National Lottery Heritage Fund is making £50million available for a Heritage Emergency Fund to support the UK heritage sector as an immediate response to the COVID-19 crisis.
They will be investing the £50m where it is needed most, by providing short-term funding for organisations delivering heritage projects or running previously funded projects, and safeguarding heritage sites they have previously invested in to ensure they are not lost to the public.
St Nicholas’ church will be marking the 100th anniversary of the end of WW1 as part of its ongoing heritage programme. From Saturday 3rd November there will be a digital display about local soldiers who gave their lives in the conflict, plus an exhibition of photographs and archive material, live and recorded music of the time and children’s activities. Plus free refreshments – coffee, tea and cake for all visitors.
This is an opportunity to see how the war affected the church and local community. Also to share your own family’s story if you wish to – you are welcome to bring along any photos, letters or other artefacts that you have.
Opening times:
Saturday 3RD November: 10.30am – 12noon & 2pm – 4pm
Sunday 4TH November: 1.30pm – 3pm
Saturday 10TH November: 10.30am – 12noon & 2pm- 4PM
The church is also open for heritage as usual throughout November every Tuesday morning and Thursday afternoon and the WW1 displays will remain in place until 22nd November.
Background
Historic England together with Sefton Council are working on a new series of new Heritage Trails for Waterloo and Southport. As part of this we intend to use pictures of the Conservation Area and of selected sites within the Area, to go onto the final product. Most importantly we wish the images selected to come from the community rather than commissioning from a professional photographer.
Three trails will be produced;
The final trails will be 2 sided, be both paper (50,000 copies) and digital hosted on the Visit Southport website (and hopefully interactive as part of an app in the future). The first side will be a general history of the area, and include general scenes and hopefully some older images. The other side will include a map with a selection of highlight sites – each to have some text and an image.
How can you help ?
Where to send them …
Please upload your photos to the Visit Southport flickr page at
https://www.flickr.com/groups/heritagetrails/ Please upload all phots by Friday 22 April 2016
What happens next …
Image Issues
All images need to be digital
The selected images would be credited to the photographers on the trail, but by sending them in you would be relinquishing the copyright and agreeing to the reproduction and use of these on the trails.
Photos should be of a reasonably high quality/size (a very general rule of thumb would be that the higher the MB the higher the image size, or the higher the DPI (dots per inch) the higher the image size)
Waterloo
General Views to include
| Marine Terrace | Waterloo Road (around Christ Church) |
| Adelaide Terrace | St Mary’s Terrace |
| Beach Lawn | South View |
| Wellington Street | Walmer Road |
| The 4 seafront gardens | Waterloo Park |
Highlight Sites
| The Royal Hotel | The Old Bank Pub, South Road |
| No 2 Marine Terrace | Liver Hotel, South Road |
| No 17 Marine Crescent | Former Conservative HQ, South Road/Curzon Road junction |
| No 13 Beach Lawn | St John’s Church, St John’s Place |
| 12 Wellington Street | Cinema, Crosby Road North |
| 9 Wellington Street | Bank, Crosby Road North/St John’s Road |
| Schoolhouse on Wellington Street | St Faith’s Church, Crosby Road North |
| Welsh Presbyterian Church, Crosby Road North | Potter’s Barn, Crosby Road South/Cambridge Road |
| Waterloo Town Hall | Victoria Hotel |
| Christ Church National School | The Cenotaph, Great George’s Road |
| St Mary’s Church, Waterloo Park | Christ Church, Waterloo Road |
| Ennis Cottage, Waterloo Road | The Volunteer Canteen, East Street |
Southport Classic Parks
General Views to include
| Hesketh Park | Southport Flower Festival |
| The Botanic Gardens | Marine Lake |
| Victoria Park | |
| Princes Park | |
| Kings Gardens |
Hesketh Park
| Conservatory | Lake (Fountain Feature) |
| Observatory | The Floral Clock Garden |
Botanic Gardens
| Lake | Fernery |
| Bridges | Entrance gates |
| Aviary |
Victoria Park
| Bandstand | Victoria Park General |
Kings Gardens
| Information Centre/Tea Rooms (Former Ladies toilets) | Lifeboat Memorial |
| Arts & Craft Shelter | Venetian Bridge |
| Shelters | Fountain & Community Garden |
Lord Street Gardens
| General Views | Mermaid Fountain |
Rotten Row
| Rotten Row General (Flower displays) |
Lord Street
| Grand Casino 180 Lord Street | 253 Lord St currently Pizza Express |
| The War Memorial incl. obeslisk and colonnades | National Westminster Bank |
| Waterstones | Post Office |
| Canopies | No156 Lord Street, The Cottage |
| No158 Lord Street | The Bold Hotel |
| Jaegar Building | 357-355 Lord Street |
| Albany Buildings | HSBC Bank |
| 325-319 Lord Street | Wayfarers Arcade |
| Scarisbrick Hotel | The Town Hall |
| The Atkinson | Civic Garden |
| 215-219 Lord Street (opposite Starbucks) | Bandstand |
| Pavilion (former Tourist Office) | Town Gardens Cafe (pavilion) |
| Prince of Wales Hotel | 37 Lord Street (Royal Building) |
| Wellington Terrace | Morrison’s roundabout – Inscription |
More Information
For more information please visit http://www.visitsouthport.com/things-to-do/heritage-trails or email heritagetrails@visitsouthport.com
