( Formby - UK ) is well know as a tourist destination because of the variety of places you can enjoy while you are visiting Formby . Through a series of videos we will try to show you recommended places to visit in Formby - UK
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Kevs cab Liverpool
National Trust Formby Beach 2017
The National Trust's Formby, Merseyside, is a glorious beach with dramatic sand dunes, surrounded by sweeping coastal pinewoods
Liverpool. Freshfields Formby Point
Freshfields Beach and Dunes ,Formby Point
Plexmoss Lane near Formby, UK
Plex Moss Lane - one of the most notorious roads in the area. The high grass at the edge of this two way road hides the 8 ft drop into the ditches each side.Great fun on a tractor or a Honda Transalp - a nightmare on anything else. In this video I turn onto Heathy Lane. I have another video showing the continuation of Plax Moss Lane.
National Trust - Formby
A visit to the National Trust in Formby,. Home of the red squirrels and a car park right by the beach. Also some drone footage of the area.
Metal Detecting formby beach
Shipwrecked on Formby Beach
At low tide you can some times see shipwrecks
along Formby beach.
Dangerous fast incoming tide | Formby North West England, UK
Tide coming in quickly on a windy beach, tide was almost in but the sea creeps along the beach quickly and can surround you quickly as there are deep channels on the beach.
Formby Beach, Merseyside - Drone Flight
Formby Beach, Merseyside - Drone Flight