Arts, crafts and such in Southport, Merseyside*

Anything from pukka art galleries to craft shops. Trendy and twee both welcome.

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• pleanty of art shops in town center..
• sad art gallery which nobody ever goes to
• There is a few art gallerys and a few craft shops. Not many though.
• Southport Arts Centre
• The antiques arcade on Lord Street is very good, you can spend ages in there just browsing
• isis is a brilliant shop for all sorts of arty crafty stuff also cool cloths jewelry and ornaments and the odd sword and set of taro cards very cool shop to find it go down towards morrisons from the train station thers a little road on the right hand side folow this and you cant miss it its the one with the exelent selection of stuff in the window and the incence out side also thers a new gallery just off shakesper street near the level crossing some contemporary some traditional stuff well worth checking out especialy if you are looking for a gift with a unique flavour its run by a lady called kathy who also teaches art so if you are interested in taking a class just pop in an ask at the gallery
• Isis on wesley street
• Atkinson Gallery always worth a look. Pity the council don't use the web to tell you what is going on more or where.
• Art Center
• The art gallery next to the town hall and the fountains
• The Arts Centre - Beware of strikingly ugly moshers!
• The Atkinson Gallery on Lord Street is a fine Victorian building with a pisspoor collection of largely mediocre art. Presumably Sefton Council are too stingy to buy anything decent.
• turners is good quality n you get a discount of your a art student with NUS!
• Bizarre little shop down a tiny alleyway near Monsoon and Waterstones on Lord Street. They sell sea shells, posh rocks (onyx eggs etc)and really old records (big black 12" disks, DISKS I said)
• Wayfarers Arcade Lord St has some great shops
• Arts Centre is brilliant - and the arcades in the area have small gallarys too - well worth a visit!

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