Your guide to the 2025 Southport Flower Show

The four-day flower show takes place in Victoria Park

The Southport Flower Show opens later with floral displays, attractions and family entertainment.

Visitors over the next four days can experience award-winning show gardens, a shopping village, cookery demonstrations and live performances.

There will also be a host of celebrity appearances.

If you are planning to attend, hopefully here's everything you need to know.

Gates open to the public at 10:00 BST each day

Where and when is it?

The annual four-day event takes place at the town's Victoria Park.

Gates open to the public at 10:00 BST each day and the show will be open until 18:00 (with an earlier finish of 17:00 on Sunday).

Victoria Park has wide walkways and a level surface.

Organisers say well-behaved dogs on leads are allowed on site.

What can I expect?

This year the show's theme will focus on health and wellbeing, the benefits of flowers and gardening, and the positive impact they make on daily life.

Expect spectacular award-winning show gardens, a grand floral marquee, amateur grower and plant society exhibitors, floral art and raised bed displays, a bees and honey marquee, and displays from local schools and charities.

There will also be more family attractions this year including dog display teams, birds of prey, and horse shows.

Organisers promise the 35-acre park will be "a real hive of activity".

Alpacas are visiting for the first time, while the highlights of a new children's trail include information about conservation work, a scarecrow festival, yoga, a doodle wall and the chance for kids to learn tennis skills.

Who are this year's celebrity guests?

Keep your eyes out for Emmerdale actor Kelvin Fletcher, rock star Toyah Willcox, Strictly Come Dancing winner Hamza Yassin, Bake Off's Cherish Finden, Gladiator Steel and CBeebies entertainer Justin Fletcher.

Gardening experts include ITV's Love Your Garden's David Domoney; Nick Bailey from BBC Gardeners' World; Carole Baxter and George Anderson from BBC's Beechgrove Garden; and gardening experts, presenters and writers Martin and Jill Fish.

Cookery guests include ITV's This Morning chef Phil Vickery; Cherish Finden from Bake Off: The Professionals; television personality and chef Rosemary Shrager; and Great British Bake Off Winner Nancy Birtwhistle.

How do I get there?

Visitors travelling to the show by train can buy discounted tickets from any Merseyrail ticket office.

A shuttle bus from Southport railway station will run to the park every 15 minutes at an additional cost.

Parking is available at Princes Park (within walking distance) and at Birkdale Common Park and Ride, with buses running to and from the showground every 15 minutes.

A range of bus and coach services serve Southport.

If you are cycling to the show there are bike parking facilities at the nearby Eco Centre.

How much are tickets?

The 2025 gate price is £30.

If you arrive after 15:00 on Friday, Saturday or Sunday, you can get in for £20.

Children under 16 are admitted free of charge with a paying adult.

There are group discounts and local resident discounts available.

Full details can be found on the Southport Flower Show website.