WWT Martin Mere

WWT Martin Mere is a wetland nature reserve and wildfowl collection managed by the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust at Tarlscough, Burscough, Lancashire, England, on the West Lancashire Coastal Plain, 6 miles from Ormskirk and 10 miles from Southport.

Photo: Tony Corsini, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Opening hours:
April 1st—October 28th: 9:30 AM—6:00 PM
October 29th—March 31st: 9:30 AM—4:30 PM
December 25th: closed
Email: info.martinmere@wwt.org.uk
Type: Nature reserve
Description: nature reserve in the United Kingdom
Also known as: “Martin Mere” and “Martin Mere Wetland Centre”
Address: Fish Lane, Burscough, L40 0TA
Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest

Highlights include New Lane railway station and Burscough Bridge railway station.

New Lane railway station

Railway station

Photo: Small-town hero, Public domain.

New Lane railway station serves the town of Burscough in West Lancashire, in England. It is served and managed by Northern Trains and is situated near the Martin Mere bird sanctuary, which can be reached by a 1-mile walk.

Burscough Bridge railway station

Railway station

Photo: Small-town hero, Public domain.

Burscough Bridge railway station is one of two railway stations which serve the town of Burscough in Lancashire, England. It lies on the Manchester-Southport Line, operated and managed by Northern Trains, and is between New Lane and Hoscar, 27 miles 58 chains from Manchester Victoria.

Burscough Junction railway station

Railway station

Photo: Small-town hero, Public domain.

Burscough Junction pronounced is one of two railway stations serving the town of Burscough in Lancashire, England. It is sited on the Ormskirk Branch Line, 2+1⁄2 miles north of Ormskirk and is served by Northern Trains.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Burscough and Lathom.

Burscough

Town

Photo: Small-town hero, Public domain.

Burscough is a town and civil parish in the West Lancashire district of Lancashire, England. The town is located approximately 14 miles north-northeast of Liverpool and 13 miles southwest of Preston.

Lathom

Village

Photo: Doug Elliot, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Lathom is a village and civil parish in Lancashire, England, near Skelmersdale, about 3 miles east of Ormskirk. It is in the district of West Lancashire, and with the parish of Newburgh forms part of Newburgh ward.