Hitchhiking from Southport
Hitchhiking to Southport
Recent reviews mentioning Southport
55.81476, -4.06157
It works if you have the courage to talk to people. When it does work, the distances can be HUGE. 1 man and a female presenting person in a wheelchair.Good camping spot near the petrol pumps.
―Ryancomet
55.21933, -3.40988
Not any great spot to stand but it works well enough. Delighted to confirm the freaky geese are still there. This time they were stopping traffic―Ryancomet
53.63175, -2.69045
Shower, divable dumpster and a good camp spot. What more could you want. Also a quick lift―Ryancomet
54.79676, -2.86973
Suprisingly good for how hopeless it looks―Ryancomet
55.81392, -4.06049
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53.63247, -2.69175
M6 North―Anonymous
53.63103, -2.68916
M6 south, too. Good spot towards birmingham―Anonymous
53.63247, -2.69175
Got dropped off here begin of April. Got a ride at 5pm within 10min with my sign saying "M6 North". Waited after the petrol station. Since there is no service but just the petrol station its not that busy.―LaZubi
53.63103, -2.68916
Charnock Richard services is one of those fairly good northern services that can move you fast long dIistances .... MUCH BETTER THAN THE ONES FURHER SOUTH―Colinc
53.80398, -3.02413
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53.80398, -3.02413
Good place, most of the cars going east and no need to go to large roundabout―Anonymous
53.63175, -2.69045
Great spot, maybe got lucky but a delivery driver took me trait to edinburgh. The only problem is getting here if you haven't just got drop of because the closest train station is 5km but still not bad.―PPptas
53.49466, -2.9519
Read about this place on hitch wiki. After 60 minutes got picked up... by police. Fortunately they where nice, but this spot not only is shit, but illegal.―PPptas
53.63247, -2.69175
Great for going up northwards. Can be a bit harder going south but a solid service station nonetheless―Anonymous
53.49466, -2.9519
Read about on hitchwiki. It’s a junction and one way takes you onto the M28, one way on smaller roads to Ormskirk. I flittered about between the two but eventually got a lift on the smaller road to Ormskirk… however I ended up getting stuck here as these little villages inbetween Liverpool and Preston are pretty hard to hitchhike out of. Equally, I’m not sure if cars can actually pull over on the M28 road, and it is most definitely illegal to stand there. So all in all, not a great spot, if you want to hitchhike north out of Liverpool your best bet honestly is just getting the X2 bus to Preston and hitchhiking onto the M6 out of Preston it’s way more straightforward.―Oscarw
53.5871, -3.0409
Solo Femme wheelchair user. Decent spot for hitching out of Southport towards Liverpool, can get multiple busses to woodvale area, then it's a short walk. There are traffic lights which slow down about 50% of traffic, some people turn down to avoid the traffic lights, but it's rare, there is plenty of space and the turn after the lights allows drivers to think about it and pull in if they want (that's what happend for me).―maxiental