As a native, for me venturing down to Royal Birkdale to spectate the Women’s British Open will be no big disturbance. If I’m taking the family we’ll drive, if I’m on my own I’ll walk. But if you are heading towards to the Southport vicinity to experience the benefits of the Ricoh Women’s British Open in July and August, where are you going to reside? Based on my regional knowledge, here are some places laudable of deliberation.
If you are interested in any of these hotels they are all bookable over the internet through a reliable website. It is a site I have used previously and with the majority of hotels you do not pay until arrival and virtually all will permit you to call off your reservation right up to the day of arrival. So if the summer climate turns bad and you change your travel plans, you are not losing out on hotel costs.
The Royal Clifton, a associate of the Best Western chain of hotels, is a large hotel overlooking the Kings Gardens. This large hotel is not too far from the action down at Royal Birkdale, being sited at the Birkdale end of the centre. It is out of the way of the main shops, but not too far to walk into the centre for lots of shopping! Over the road are the accepted Kings Gardens, allowing for an evening walk around the gardens and the Marine Lake. There is a lot of parking on site and more pay and display outside. An admirable base if you are wanting to drive the brief distance to Royal Birkdale.
An additional high-quality option of hotel at that end of Southport is the Prince of Wales hotel. This hotel with Victorian features is located on Lord Street, where a lot of the shops are. It is at the quieter end, but without problems walkable to all of the most important shops.
Again this hotel has a lot of on and off street parking and if you want to drive to Royal Birkdale, or if you are as keen to walk as I am and you want to walk it, just turn left onto Lord Street out of the hotel gates, keep following the road as it becomes Waterloo Road through Birkdale and about 2 miles from your hotel is the golf club. Painless by car or by taxi.
A different exciting and long standing hotel is the Scarisbrick Hotel. Right in the middle of the shops along with its own bar, restaurant and night club, it can be a active place. The hotel particulars do mention parking, but I would not know where this is. Probably around the back of the hotel. But if you are traveling by public transport and would like a lively hotel, here is the one for you!
While we don’t know yet where the endorsed public parking will be, there is an area by the golf course that is used for parking for Southport’s renowned flower show, and I imagine that this might be called into action for this event. I do not think they are expecting the visitor levels experienced when the men take their turn to play in Birkdale. But assuming car parking is close by, driving from any of the Southport hotels will only take minutes.
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