Crosby is a suburban area in Merseyside, England. It covers a string of settlements along the Irish Sea coast, around 6 miles (10 km) north of Liverpool city centre. Crosby means 'village with the cross' in Norse and has viking roots in common with Formby further to the north.
The beach stretches 2 to 3 miles from the Seaforth docks to the south (where it separates the sea from the Marina), past Crosby Swimming Baths, up beyond the coastguard station in Blundellsands to the estuary of the River Alt. The navigable shipping channel connecting the Mersey to the Irish Sea runs parallel to the beach to around the coastguard station where it swings out to sea. The beach has only really been stabilised in the last half a century or so. Previous to this at high tides the sea could come in as far as the first row of houses. Dune management, which is still ongoing to the present day and the building of a sea wall have now reduced the problems. In the older dunes north of the coastguard station, between the sea and the West Lancashire Golf Club, there are still some remains of the old wartime defences.
The Another Place sculptures are found here. Another Place is a piece of modern sculpture by Antony Gormley. Now permanently erected on Crosby Beach, Liverpool, England, it was due to be moved to New York, United States in November 2006, but there was a controversial proposal to retain the work at Crosby.
