Holker Estate have removed the Permissive Path to Mearness Point over the Greenodd Sands, which has been in use for over 70 years by the public. The removal is on the grounds of preserving the salt marsh habitat, but this particular section has never been used by nesting birds due to it being a flood area during high tides and provision for preservation continues to exist east of Mearness Point in the Roudsea Wood nature reserve. Natural England helped establish the Permissive Path which has now been closed by Holker Estate, without notice. The Greenodd Sands are an important local amenity used by hundreds of families from the locality for recreation and provide the only footpath views of the Leven Estuary in the area.