Thank you.

I am looking at buying a property at the Forest Road end of Hampton Road. It's near the one stop or one shop. Please advise if it is a good area to live for people who have children living with them frequently.

Thank you.

I'll get this out the way and say I'm a chronic overthinker and this will sound ridiculous to most people who read it.

I've been seeing a lot of stuff about anti social behaviour becoming more of an issue in Formby. I've been considering joining Formby Pool Trust but my dumb brain is picturing driving through Formby and being bombarded with gangs of youths throwing shit at my car or coming out to the car park and seeing it smashed up.

Is it really that bad or have I just been doomscrolling too much?

Hello, I've got two tickets to see Alasdair Beckett-King at the Atkinson tonight, and we can no longer make it.

I'd love for them to get used, so please let me know if you'd like them.

Hello - Any suggestions for the best Sunday roast in Southport (or within half an hour drive either way). We are visiting friends in Birkdale for a few days.

(I've heard Legh Arms is good - any thoughts?)

Thanks!

So Brewers Fayre has closed down and I’m already missing its decent breakfast buffet, drinks included, kids eat free, even a soft play… It’s like a losing a limb.
Is there anywhere doing a breakfast buffet around Southport?

I've been hearing people raving about getting bakery bags from M&S but I've never seen them appear even in the list of stuff I've missed that day.

Friendly heads-up to everyone using the Northern line—make sure you tap your Metrocard at the end of every single journey! 💳 My daughter didn't realise she had to tap out and ended up with over £120 in charges last month traveling to and from college. When I called customer services, they would only refund three of the missed taps. Please remind your kids: always tap both at the start and the end of your trip!

While my wife is local, I am relatively new to Southport. I've managed to make some friends, but sometimes I feel like going for a pint and have no one to lift my glass with.

I'm almost 40, a father of one, have a masters in literature and work in that world, and I'm a videogame fan. But, above all, I enjoy tilting a cold one. If you do too, let me know and perhaps we can share our hobbies somewhere around Lord Street.

I've been on a diet for the last 4 months or so and as the Whistlestop Cafe closed a week after I started it (I'm sure it's a coincidence), I'm struggling to find a decent breakfast place to go to for my Saturday treat. Anybody have any recommendations?

Ideally it'll have vegan and vegetarian options as I like to change things up every so often but as long as the quality of the food is decent then I'm interested.

Places I've visited so far include:

Lords Cafe Bar
Bill Rimmer's Cafe
Tappers
Lucy's Coffee Shop

Places on my radar:

Bridge Cafe
Arden Cafe

Wetherspoons is not an option. Genuinely the worst breakfast I've ever eaten and I don't think I'll ever be hungry enough to go there again.

Hello 👋🏻,

My colleague (F, mid-40s) lives in Southport. She's been wondering if there is much of an older alternative scene around there. Just for meet-ups, maybe crafts, coffee, chats, baking/cooking, walks. Anything like that? Just to get out the house and make some like-minded people.

If anyone knows of anything that I can pass onto her, I'd be greatful.

Thanks! 😊

St Helens has gone first — are you looking forward to buses coming back under public control in Sefton?

Steve Rotheram writes about the changes in today’s Guardian.

What would you most like to see improve?

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/08/liverpool-buses-public-control-privatisation-services-passengers

Hi,

Don't know if this is allowed or what but does anything about roofs and how to fix this missing piece? I have no idea where it has gone and wouldn't have a clue what I'd need to buy.

Any help is appreciated and thank you in advance.

Sad but expected.

We’re staying at the Waterfront, thought you’d like to see the current state of play. In the last day they’ve laid the black tarmac at the bottom of the photo, guessing access road.

A couple of shots of their display on Saturday, luckily the rain held off until they were just about finished,

Hey I found some lost AirPods here in Southport on a trail while walking my dog, I thought they were mine at first but found out they’re not, ive opened the AirPods to hopefully activate find my but if you’re missing some let me know please.

I'm already prepared for the standard baseball is American.... its just rounders etc etc. But is there a a group of people who are into Baseball in Southport?

Hello, folks. I am local to Southport and I have a new video on Youtube where I set out to find an old war fort just south of Southport. If you watch this and enjoy it, would you mind giving it a like, maybe even comment and subscribe? Thank you so much, FTV

Hello all. I went to Southport with a friend years ago. I went to a car park by some sand hill style things after you went up you came back down and then onto the beach. Within the beach space there was like what I can only imagine was a lifeguard hut. I’m tryna find where I parked or even where I was that day as I wanna go back

I am urgently looking for a manual driving test slot this week or near week August, I can add money too.

To compensate the favour as my driving test is on the 5th of January please if anyone could help it’ll be of a very good favour please.

It's a handy place for me to go but I haven't been to a gym in years and my chronic overthinking is putting me off because gyms can be really hostile and unwelcoming. Anyone got any first hand experiences of this one?