West Lancashire Coastal Plain

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The West Lancashire Coastal Plain is a large area in the south west of Lancashire, England.

The plain stretches from Seaforth near Liverpool to Preston. To the east the plain is bounded by the foothills of the Pennines. The terrain is mostly glacial in origin. The area has been inhabited since neolithic times, though large areas would have been marshy. The WWT Martin Mere near the villages of Holmeswood and Tarlscough gives a glimpse of what this area was like before reclamation. The Rivers Mersey, Alt and Ribble feed into the plain and the flood plains add to the flatness.

Large areas have been reclaimed and have a distinctive pattern of deep drainage ditches. It is common to find the suffix Moss in village names. As usual in these type of areas the settlements tend to be on any available hill. The area is agriculturally very productive.