| Hightown | |
|---|---|
| Village | |
 St Stephen's Church, Hightown | |
  Hightown Location within Merseyside | |
| Population | 2,063 (2011)[1] |
| OS grid reference | SD299036 |
| Civil parish |
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| Metropolitan borough | |
| Metropolitan county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | LIVERPOOL |
| Postcode district | L38 |
| Dialling code | 0151 |
| Police | Merseyside |
| Fire | Merseyside |
| Ambulance | North West |
| UK Parliament | |
Hightown is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton in Merseyside, England, located midway between the city of Liverpool and the coastal resort of Southport. It is 8 miles north of Liverpool city centre and is located on the coast near the boundary of the Mersey Estuary and Liverpool Bay. The River Alt joins the sea at this point and forms an estuary. There is a pumping station on the River Alt at Altmouth, built 1972, as part of a programme to alleviate flooding in the area.[2] This is on the Altcar Rifle Range, a Territorial Army base originally established in 1860 by Lt. Col. Gladstone.[3]
The village is featured in 'Lancashire Life' magazine, May 2004 'Tales of the sea at Hightown, near Southport' pp. 150–154 by Harold Brough, photographs by John Cocks.
- ^ "Village population 2011". Retrieved 2 June 2015.
- ^ A Guide to Merseyside's Industrial Past, Paul Rees, 1st ed. Countyvise, Birkenhead, 1984 & NW Society for Industrial Archaeology and History, p. 32.
- ^ Altcar Rifle Range: Its wildlife and history, David Simpson, introduction by Major Doug Farrington (Retd.), TA & Sefton Council, 1997, p. 6–7.