Alderlee Park is a small, quiet residential park home site perfect for those who are retired or approaching retirement. It is owned by Turning Lane Farm, a family owned arable farm growing wheat, hay and and root vegetables as well as running a horse livery yard. We are also members of the BH&HPA, a trade association for the park home industry which offers us advice and guidance and keeps us informed of any changes in the law regarding residential parks.  In order to be a member the park must be run in a proper manner.

Our History

The park began as a campsite in the mid 1800’s when people from Liverpool and Wigan came by canal boat to Scarisbrick or Halsall and then either walked or got a pony and trap to the farm. The Southport seafront was a further 2 miles away. The campsite was then also a grazing field for cows and horses, the farm had its own water well and would have supplied milk, eggs and possibly bread to the visitors.

This changed gradually over time, the railways came, Southport grew as a resort and developed it’s own transport system with trams and later buses making it easier for holidaymakers to travel around. The park evolved from being just tents, some people built sheds and summerhouses which stayed on site all year, meaning they could come and visit more easily and more frequently. Some people liked being on the park so much they began to live permanently in these holiday ‘lodges’, often when they retired.

When the town and country planning came into being shortly after the second world war, the planning status of the campsite had to be formalised and so the present owners’ grandfather decided to make the park ‘residential’. This meant that the homes had to be purpose built to be lived in as dwellings all year round and so gradually the summer lodges disappeared and were replaced by park homes.