In which English town is Royal Birkdale Golf Club located?

Royal Birkdale Golf Club is located in Southport, England. The club sits in the coastal town of Southport in Merseyside, northwest of Liverpool, rather than in Scotland or in the nearby English towns associated with other famous Open venues.

Royal Birkdale began as Birkdale Golf Club in 1889 and moved to its present site in Birkdale Hills in 1894. It received the “Royal” title in 1951. The links course is shaped through large coastal dunes, a landscape that gives it both its character and its demanding, wind-exposed play.

Southport is sometimes confused with Hoylake, home of Royal Liverpool Golf Club, or Sandwich, home of Royal St George’s. St Andrews is in Scotland and is associated with the Old Course. Royal Birkdale’s Open history began in 1954, and the 2026 championship will be its eleventh hosting of golf’s oldest major.