Wrightington Bar Pasture

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Wrightington Bar Pasture is one of 65 Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Lancashire. At just 0.01 km², only one is smaller. Appley Bridge Station is about 4.4 km away to the south. For more of the same, West Pennine Moors and Martin Mere, Burscough are close by.

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