Martin Mere, a large lake with associated marshlands and peat bogs, made the immediate area quite difficult to cross.

A pillbox constructed during World War II can be found near a bridge over the Leeds and Liverpool Canal.

"Wheelwrights House", a former workshop located on Southport Road, is another of the many listed buildings in Scarisbrick.

[2] According to the United Kingdom Census 2011, Scarisbrick parish had a population of 3,554 people living in 1,505 households, with an almost even distribution between males and females.

The 385 and 375 are hourly services from Southport to Wigan which both follow similar routes; the 385 crosses Scarisbrick directly along the A570, while the 375 takes a diversion along the B5242 through the more rural parts of the parish, before rejoining the A570 at Ormskirk.

[7] Bescar Lane railway station, which opened in 1855,[8] is managed by Northern Trains on the Manchester to Southport Line.

[10] Heathey Lane Halt, a station on the Barton branch of the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, was on the boundary between Scarisbrick and Halsall, just to the north of the B5243 road bridge.