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Afton Marsh, Freshwater (IW Council)
Council Offices, Seaclose, Fairlee Rd, Newport, PO30 2QS
(01983) 823893
LNR, SSSI, AONB
Reed beds, wet fen, willow and alder carr

Alverstone Mead (Wight Nature Fund)
WNF, Mary Edmunds, Sandalwood, Gravel Pit Rd, Wootton, Ryde, IW, PO33 4RB
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LNR, SSSI, AONB
Alder carr, wet grazing meadows. Water rail, wood crickets, dormice, white admiral


America Wood (Woodland Trust)
The Woodland Trust, Autumn Park, Grantham, Lincs NG31 6LL
(01476) 74297
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Ancient pasture woodland, mature and pollarded oak



Arreton Down (Hants and IW Wildlife Trust)


Site of Special Scientific Interest; AONB
Chalk grassland



Bembridge & Culver Downs (National Trust)
Longstone Farmhouse, Strawberry Lane, Mottistone, IW PO30 4EA
01983 741020
Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, Site of Special Scientific Interest
Downland, chalk cliffs, woodland, chalkhill blue, yellow-wort, horseshoe vetch, squinanceywort

Brading & Nunwell Downs (Isle of Wight Council)
Council Offices,Seaclose, Fairlee Rd, Newport, PO30 2QS
(01983) 823893
AONB, SSSI, SAM
Chalk grassland, views, roman field system, ice cream van, butterfly trail

Brading Marshes (RSPB)
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Site of Special Scientific Interest; Ramsar
Wet grazing meadows

Dodnor Creek & Dicksons Copse, Newport (IW Council)
Council Offices, Seaclose, Fairlee Rd, Newport, PO30 2QS
(01983) 823893
LNR, SSSI
Reed beds, willow and alder carr, ancient woodland, mute swan, bryophytes, moths, pedunculate oak, Medina cyclepath


Fort Victoria Country Park (Isle of Wight Council)
Fort Victoria Country Park home page
(01983) 823893
Country Park
Grassland, soft cliffs, adders, coastal woodland, planetarium, aquarium


Golden Hill Country Park (Isle of Wight Council)
Council Offices,Seaclose, Fairlee Rd, Newport, PO30 2QS
(01983) 823893
Country Park
Grassland, scrub, woodland, bridle paths

The Landslip (Isle of Wight Council)
Council Offices,Seaclose, Fairlee Rd, Newport, PO30 2QS
(01983) 823893
SSSI, AONB
Geological interest, Devil's Chimney, woodland, picnic sites, cafe, wishing seat

Mill Copse, Yarmouth (Wight Nature Fund)
WNF, Mary Edmunds, Sandalwood, Gravel Pit Rd, Wootton, Ryde, IW, PO33 4RB
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woodland, coppiced hazel, town hall clock, wood anemone

Medina Riverside Park (Isle of Wight Council)
Council Offices,Seaclose, Fairlee Rd, Newport, PO30 2QS
(01983) 823893
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Meadow, pond, picnic site


Mottistone Estate (National Trust)
Manor Cottage, Hoxall Lane, Mottistone, IOW, PO30 4ED
01983 741302
Historic garden, AONB, archaeological interest
Farmland, woodland, gardens, the Long Stone, relic heathland

Nansen Hill, Bonchurch (Isle of Wight Council)
Council Offices,Seaclose, Fairlee Rd, Newport, PO30 2QS
(01983) 823893
Site of Special Scientific Interest, AONB
Chalk grassland, scrub

Newtown Nature Reserve (National Trust)
Longstone Farmhouse, Strawberry Lane, Mottistone, IW PO30 4EA
01983 741020
NNR, Site of Special Scientific Interest, Heritage Coast
River estuary, woodland, mudflats, Glanville Fritillary, ungrazed coastal marsh, red squirrel, green-winged orchid, dormouse

Pelham Woods, St Lawrence (Wight Nature Fund / Isle of Wight Council)
WNF, Mary Edmunds, Sandalwood, Gravel Pit Rd, Wootton, Ryde, IW, PO33 4RB
(01983) 823893
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Secondary woodland; springs, comfrey, alder, bryophytes, ivy broomrape, tutsan

Rew Down, Ventnor (IW Council)
Council Offices,Seaclose, Fairlee Rd, Newport, PO30 2QS
(01983) 823893
LNR, SSSI
Chalk grassland, adonis blue butterfly, early gentian


St Catherines Down (National Trust)
Longstone Farmhouse, Strawberry Lane, Mottistone, IW PO30 4EA
01983 741020
Site of Special Scientific Interest, AONB
Downland, cliffs, scrub, landslip, milk vetch, tufted centaury, subterranean clover, hoary stock

Sibden Hill & Batts Copse, Shanklin (Isle of Wight Council)
Council Offices, Seaclose, Fairlee Rd, Newport, PO30 2QS
(01983) 823893
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Ancient woodland, coppice, rhododendron, emergent heathland

Shide Chalk Pit, Newport (IW Council)
Council Offices,Seaclose, Fairlee Rd, Newport, PO30 2QS
(01983) 823893
LNR, SSSI, AONB
Geological interest, bat cave, bryophytes, marshland, chalk downland


Ventnor Down (National Trust)
Longstone Farmhouse, Strawberry Lane, Mottistone, IW PO30 4EA
01983 741020
Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, Site of Special Scientific Interest
Downland, heath, bilberry, autumn gentian, common broomrape, orchids, Adonis Blue



West Wight: Headon Warren, The Needles, Tennyson Down (National Trust)
Longstone Farmhouse, Strawberry Lane, Mottistone, IW PO30 4EA
01983 741020
Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, Site of Special Scientific Interest, pSAC
Downland, ancient grassland, heath, dartford warbler, fulmar, dwarf gorse

Youngwoods Copse / Bretts Meadow (Wight Nature Fund)
WNF, Mary Edmunds, Sandalwood, Gravel Pit Rd, Wootton, Ryde, IW, PO33 4RB
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ancient woodland, red squirrel, meadow, dormice, white admiral, wild service, 

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