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Churchtown Botanic Garden

Bankfield Lane, Southport, UK

+44 (0)1704 214164

Just a few minutes out of the centre of Southport, in Churchtown, is Southport's Botanic Gardens.

Originally opened in 1874, these Victorian gardens contained many attractions including a magnificent glasshouse, an aviary, and a large, heated fernery. The glasshouse was dismantled a century ago, but the fernery has been maintained and contains an extensive collection of subtropical and tropical ferns from all parts of the world.


Churchtown Botanic Garden is open all year round.


Read Matthew Reeve's article on our visit to Churchtown Botanic Garden in April 2022.

Ferns you might see at 

Churchtown Botanic Garden

Exotic Fern Database Entry

Members of the Exotic Fern Group surveyed the ferns in the glasshouses at Cambridge University Botanic Garden in April 2022.

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