Your Local History Group 1 Leaders (from left -right):Jessica, Myra, Jean & Helen 

Throughout the year, we try to arrange a wide variety of tours, talks and trips of local interest usually by public transport, with occasional coach travel - all in good company who will also give you a warm and friendly welcome. In the summer, we usually hold a summer picnic for our members in the setting of one of our lovely, historic Southport parks.

We regularly email members of the group with news of our upcoming events, which can be booked on our Local History Group 1 page on  the Southport U3A website, once you have logged in.  Payment for our trips is encouraged to be made online but can be made at the monthly U3A meetings.

 Here is just a selection of our many visits, trips and guided walks in the last 18 months or so: 

•  Guided historical walks (many by expert 'Blue Badge' Guides)  - of Southport, Ormskirk, Port Sunlight, Birkenhead Park
• St. Georges Hall
• Sefton Park Palm House
• Lancashire Infantry Museum, Preston
• Lancashire Archives, Preston
• Shakespeare North Theatre
• Southport Masonic Hall
• Birkenhead Priory
• Southport Lifeboat Station
• Lancashire Conservation Unit, Preston
• Strawberry Fields, Liverpool
• Ordsall Hall, Salford & Salford Museum
• Southport Carousel 
• Riverside Museum of Medicine, Chester
• Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts (LIPA)
• Pop-Up Ambulance Museum, Crosby
• Catalyst Science & Discovery Centre and Museum, Widnes 
• Blackpool Museum of Entertainment and Blackpool Illuminations
  

We frequently book repeat tours  of our most popular  visits to cater for demand by our members.