15 Feb 2026 · Southport · Lord Street · Mermaid Gardens · Monument Square · Christ Church Gardens · Town Hall Gardens
Lightport, Southport
Yep, you guessed it, another winter light show in North West England. This time, Lightport in Southport. I heard someone on the radio talking about this on Saturday afternoon, it was only on for three nights which seems like a shame, especially as it's half term. Anyway, we went on Sunday. We took my Dad along too. Spring is looming on the horizon, so to make sure we got a night time experience, we went to Hickory's for dinner first.
We parked up on a back street a few minutes walk away from the trail, wrapped up and walked down. When you get to Lord Street, you're met with a wonderful display of lights. It was about 1945 when we arrived, so it was fully dark and there was lots of people mooching about. I was surprised that there wasn't more things selling stuff there, you know burger van, drinks, merch etc. There was nothing really, I wonder if they weren't expecting it to be busy?
The view of Monument Square.
Our first view was of Monument Square, as you can see from the image there were laser projectors beaming patterns in flat planes, they had low key smoke machines wafting atmosphere into the arena. It reminded me of a late 90s club. Awesome!
End of the Rainbow.
We had a wander about in this bit for a while then went back to Mermaid Gardens, I enjoyed End of the Rainbow the most in this zone. Its beautifully simple, just a projection of rainbow into the pond.
Enchanted Gardens.
It was freezing and the Enchanted Gardens has a whopper queue, so we observed it from the path, didn't actually walk through it.
A different view of Monument Square.
There's low level music playing in the background, teamed with the lights and smoke, it's a true multimedia experience. We then walked back through Monument Gardens through Christ Church Gardens. Nicky's parents belong to this church, so we had a good look round here.
Christ Church lit up.
The finale is called ARC, it's a 10m tall rainbow you can walk through and interact with. Another lightly smoked exhibit, it had a steady stream of people walking through it the whole time we were there. This was Mitch's favourite one of the night, he's always wanted to touch a rainbow, I'm not sure if this has satisfied this desire, but he enjoyed it!
ARC.
As I write this the event is over, so this is probably a redundant link Lightport Website there's other fun stuff on in Southport this year, have a look anyway.
We enjoyed the show, I can't fathom why it was only on for 3 nights, I'm sure it would've been busy for a week. Feels like they missed a trick, that and not having stalls. Maybe they know something I don't. No biggie though, it was a great show.
