Holmes Wood
Holmes Wood is a forest in Tarleton, West Lancashire District, England. Holmes Wood is situated nearby to the village Mere Brow, as well as near the locality Tarlscough Moss.Places of Interest
Highlights include WWT Martin Mere and Holy Trinity Church, Tarleton.
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.
Holy Trinity Church, Tarleton
Church
Photo: David Long, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Holy Trinity Church, Tarleton is an Anglican church which stands in the village of Tarleton, Lancashire, England. The church was built in 1886 to replace the old St Mary's Church on the edge of the village, which was no longer big enough for the local population to attend.
Bescar Lane railway station
Railway station
Photo: Small-town hero, Public domain.
Bescar Lane railway station is on the Manchester to Southport Line, 4+1⁄2 miles east of Southport in the village of Scarisbrick. Bescar Lane is an old cottage-style station, operated by Northern Trains.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sollom and Crossens.
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.
Crossens
Suburb
Photo: Nedueb, Public domain.
Crossens is the northernmost district of the town of Southport, Merseyside, England. Historically part of the ancient parish of North Meols and entirely in Lancashire, most of Crossens was transferred to Merseyside on 1 April 1974, when local government boundaries were reorganised nationally.
Churchtown
Suburb
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Churchtown is a suburb of Southport, Merseyside, England. Historically in Lancashire, it is surrounded by Crossens, High Park and Marshside in the ancient parish of North Meols on the northern fringe of what is now Southport.
Holmes Wood
Latitude
53.655° or 53° 39′ 18″ northLongitude
-2.8788° or 2° 52′ 44″ westOpen location code
9C5VM44C+2FOpenStreetMap ID
way 1238451514OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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