I thought Southport CC site to be among the best I have visited and I much enjoyed my stay here. So much so that, although I had planned to move on after four nights, I ended up staying the full duration of my week’s break in this place. The site feels enormous, although I am sure there are some bigger sites. The distance from the northern end of the site to the southern end is a good half mile. The southern half of the site is much the better place to be in my view. This is new, having been constructed a couple of years ago. It is well done with big well-made pitches and a real feeling of space – especially at the very southern most end where I pitched. The disadvantages of this are that it is farthest from the town and adjacent to a fairly busy road but the advantages of a sense of space and a lovely open aspect made it no contest for me. The road is on a higher level and I found the noise from it insignificant. The older, northern half is made up mainly of one very long narrow section. For me this felt enclosed. The advantage of this section, however, is that it is a good five minutes closer to the town centre. I only visited one loo block, the newly built one, and this was immaculate. The older one, however, has also clearly been refurbished (even possibly rebuilt for all I know) and looks very pretty with its newly rendered white walls. I got off on the wrong foot with a warden (to whom I subsequently apologised) by complaining about people in the booking-in queue not moving their outfits forward. I do find this VERY annoying and means longer than necessary queuing on the road outside the site. I digress; the wardens I met were very helpful and pleasant and the site is kept magnificently. I could find no fault. I liked Southport, a place new to me. The Promenade and Lord Street are delightful and, whilst there are a few concessions to the commercial traditions of the typical seaside town, the resort is, on the whole, a good deal more distinguished than its near neighbour Blackpool. The only pity is there’s no sea. The large marine lake gives the impression of sea, but the actual sea is literally miles away which is a bit of a serious drawback for a seaside town if you ask me. Morrison's is 10 to 15 minutes walk depending on which end of the site you are on and the town centre 20 to 25 minutes. There are lots of buses to places around and trains too. The bus to Liverpool can be caught from Weld Road near its junction with Lulworth Road. The X2 Stagecoach bus is the quickest. Trains to Liverpool can be caught from Birkdale - the marginally nearest station to the site. For Manchester, trains run from Southport station. As well as the main entrance there are three exits from the site to surrounding roads, two of which facilitate a public right of way. The huge length of the site make these exits invaluable, but it is a great shame there is no similar egress at the southern end of the site; such a provision would make this site almost perfect!