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Mere Side Lancashire Map

Traditional county: Lancashire · District / Borough: West Lancashire · Region: North West

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Place	Mere Side
Traditional County	Lancashire
District / Borough	West Lancashire
Region	North West
Country	England, United Kingdom

Latitude	53.642708
Longitude	-2.863876
Place Type	Other Settlement

About Mere Side

Mere Side emerges from the flat, reclaimed earth of West Lancashire as a quiet witness to the shifting drainage of the mosslands. It lies 5.2 miles north of Ormskirk (from Ormskirk: bearing 10°T, OS grid SD 429 165), and is situated west of Holmeswood village. The horizon here is vast and low, where the pale northern light stretches across agricultural fields that once formed part of a great, sodden wilderness. Mere Side maintains a watchful distance from the nearby Boat House Sluice, where the water moves with a sluggish, deliberate weight through the arterial channels of the drainage system. To the east, the expansive Mere Sands Wood SSSI provides a sanctuary of birch and pine that softens the sharp edges of the surrounding farmland. The air carries the faint, damp scent of peat, a lingering reminder of the deep bogs that dictated the lives of those who first broke this heavy soil. Mere Side preserves a singular stillness, defined by the narrow lanes that track the contours of the reclaimed landscape rather than the ambitions of men. Such isolation lends a peculiar clarity to the evening, when the sky deepens into a bruised violet above the distant, unseen waters.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Boat House Sluice (River) — 0.5 mi, 245° WSW
Rufford Boundary Sluice (River) — 0.5 mi, 226° SW
Windmill Animal Farm (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 0.7 mi, 201° SSW
Mere Sands Wood Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 1.2 mi, 114° ESE · 43 ha
Martin Mere, Burscough Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 1.4 mi, 203° SSW · 120 ha
The Mere (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.4 mi, 301° WNW
Martin Mere Visitor Centre (Attraction) — 1.4 mi, 182° S
Martin Mere Education Centre (Attraction) — 1.4 mi, 181° S
Rufford Moated Site (Scheduled Monument) — 1.8 mi, 078° ENE
Rufford Old Hall (Attraction) — 2.1 mi, 098° E
Moated Site Of Scarisbrick Hall. (Scheduled Monument) — 3.3 mi, 224° SW · 1 ha
The Lake (Lake / Reservoir) — 3.4 mi, 220° SW
Scarisbrick Hall (Historic Park or Garden) — 3.5 mi, 222° SW · 178 ha
Burscough Brickpits (Park) — 3.8 mi, 175° S
Much Hoole Marsh (Wetland) — 3.8 mi, 026° NNE
Scarisbrick Park Wayside Cross (Scheduled Monument) — 3.8 mi, 221° SW
Millennium Green (Park) — 3.9 mi, 104° ESE
Banks Enclosed Marsh (Wetland) — 4.1 mi, 333° NNW
Serpentine Lake (Lake / Reservoir) — 4.1 mi, 289° WNW
Burscough Priory (Historic Ruins) — 4.1 mi, 176° S
West Lancashire Light Railway (Attraction) — 4.1 mi, 015° NNE
Old Southport tram terminus (Historic Ruins) — 4.1 mi, 287° WNW
Botanic Gardens Aviary (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 4.1 mi, 287° WNW
Lowry Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 4.2 mi, 152° SSE
Skellow Clough (Valley) — 4.5 mi, 122° ESE
Shirdley Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 4.6 mi, 237° WSW
Karen's Viewpoint (Viewpoint) — 5.2 mi, 352° N
Woodpecker Sculpture (Public Artwork) — 5.5 mi, 180° S
Ribble Estuary (National Nature Reserve) — 5.6 mi, 319° NW · 52k acres
The Temperence Institute (Theatre) — 5.6 mi, 273° W

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