The Bothy Southport

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From Lord Street
Go along Lord Street in Preston direction, straight ahead at the roundabout (by police & fire station) onto Albert Road. At traffic lights by Hesketh Park, turn left onto Park Road West. Club is
down the road on the right.
From Preston
Enter Southport and go straight ahead at roundabout onto Preston New Road, following signs to town centre. This road leads onto Cambridge Road. At end of Cambridge Road, go straight ahead at roundabout onto Park Crescent, with Hesketh Park on your right. Turn right at next junction onto
Park Road. Cross Albert Road onto Park Road West. Club is down the road on the right.

From Southport railway station
Journey length one mile. Turn right out of front entrance of station, pass O'Neill's pub onto Hoghton Street, which leads onto Queens Road. Keep on until the junction by Hesketh Park, then turn left
onto Park Road. Cross Albert Road onto Park Road West. Club is down the road on the right.

Bus services are not good on Sunday evenings. Here are some that run to or near the venue.

Bus service	From	Dep. Time	Route
105	Birkdale Clive Road	17-45 (arrives 18-10)	Via Park Road West
2	Lord Street	18-15, 20.15	Via Albert Road
2	Plough Crossens	19-52	< ditto >
47A	Banks Road, Crossens	18-16	< ditto >
X2	Plough Crossens	18-31	< ditto >
X2	Monument, Lord Street	19-05, 21-05	< ditto >
This should only be considered a guide. If bus travel is important please check with the bus company.

 

Address-	The Park Golf Club, Park Rd West. PR9 0JS Southport. (by the Municipal Golf Course)
Promoter-	Clive Pownceby
You can't miss it-	Next to the entrance to Southports Municipal Golf Course, between the Northern end of the Marine Lake and Hesketh Park. Plenty of parking, in the car park or on the road, easy access and there is also ramp access (from the car park).
Directions- an alternative set of directions	From either the North (A 565) or South(A 565). If you drive along the coastal road until you reach the roundabout at the North end of the Marine Lake (Fairways), turn inland and turn left at the T junction. The Park Golf Club is approx 300m on left. If coming from the East (A 570), upon reaching Lord St turn left & continue past the roundabout at the N end of Lord St and at the Traffic Lights just past the Imperial Pub turn left. Passing Fleetwood road on your right, the Club is immediately on your right.
Beers-	Usually Thwaites Lancaster Bomber..
Distinctive Characteristicts-	The Bothy moved here in January 2007 after 3 years at The Shelbourne Hotel and 38 years at the Blundell Arms, having moved there in the spring of 1965 after its initial venue proved inadequate to accommodate the folk boom years numbers of punters after only six weeks in its original venue.
Who's played there-	Virtually a who's who of folk and related musics:- Traditional singers such as Jeannie Robertson, Davy Stewart,US singer/songwriters Carolyn Hester, Chris Smither and UK faves like Martin Carthy, Kate Rusby and Dick Gaughan. Its been a guest a fortnight now for 41years.
Legend-	AOR stars such as Mary Black and Barbara Dickson were on the Bothy's stage long before international fame beckoned and the folk circuit was their bread and butter. "More bread than butter " says Clive. "We paid Barbara £20 in March 1974 and she's welcome to come back any time-a chillingly good folk singer when she chooses to be". The often-told story about the club rejecting Paul Simon's audition as "too arty, over priced and over rated" is Clive sighs, "a little apocryphal but not without its grains of truth".