Martin Mere

Martin Mere
Flamingos at Martin Mere Wetland Centre
Martin Mere is located in the Borough of West Lancashire
Martin Mere
Martin Mere
Location in West Lancashire
Martin Mere is located in Lancashire
Martin Mere
Martin Mere
Location in Lancashire
LocationLancashire
Coordinates53°37′21″N 2°52′7″W / 53.62250°N 2.86861°W / 53.62250; -2.86861
Typemere
Basin countriesUnited Kingdom
Official nameMartin Mere
Designated28 November 1985
Reference no.324[1]

Martin Mere is a mere near Burscough, in Lancashire, England, on the West Lancashire Coastal Plain. The mere is a vast marsh, around grid reference SD 41 15 that was, until it was drained, the largest body of fresh water in England.[2]

  1. ^ "Martin Mere". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  2. ^ Martin Mere: Lancashire's Lost Lake, W. G. Hale and Audrey Coney. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 2005.