Top 6 Lakes around Hesketh-With-Becconsall

Fairhaven Lake is an extremely popular destination and offers a choice of boat rides, a snack or meal by the waterside, bird watching, nature walks, tennis, bowling, adventure playground, an eighteen hole adventure golf course, and a Spitfire memorial.

Worden Park As well as offering more than 60 hectares of meadows, woodlands and playing fields, Worden Park also includes a range of attractions in its historic grounds. Situated on the outskirts of Leyland, the park is less than a quarter of a mile from the town centre. The park has held the Green Flag Award since the scheme began in 1997, the only site north of London to have done so. It has a beautiful pond to stop at very pieceful in the morning.

Martin Mere was formed at the end of the last ice age, when water filled a depression in the glacial drift. Since then its size has varied as water levels have risen and fallen. The original giant lake can be seen on Christopher Saxton's map from 1579 and stretched from Rufford in the east, to Churchtown (then known as North Meols) in the west. To the north of the lake were the villages of Mere Brow and Holmeswood, the site of Holmeswood Hall, built by the Heskeths as a hunting lodge. South of the lake was the Scarisbrick Hall estate, Martin Hall and Tarlefarwood, now known as Tarlscough

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.

Martin Mere was formed at the end of the last ice age, when water filled a depression in the glacial drift. Since then its size has varied as water levels have risen and fallen. The original giant lake can be seen on Christopher Saxton's map from 1579 and stretched from Rufford in the east, to Churchtown (then known as North Meols) in the west. To the north of the lake were the villages of Mere Brow and Holmeswood, the site of Holmeswood Hall, built by the Heskeths as a hunting lodge. South of the lake was the Scarisbrick Hall estate, Martin Hall and Tarlefarwood, now known as Tarlscough. The mere originally drained out in two places; at the western end the arm of the mere known as the Wyke drained into the Pool (or Old Pool) at what is now Crowland Street, Blowick, while at its eastern end it flowed into the river Douglas at Rufford. Active management of the mere began in 1692 when Thomas Fleetwood of Bank Hall cut a channel in an attempt to drain it.

Lovely pond to spend a few moments by watching the ducks & moorhens. With an easy access boardwalk and new paths.

Tip10 How To View In Split-Screen Instructions for a Windows PC/Laptop Easy to do in Windows 10/11. You have a choice - you can open the same webpage in two different web browsers displayed on the two halves of the screen or open the same webpage using a single web browser in two windows on the two halves. The instructions below are minimal. For a more detailed explanation see Comment10 in this link: https://www.komoot.com/tour/610244459 These instructions use a single web browser, e.g. Chrome. 1) First open this webpage on your Windows PC/Laptop, maximise it and scroll to these instructions. Copy the web address. You will need to paste it - see below. 2) Locate this browser's tab on the taskbar. Opposite click on it and click 'Open new window'. When opened maximise it if necessary and then paste the web address into the new window and scroll to these instructions so that you can continue to follow them. 3) Press and hold the Windows key and press the left arrow key. The active window will move the left side of the split screen. 4) You should now see the right hand half of the first window. Click that window to display it 'on top'. These instructions should still be visible on the right. Check that it is full screen. Press and hold the Windows key again and press the right arrow key. 5) The two windows should now display, left and right. You have a split-screen. You may need to make a small adjustment (drag) if the windows overlap slightly at the join. Scroll one window to display the photos and the other for the photo descriptions in Tip1.

Slideshows Tip8 A Komoot slideshow in a web browser differs slightly from a slideshow in the Komoot app. These notes assume that you are using an Android phone or a Windows PC/laptop and that the slideshow is in a Highlight and not a Tour. You may wish to open this highlight on 2 devices to easily compare the photos alongside relevant comments - or display on the 2 halves of a split-screen (see Tips 9 and 10). To start the slideshow - tap the first photo. On a web browser - on e.g. an Android phone or a Windows PC: 1) To end slideshow - tap/click 'Close x' at top-right. 2) To move to next slide - tap/click the current slide. 3) To move back one slide - tap/click thumbnail image on left. To enlarge a slide on an Android - 'tap and hold' and then tap: 1) Chrome 'Preview image'. 2) Firefox 'Open image in new tab' - then tap SWITCH. Zoom-in with 'pinch zoom'. To reverse the above: 1) Chrome: tap the X at the top-right of the Preview image. 2) Firefox: if using split-screen, 1st tap the image to give it focus and then tap the left arrow 'back' button at bottom of screen - probably a left-pointing chevron. To Enlarge a Slide On a Windows PC a) Click the image with the opposite mouse button (maybe the right buttton) then click 'Open image in new tab' with the other button. b) Click on the new tab to open it. c) Click the enlarged image to enlarge it some more - use the scroll bars to move over the image. d) Click the image to to reduce it. e) Close the new tab. In the Komoot App slideshow: 1) To end - tap the left arrow at top-left of slideshow. 2) To move to next slide - flick left. 3)To move back one slide - flick right. 4) To enlarge a slide - double tap. 5) To reverse the above - double tap. 6) To zoom-in - 'pinch zoom'.