Geography
Tarleton lies 8.5 miles (13.7 km) miles north east of Ormskirk, covering 5,377 acres (2,176 ha) acres of flat land which was originally boggy towards the west. The River Douglas passes to the east and was made navigable in 1727. Tarleton includes the village of Mere Brow and the hamlet of Holmeswood, on the A565 to the west and Sollom, a small hamlet on the A59 to the south.
Tarleton mosses is an area of reclaimed mossland that stretches along the coastal plain from the Ribble Estuary in the north to the A565 in the south. It is a market gardening area with many glass houses. The farms and smallholdings have exploited the rich peat deposits. Beyond the smallholdings and green houses are arable fields. The built environment is dominated by ribbon development of modern bungalows along banked roads between Tarleton, Banks and Becconsall.
| Hundred End | Hesketh Bank | Much Hoole | ||
| Banks | Bretherton | |||
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| Mere Brow, Holmes | Sollom, Rufford | Croston |
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