Parkhurst Forest

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Parkhurst Forest is a woodland to the north-west of Newport, Isle of Wight (United Kingdom).

The site is partly a site of special scientific interest. It consists of both ancient woodland and plantation woodland. The woodland is owned and managed by the Forestry Commission. It is open to the public.

It is much used as recreational land and is a haven for wildlife including the Red squirrel and many species of bird such as garden warbler, nightjar, woodcock, green, great spotted woodpecker and long eared owl.


 
Sites of Special Scientific Interest on the Isle of Wight

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Alverstone Marshes | America Wood | Arreton Down | Bembridge Down | Bembridge School And Cliffs | Bonchurch Landslips | Bouldnor And Hamstead Cliffs | Brading Marshes To St. Helen's Ledges | Briddlesford Copses | Calbourne Down | Colwell Bay | Compton Chine To Steephill Cove | Compton Down | Cranmore | Cridmore Bog | Eaglehead And Bloodstone Copses | Freshwater Marshes | Garston's Down | Greatwood And Cliff Copses | Headon Warren And West High Down | King's Quay Shore | Lacey's Farm Quarry | Lake Allotments | Locks Farm Meadow | Medina Estuary | Mottistone Down | Newtown Harbour | Northpark Copse | Parkhurst Forest | Priory Woods | Prospect Quarry | Rew Down | Rowridge Valley | Ryde Sands And Wootton Creek | Shide Quarry | St Lawrence Bank | The Wilderness | Thorness Bay | Ventnor Downs | Whitecliff Bay And Bembridge Ledges | Yar Estuary



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