Otter Enclosure

Otter Enclosure is in Burscough, West Lancashire District, England. Otter Enclosure is situated nearby to the historic site The Wetland Time Capsule, as well as near Martin Mere Education Centre.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include WWT Martin Mere and New Lane railway station.

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.

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 4,000 feet south of Otter Enclosure.

Burscough Bridge railway station

Railway station

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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 Bridge railway station is situated 1½ miles southeast of Otter Enclosure.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Burscough and Lathom.

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 2 miles south of Otter Enclosure.

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 2½ miles southeast of Otter Enclosure.

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 3 miles southeast of Otter Enclosure.

Otter Enclosure

Type: Tourist attraction
Category: tourism
Location: Burscough, West Lancashire District, Lancashire, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.62235° or 53° 37′ 21″ north

Longitude

-2.86364° or 2° 51′ 49″ west

Open location code

9C5VJ4CP+WG

OpenStreetMap ID

way 253368548

OpenStreetMap feature

attraction=animal

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