Jennys Wood - Broadleaved woodland
10 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome10 ha
Getting here
50.76418, -1.31913
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 60m away — 20 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 60m away — 20 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Named hiking route nearby: Isle of Wight Coastal Path
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 7 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Isle of Wight Coastal PathWalking route113 km▾
Named routeLength 113 kmRound tripRegional walking route
Gurnard Heightspublic footpath · 152 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 152 mPath type: residential
Cow Lanepublic footpath · 297 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 297 mPath type: track
30 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Round the Island RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 67Regional cycle route
Cowes (Route 4)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 4Local cycle route
Stag Lane to Noke CommonCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
National Cycle Route 23Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 23National Cycle Network
Route 246Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 246National Cycle Network
Cowes (Route 3)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 3Local cycle route
3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Lepe Off Road Cycle Trail (Shortcut)Mountain bike route▾
Red Squirrel Trail: Parkhurst ForestMountain bike route▾
Divert from the Red Squirrel Tail for Red Squirrel Hide
Named route
Lepe Off Road Cycle TrailMountain bike route▾
Photos
Sea wall between Cowes and Gurnard
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Wildlife to spot
17,270 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
17,270 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Black-headed Gull · Herring Gull · Turnstone · Carrion Crow · Blue Tit +44
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Common TernSterna hirundo2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
🦌Mammals2 species
wintersummer
2025▾
Red Squirrel · Weasel
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
- WeaselMustela nivalis
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2025▾
Salamanders, Sirens and Newts · Smooth Newt
- Salamanders, Sirens and NewtsCaudata
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Stag Beetle · Oak Bush-cricket · Hairy Shieldbug · Dock Bug · Common Darter +4
- Stag BeetleLucanus cervus
- Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus2024
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
17,270 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Black-headed Gull · Herring Gull · Turnstone · Carrion Crow · Blue Tit +44
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Common TernSterna hirundo2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
🦌Mammals2 species
wintersummer
2025▾
Red Squirrel · Weasel
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
- WeaselMustela nivalis
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2025▾
Salamanders, Sirens and Newts · Smooth Newt
- Salamanders, Sirens and NewtsCaudata
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Stag Beetle · Oak Bush-cricket · Hairy Shieldbug · Dock Bug · Common Darter +4
- Stag BeetleLucanus cervus
- Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus2024
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Broad-bodied Chaser
Broad-bodied Chaser
Libellula depressa2024
Libellula depressa2024
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2024Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2024Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2024Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2024Events & activities nearby
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