Mere Sands Wood

Mere Sands Wood

A lake, with heavily wooded shores.

The main lake
Coordinates 53°38′08″N 2°50′14″W / 53.635491°N 2.83709°W / 53.635491; -2.83709Coordinates: 53°38′08″N 2°50′14″W / 53.635491°N 2.83709°W / 53.635491; -2.83709
Created 1982 (1982)
Operated by Wildlife Trust for Lancashire, Manchester and North Merseyside
Status SSSI
Website Official site

Mere Sands Wood is a 42 hectares (100 acres) nature reserve between the villages of Holmeswood and Rufford in west Lancashire, England, managed by The Wildlife Trust for Lancashire, Manchester & North Merseyside. It lies about five miles from Ormskirk.[1] The name derives from when the area was on the shore of Martin Mere.[1]

The reserve comprises lakes, mature broadleaved and conifer woodland, sandy, wet meadows and heaths,[1] standing on layers of sand and peat, deposited over boulder clay during the last Ice Age.[1] Between 1974 and 1982 the sand was quarried for use in glass-making.[1] Under a planning agreement, the site was landscaped into a nature reserve once the extraction was completed.[1] The Trust acquired the site in 1982[1] and the reserves was designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) for its geological interest in 1985.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Mere Sands Wood". The Wildlife Trust for Lancashire, Manchester & North Merseyside. Retrieved 2009-09-15.


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