Mere Sands Wood
| Mere Sands Wood | |
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The main lake
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| Coordinates | 53°38′08″N 2°50′14″W / 53.635491°N 2.83709°WCoordinates: 53°38′08″N 2°50′14″W / 53.635491°N 2.83709°W |
| Created | 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. The name derives from when the area was on the shore of Martin Mere.
The reserve comprises lakes, mature broadleaved and conifer woodland, sandy, wet meadows and heaths, standing on layers of sand and peat, deposited over boulder clay during the last Ice Age. Between 1974 and 1982 the sand was quarried for use in glass-making. Under a planning agreement, the site was landscaped into a nature reserve once the extraction was completed. The Trust acquired the site in 1982 and the reserves was designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) for its geological interest in 1985.
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