Hesketh Golf Links
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Hesketh Golf Links is a 14.6 hectare Site of special scientific interest
situated 2km north-east of Southport
town centre. The site was notified in 1989 due to its biological features, in particular focusing on the presence of the nationally rare Sand lizard
(Lacerta agilis).
Site of Special Scientific Interest
A Site of Special Scientific Interest is a conservation designation denoting a protected area in the United Kingdom. SSSIs are the basic building block of site-based nature conservation legislation and most other legal nature/geological conservation designations in Great Britain are based upon...
situated 2km north-east of Southport
Southport
Southport is a seaside town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton in Merseyside, England. During the 2001 census Southport was recorded as having a population of 90,336, making it the eleventh most populous settlement in North West England...
town centre. The site was notified in 1989 due to its biological features, in particular focusing on the presence of the nationally rare Sand lizard
Sand Lizard
The sand lizard is a lacertid lizard distributed across most of Europe and eastwards to Mongolia. It does not occur in the Iberian peninsula or European Turkey. Its distribution is often patchy....
(Lacerta agilis).