New Energy, New Stories in Southport
Hello and welcome to the March edition of Southport’s Journey.
Each month this magazine exists to document what is happening in Southport and the surrounding communities. Not as a simple list of events, but as a reflection of the people, ideas and ambitions shaping the town right now.
March arrives with a noticeable shift in energy. The days are stretching, cafés are edging tables back onto pavements, and conversations are turning toward the cultural moments waiting ahead. Across this issue we explore how Southport is stepping into that momentum.
Inside this month’s magazine you will find stories that show the town in motion.
Lightport has already demonstrated what happens when creativity meets community appetite. Streets filled, businesses busy, and a reminder that bold cultural events can transform how people experience the town.
Looking ahead, Cristal Palace will soon bring something extraordinary to Lord Street. A suspended chandelier performance that will turn the Town Hall Gardens into an open-air theatre and signal the next step in Southport’s growing cultural ambition.
Community leadership is another theme running through these pages. Southport Matters introduces a new Neighbourhood of the Year initiative designed to celebrate pride, collaboration and visible care for the places we live.
Elsewhere in the issue we explore food, wellbeing, education and enterprise.
From dining at Bistrot Vérité in Birkdale to discovering new flavours at Korean Kitchen on Lord Street. From conversations about children’s wellbeing during seasonal light shifts to local entrepreneurs learning how to move from survival to sustainable growth.
You will also meet the writers who bring their expertise to the magazine each month. Kate Miles-Roberts on curiosity and leadership. Chris Lewis on building stronger business ecosystems. Sharon Kemp on how AI can quietly give time back to the human parts of work.
And as always, young voices remain at the heart of what we do. Through our partnership with Southport Learning Trust and Meols Cop High School, teenage writers are now seeing their work published across the town they are growing up in.
Southport’s Journey continues to grow carefully and intentionally. More writers. More collaboration. More stories that reflect the town as it actually is.
You can read the full March issue here.
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Thank you for reading and for supporting local voices across Southport, Birkdale, Ainsdale and the wider Sefton community.
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