Holmeswood
Holmeswood is a hamlet in Rufford, West Lancashire District, England. Holmeswood is situated nearby to the locality Tarlscough Moss, as well as near the village Mere Brow.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include WWT Martin Mere and Rufford Old Hall.
WWT Martin Mere
Nature reserve
Photo: Tony Corsini, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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. WWT Martin Mere is situated 1½ miles south of Holmeswood.
Rufford Old Hall
Manor estate
Photo: Doug Elliot, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rufford Old Hall is a National Trust property in Rufford, Lancashire, in north-west England. Built in the late fifteenth or early sixteenth centuries for the Hesketh family, only the great hall survives from the original structure. Rufford Old Hall is situated 2 miles east of Holmeswood.
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. New Lane railway station is situated 2½ miles south of Holmeswood.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sollom and Hoscar.
Sollom
Hamlet
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Sollom is a hamlet in the parish of Tarleton, in Lancashire, England. It lies south of Tarleton and north of Rufford on the A59 road, giving the village good links to Preston, Southport and Liverpool. Sollom is situated 2 miles northeast of Holmeswood.
Hoscar
Village
Photo: Gary Rogers, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hoscar is a small village in Lancashire, England. It is located 1¼ miles east of the larger village of Burscough. Hoscar is situated 4 miles southeast of Holmeswood.
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. Lathom is situated 4 miles southeast of Holmeswood.
Holmeswood
- Type: Hamlet
- Category: locality
- Location: Rufford, West Lancashire District, Lancashire, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.64454° or 53° 38′ 40″ northLongitude
-2.86103° or 2° 51′ 40″ westElevation
26 feet (8 metres)Open location code
9C5VJ4VQ+RHOpenStreetMap ID
node 29974968OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
12266416
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