Mobile coronavirus testing units have been scheduled to be at locations across Sefton through September .

If you have the COVID-19 symptoms of a high temperature, persistent cough or loss of taste or smell – however mild – you should get a test.

Tests at mobile centres are available for anyone but they need to have made an appointment first at www.nhs.uk/coronavirus or by calling 119.

Mobile Testing Unit dates and locations for the remainder September are:

Wed 16 – Litherland
Thur 17 – Reserve (No scheduled MTU in Sefton)*
Fri 18 – Reserve (No scheduled MTU in Sefton)*
Sat 19 – Reserve (No scheduled MTU in Sefton)*
Sun 20 – Southport
Mon 21 – Litherland
Tue 22 – Crosby
Wed 23 – Crosby
Thur 24 – Reserve (No scheduled MTU in Sefton)*
Fri 25 – Reserve (No scheduled MTU in Sefton)*
Sat 26 – Southport
Sun 27 – Southport
Mon 28 – Crosby
Tue 29 – Crosby
Wed 30 – Crosby


*One of the Mobile Testing Unit teams is a reserve team, and may deployed to other Merseyside locations on these days.

Walk-through test centres, opposite Bootle Town Hall and at Southport Town Hall, are open from 8am to 8pm. You need an appointment from www.nhs.uk/coronavirus or by calling 119 or the Council’s Contact Centre on 0345 140 0845.

The September dates for Mobile Testing Units , which are supported by Sefton Council, NHS Southport and Formby CCG and NHS South Sefton CCG, follows on from a timetable that saw units deployed across Sefton Borough nearly every day in July and August.