Formby Beach Woods
- Skye & Lorraine
- 3 days ago
- 2 min read
Exploring Formby Beach Woods with Skye
Together, myself and Skye like to explore and we recently got ourselves a National Trust Membership which has been so much fun!
On the first day of Spring, the weather was absolutely gorgeous, a scorching 18 degrees (ha!) so it was too nice of a day to stay in Manchester doing our usual walks. So we headed over to Formby which is around an hours drive for us. Now Formby is a National Trust beach, so members can scan their membership card for free parking, however non members can also go and pay to park which is £8.50 for the day.
Formby are currently doing some renovations to one of their car parks (Victoria Road car park) which is due to be completed next year, however you can still access everything at the Lifeboat Road car park. This is the one we use, there is access to the gorgeous sand dunes and the woods.
As the weather was so lovely, we headed towards the woods, this is a first time for me as I’ve always been one to go to the beach. It was like stepping into a magical wonderland, the trees were gorgeous, offered plenty of shade for Skye to run freely without overheating. We basically had the place to ourselves, perks of going during the week and I guess picking the woods rather than the beach!
Once you have finished your walk, there are toilets within the carpark and sometimes a coffee van, however on this day the coffee van wasn’t there so we can’t tell you how that was. Within the middle of the carpark there is also a big grassed picnic bench area, so don’t forget your picnic!
Location postcode - L37 2EB
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