Formby

For other uses, see Formby (disambiguation).

Formby
Town
Formby Town Centre
Formby is located in Merseyside
Formby
Formby
Location within Merseyside
Population22,886 (2021)
OS grid referenceSD293074
Civil parish
Metropolitan borough
Metropolitan county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Districts of the town
List
Post townLIVERPOOL
Postcode districtL37
Dialling code01704
PoliceMerseyside
FireMerseyside
AmbulanceNorth West
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Merseyside
53°33′31″N 3°04′00″W / 53.5586°N 3.0666°W / 53.5586; -3.0666
Our Lady of Compassion Church, Formby

Formby is a town and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, Merseyside, England.

Historically in Lancashire, three manors are recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 under "Fornebei", Halsall, Walton and Poynton.[2] Cockle raking and shrimp fishing lasted into the 19th century.[2] By 1872, the township and sub-district was made up of two chapelries (St Peter's and St Luke's), Birkdale township, the hamlets of Ainsdale and Raven-Meols and Altcar parish.[2][3] Formby was built on the plain adjoining the Irish Sea coast a few miles north of the Crosby channel.[2]

A commuter town for Liverpool,[4][5] Formby is also a tourist destination with day trippers attracted to its beaches, sand dunes and wildlife, particularly the endangered red squirrel and natterjack toad.[6] The area is conserved by the National Trust, and designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest.[7][8]

  1. ^ "Formby Parish Council, Sefton, Merseyside, Official Website". Formby Parish Council.
  2. ^ a b c d Farrer, William; Brownbill, J (1907). A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 3. Victoria County History. pp. 45–52. The Section dedicated to Formby.
  3. ^ Wilson, John Marius (1874). Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870–1872). A. Fullarton & Co.
  4. ^ "City Relationships: Economic Linkages in Northern city regions. Liverpool City Region" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 April 2012.
  5. ^ "Sefton Council Core Strategy Options Paper May 2011. Profile of Sefton" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2012.
  6. ^ Carolyn Garlick. "Formby coastal walk". BBC.co.uk.
  7. ^ "Formby, Ainsdale & Birkdale – Inspector Jim Atherton profile". Merseyside Police. Archived from the original on 20 May 2018. Retrieved 3 October 2011.
  8. ^ "Formby". The National Trust. Archived from the original on 2 October 2011.