Formby Beach

Formby Beach is a beach in Formby, Sefton, England. Formby Beach is situated nearby to the locality Formby Point, as well as near the suburb Freshfield.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Freshfield railway station and Formby railway station.

Freshfield railway station

Railway station

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Freshfield railway station serves the Freshfield district of Formby, Merseyside, England. The station is located on the Southport branch of the Merseyrail network's Northern Line.

Formby railway station

Railway station

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Formby railway station is a railway station in the town of Formby, Merseyside, England. The station is located on the Southport branch of the Merseyrail network's Northern Line. The station has a car park.

Woodvale Airport

Aerodrome

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Royal Air Force Woodvale or more simply RAF Woodvale is a Royal Air Force station located 4 mi next to the towns of Formby and Ainsdale in an area called Woodvale which is located to the south of Southport, Merseyside. Woodvale Airport is situated 2 miles northeast of Formby Beach.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Freshfield and Hightown.

Freshfield

Suburb

Freshfield is an area of Formby, in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, Merseyside, England, situated at the northern end of the town. It has no local political distinction or representation and is included as part of the two council wards which make up Formby, nor is it any longer separated in a physical sense from the town.

Hightown

Village

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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. Hightown is situated 3½ miles southeast of Formby Beach.

Lady Green

Hamlet

Lady Green is a hamlet half a mile east of Ince Blundell, in Sefton, Merseyside, England. It is a traditional grouping of farm buildings built on medieval footings. Lady Green is situated 4 miles southeast of Formby Beach.

Formby Beach

Type: Beach
Category: landform
Location: Formby, Sefton, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.56522° or 53° 33′ 55″ north

Longitude

-3.09716° or 3° 5′ 50″ west

Elevation

36 feet (11 metres)

Open location code

9C5RHW83+34

GeoNames ID

11103415

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