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Location: Liverpool, UK
Joined: May 2006
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Crosby beach, Liverpool
Yep, a beach in Liverpool. You can even see the Anglican cathedral and St John's tower (circle) and the towers of the Liver building (arrows) in the background:
OK, so it's not exactly the Seychelles, but we've got culture in the form of these Anthony Gormley (Angel of the North artist) statues:
There are 100 of these things strung out along the beach, all looking out to sea. They look particularly weird around sunrise, but I'm not often up that early!
At high spring tides, the whole lot of them are submerged (we have 10 m tides on average here, so no swimming allowed!!!)
Oh look, there goes one of the big hydrofoils. We get some big old boats going past here!
What dreary weather! But even so, the air is fresh and salty, the sand is soft between one's toes, and there is a hell of a lot of space for playing frisbee with your dog
Check this out: 360 degree view from the coastguard station (I have waaaay too much time on my hands
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Or the sensible-sized version:
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How to get here:
By public transport: Crosby beach is well served by three local train stations; Hall Road, Blundellsands & Crosby, and Waterloo. Trains run approximately every 15 minutes on the MerseyTravel Northern Line. Connections to national rail services and other regional services can be made at Liverpool Lime Street, Southport and Hunts Cross.
From Hall Road Station: With the train station on your right hand side walk down Hall Road West until is bends 90o to the left, on the bend there is an access road that goes to the beach, past the Coastguard Station.
From Blundellsand Station: On the opposite side of the railway tracks to the ticket office ,the Southport train side, walk down Blundellsands Road West to the end, a short footpath leads to the beach. Approximately 5/10 minutes.
From Waterloo Station: Walk down South Road with the station on your left hand side. At the end of South Road, cross over the road and walk down the paved footpath between the two parks and follow the footpath which runs between the two lakes to the beach.
For further information, including bus time tables, and a travel planner visit Merseytravel at
www.merseytravel.gov.uk/. Enter 'South Road, Waterloo, Liverpool' as the destination if you are using the travel planner. Crosby Beach is a 10/15 minute walk, walk down South Road with the Waterloo Train Station on your left hand side. At the end of South Road, cross over the road and walk down the paved footpath between the two parks and follow the footpath which runs between the two lakes to the beach.
By car: The easiest route is to arrive on either the M57 or M58 motorways which both end at the same point, Switch Island. From here follow signs to 'All Docks' on the A5036, continue to follow the A5036 until you reach a roundabout under a flyover with signs to Crosby and the A565. Turn right at the roundabout following the signs to Crosby and A565. You will join up with the A565 but stay in the left hand lane. At the first set of traffic lights turn left into Cambridge Road, there is a brown tourist sign, 'Antony Gormley's Another Place' for the statues at this junction. Drive straight along this road at the end of which there are two car parks adjacent to the marine lake. The beach and statues are a 5 minute walk from the car park.