Former Victoria Baths, 42-43 Promenade, Southport, Merseyside, PR9
Key Features
- On Instructions of Sefton MBC - Investment Opportunity.
- Former Victoria Baths.
- Approximately 1,320 sqm plus basements.
- Numerous external repairs already undertaken to the building up to March 2021, in the sum of £395,000.
- Grade II listed building.
- Adjoining Victoria Leisure facility is unaffected.
- Long leasehold.
- Submissions & offers will be considered on their individual merits.
- Further enquiries, please contact Graham Bowling BSc (Hons) MRICS .
Description
On instructions of Sefton MBC. Former Victoria Baths.
Located on the historic seafront promenade, the regeneration of Victoria Baths offers an exciting and flexible opportunity for investors of imagination and flare. This beautiful grade II listed building, iconic in its role in shaping the town, is now ready to play a key part in reimagining Southport's future.
Sefton MBC are looking for investors of imagination to bring new life to this much-loved historic building, whose history of nearly two centuries has seen it time and again taking a central place in shaping the life of one of the country's most vibrant coastal resorts. Sefton MBC invite investors to reimagine Victoria Baths in new and creative ways, to encourage new communities, support the local economy, generate local employment opportunities, skills development and support existing and emerging local businesses.
We understand works undertaken to March 2021, in the sum £395,000 include external repairs to roof, masonry and rainwater goods and general external fabric to make shell water-tight.
Investment proposals are invited appropriate for this leisure, visitor & tourist location.
There is no formal Guide Price for this investment opportunity and all submissions & offers will be considered on their individual merits.
Please note, the adjoining Victoria Leisure facility is unaffected.
Further enquiries please contact Graham Bowling BSc (Hons) MRICS .
Map Location
Property details
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- Date Posted
- 2026-06-12
Utilities & Restrictions
Utilities
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- Water
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- Heating
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- Sewerage
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Rights & Restrictions
- Public Rights of Way
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- Private Rights of Way
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- Listed Property
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- Restrictions
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Listed status, conservation areas and planning constraints for this location are in the full report.
Property Features
- Accessibility
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- Parking
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- Garden
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Beyond the particulars: planning activity, flood history, heritage and ground risks, checked for this exact spot.
Connectivity
Broadband
Fastest speed available at this postcode
1.8 Gbps
Gigabit full fibre · available to 8% of premises
Suitable for
- 4K streaming on every screen
- Full-time home working
- Online gaming & big downloads
Mobile signal
Predicted 4G and 5G signal; indoor signal depends on building materials.
Ofcom Connected Nations postcode-level predictions. Speeds and signal are modelled, not measured, and vary between addresses and providers.
Signal is the easy part. Planning activity, flood history and protected designations here are in the full report.
Nearest Schools
Primary
- Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School, Southport634 metresOfsted report card · Jun 2026
- Ages
- 5 to 11
- Pupils
- 207
- Type
- Academy converter
- Faith
- Church of England
- St Philip's Church of England Primary School0.8 milesNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Pupils
- 207
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Faith
- Church of England
- Linaker Primary School0.9 milesOfsted: Requires improvement
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Pupils
- 359
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Holy Family Catholic Primary School1.1 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Pupils
- 188
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Faith
- Catholic
- Norwood Primary School1.1 milesNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 5 to 11
- Pupils
- 621
- Type
- Community school
Secondary
- Meols Cop High School1.6 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 916
- Type
- Academy converter
- Christ The King Catholic High School and Sixth Form Centre1.7 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Pupils
- 822
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Faith
- Roman Catholic
- Stanley High School1.8 milesOfsted: Requires improvement *
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 783
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Greenbank High School2.1 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 1,025
- Type
- Academy converter
- Gender
- Girls
- Birkdale High School2.8 milesOfsted report card · Apr 2026
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 936
- Type
- Academy converter
- Gender
- Boys
* Latest graded judgement covers quality of education only; no overall grade was issued under the 2024-25 inspection framework.
Distances are straight-line from the advertised location. Source: the national school registers (DfE, Welsh Government, Scottish Government) and Ofsted.
Schools are just the start: sold prices nearby, planning activity and any flood history are in the full report.
Amenities
Supermarket
GP surgery
Pharmacy
Hospital
Green space
Straight-line distances from the advertised location. Sources: NHS records, Geolytix supermarket locations, OS Open Greenspace and the national trails registers.
The area stacks up? Now check the location itself: planning nearby, protected designations and past flooding.
Getting Around
Nearest station
Nearest bus stop
Typical drive times
Straight-line distances from the advertised location; drive times are typical free-flow times over OpenStreetMap road data, so allow more at peak. Public transport locations from DfT NaPTAN.
Easy to reach matters. So do planning activity, flood history and ground risks: all in the full report.
Flood Risk
Environment Agency open data, checked around the advertised map pin for the listed acreage. Long-term risk counts flood defences; the planning map's flood zones do not. The map pin for this listing marks the postcode area rather than the exact location, so these readings describe the surrounding area. Provided by LandSale, not the listing agent, and not part of the agent's particulars. Risk varies across a holding, so verify before committing.
Rivers and the sea
Planning map: Flood Zone 1.
Surface water
Not at the pin: mapped about 10 metres away.
These bandings are the summary. Where this location sits on the flood maps, plus planning activity, heritage and ground risks, is in the full report.
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