Gluten-free fish and chips in Southport: 4 places
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Southport · gluten-free fish and chips
4 fish and chip places in and around Southport say in their own words that they offer gluten-free fish and chips. One is fully gluten-free (★): Al-lee’s Gluten Free Kitchen on Stanley Street, whose own Facebook page says its menu, fish and chips included, comes from its fully gluten-free kitchen. Fylde in Marshside, Chippy T towards Birkdale and The Good Catch in Freshfield, Formby (Mondays and Tuesdays only) also cook with gluten (◐) and don’t say how the gluten-free fish is fried, so ask about the oil. One more place is listed by a directory or an online map listing, and we haven’t checked it yet. Updated October 2026.
How gluten-free fish and chips works in Southport
The places on this page are spread along the coast, from Marshside north of the town centre to Freshfield in Formby to the south. They say in their own words that they offer gluten-free fish and chips. Apart from Al-lee’s Gluten Free Kitchen, whose whole kitchen is gluten-free, none describes its fryers, so the oil is the question to ask.
Coeliac UK’s advice on takeaways: chips, or fish in gluten-free batter, are not gluten-free if they’re fried in the same oil as battered food with gluten. Ask about the oil for the chips too, because shops often rotate it. Taking the batter off battered fish doesn’t help, because the fish has already picked up gluten. The NHS lists fish as naturally gluten-free, but not breaded or battered fish.
So ask three things when you order. Is the batter gluten-free? Do the gluten-free fish and the chips go into oil that never sees battered food? And is there a gluten-free night or a dedicated gluten-free fryer? Coeliac UK says some shops have one or the other. In the UK, “gluten-free” on a menu means 20 parts per million or less, also for food that isn’t prepacked. Coeliac UK’s Gluten Free Accreditation goes to venues that follow its standards, processes and training; we show it on a card only when the venue’s own site says so.
★ Dedicated gluten-free fish and chips
Dedicated gluten-free kitchens in our rating. Each card quotes what the place says itself.
Al-lee’s Gluten Free Kitchen
★ Dedicated Restaurant · 100% gluten-free📍 21a Stanley Street, Southport PR9 0BS · Southport town centre · Open in Google Maps ↗
Serves: A restaurant whose own Facebook page calls it “Full gluten Free restaurant based in Southport”; its new menu of October 2026 has fish and chips, pies, burgers and pizza, “all from our fully gluten-free kitchen”.
How they handle it: The same post, of 3 October 2026, says “100% Gluten Free”.
Watch out: It has no website; news is on its own Facebook page. Bookings on 01704 790350 (the number in its own post), where you can also ask about opening hours.
✓ Read on the venue’s own Facebook page · Oct 2026 · facebook.com ↗
◐ Gluten-free fish and chips in Southport
What we write comes from their own websites; ask how they fry the gluten-free fish when you order.
Fylde Fish & Chips
◐ GF-serving Fish and chip restaurant📍 117 Fylde Road, Marshside, Southport PR9 9XP · Marshside, north Southport · Open in Google Maps ↗
Serves: A fish and chip restaurant; its menu marks the cod, haddock and plaice meals GFO: “(GFO) Gluten Free Option available on request”
How they handle it: The menu also says “Gluten Free Sauces Available.” It doesn’t say how the gluten-free fish is fried.
Watch out: Ask whether the gluten-free fish and the chips go into oil used only for gluten-free food.
✓ Read on the venue’s own site · Oct 2026 · fyldefishandchips.co.uk ↗
Chippy T
◐ GF-serving Fish and chip shop📍 45 Ovington Drive, Southport PR8 6JW · Birkdale side of Southport · Open in Google Maps ↗
Serves: A fish and chip shop that calls itself “Traditional & Gluten Free Fish & Chips” on its own site, with a separate gluten-free menu.
How they handle it: The gluten-free menu is a photo of the menu board; the site doesn’t say how the gluten-free fish is fried.
Watch out: Ask about the oil for the fish and the chips.
✓ Read on the venue’s own site · Oct 2026 · chippy-t.com ↗
The Good Catch
◐ GF-serving Fish and chip shop · Mon/Tue gluten-free📍 Montagu Mews, Freshfield, Formby L37 5EB · Freshfield, Formby (south of Southport) · Open in Google Maps ↗
Serves: Fish and chips; its menu says “*Gluten Free Fish & Chips Served Every Monday and Tuesday Along with our usual Menu*”
How they handle it: The same line adds “(Slight traces may be found)”. The site doesn’t say how the gluten-free fish is fried.
Watch out: Gluten-free on Mondays and Tuesdays only (the venue’s own info, read in October 2026; one line on its site says Mondays). Ring ahead to check the day.
✓ Read on the venue’s own site · Oct 2026 · thegoodcatch.co.uk ↗
Gluten-free options, listed by a directory or an online map listing, not yet checked by us
We haven’t yet read in its own words how this place handles gluten-free, so it has no number and no pin. Call ahead and ask the questions above.
- The Kings Plaice, fish and chip shop, Lord Street, 525-527 Lord Street, Southport · Listed, not yet checked
Map
The numbers on the map match the numbered places above (★ and ◐). The place we haven’t checked yet isn’t on the map.
Questions
Is fish and chips in Southport gluten-free?
Not as standard: the NHS lists fish as naturally gluten-free, but not battered fish. The 4 places on this page say in their own words (website or Facebook page) that they offer gluten-free fish and chips or a gluten-free option. Ask for it clearly when you order.
Is gluten-free fish and chips in Southport safe for coeliacs?
It depends on the oil, not the town. Coeliac UK says chips, or fish in gluten-free batter, are not gluten-free if they’re fried in the same oil as battered food with gluten. Al-lee’s Gluten Free Kitchen says its whole kitchen is gluten-free; the other places on this page don’t say how their gluten-free fish is fried, and The Good Catch writes that slight traces may be found, so ask about the oil and say you have coeliac disease.
Which days can I get gluten-free fish and chips at The Good Catch?
Its menu says gluten-free fish and chips are served every Monday and Tuesday, alongside the usual menu; one line on its site says Mondays only, so ring ahead to check.
More on gluten-free in the UK
- Is fish and chips gluten-free? Our A-Z entry
- Gluten-free fish and chips in Blackpool, up the coast
- Gluten-free UK: the places we track
- All our gluten-free city guides
- Translation cards to show the kitchen, in 60+ languages
Sources: the numbered places’ own websites and menus, read on 3 October 2026 (Fylde’s menu as a PDF on its site), and Al-lee’s Gluten Free Kitchen’s own Facebook page, read on 4 October 2026; our Atlas entries, each symbol set from the venue’s own published words; for the place not yet checked, a third-party listing; Coeliac UK’s advice on gluten-free takeaways (section Fish and chips) and its page on the Gluten Free Accreditation scheme, read on 3 October 2026; the NHS page on treating coeliac disease, read on 3 October 2026; the UK gluten-free limit of 20 mg/kg (retained Regulation (EU) No 828/2014). Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited under each image. Last verified 04.10.2026.
Reviewed against the HTGF methodology: every claim sourced, every listing tiered and dated. This article is practical guidance, not medical advice.
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