Mere Side

Mere Side is a locality in Rufford, West Lancashire District, England. Mere Side is situated nearby to the hamlet Holmeswood, as well as near Tarlscough.

Places of Interest

Highlights include WWT Martin Mere and Rufford Old Hall.

WWT Martin Mere

Nature reserve

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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 Mere Side.

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 Mere Side.

New Lane railway station

Railway station

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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 2 miles south of Mere Side.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sollom and Burscough.

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 Mere Side.

Burscough

Town

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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. Burscough is situated 3½ miles south of Mere Side.

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 Mere Side.

Mere Side

Type: Locality
Location: Rufford, West Lancashire District, Lancashire, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.64271° or 53° 38′ 34″ north

Longitude

-2.86388° or 2° 51′ 50″ west

Elevation

30 feet (9 metres)

Open location code

9C5VJ4VP+3C

GeoNames ID

13283909

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