Oglet

Oglet
View along Oglet Lane.
Oglet is located in Merseyside
Oglet
Oglet
Location within Merseyside
OS grid referenceSJ43768169
Metropolitan borough
Metropolitan county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townLIVERPOOL
Postcode districtL24
Dialling code0151
PoliceMerseyside
FireMerseyside
AmbulanceNorth West
UK Parliament
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UK
England
Merseyside
53°19′47″N 2°50′42″W / 53.329594°N 2.8450443°W / 53.329594; -2.8450443

Oglet is a small area of Liverpool, England, and the city's most southernly point.[1] The area is entirely rural and virtually unpopulated, save for a couple of farms.[2] For most of its known history, Oglet was classed as a hamlet in the township of Speke.[3] Nowadays however, "Oglet" or "The Oglet" is typically used in reference to the entire area of land (which includes the remainder of the hamlet) located sandwiched between Liverpool John Lennon Airport in Speke to the north and the River Mersey in all other directions, except for a short land border with Hale to its east.[2]

It has been described as "Liverpool's last piece of countryside";[4][5] it is situated on low-lying, flat, mostly arable land featuring field ponds, hedge rows and tree belts, falling sharply to densely vegetated cliffs at the shoreline.[2][6] Oglet is noted for supporting diverse habitats home to locally rare wildlife, flora, bats, and particularly birds, be it farmland birds, or wading birds which use its saltmarshes for roosting and feeding.[2][4][7] Officially, it is designated as an "Undeveloped Coastal Zone" and part of the city's green belt by Liverpool City Council.[5]

  1. ^ "Liverpool Historic Landscape Characterisation Project" (PDF). Museum of Liverpool. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 November 2021. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
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  7. ^ "Oglet Bay and the Speke Garston Nature Reserve". Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. Retrieved 20 November 2021.