Plan your visit
🦅Birds🧺Picnic🛝Family
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
50.76345, -1.30280
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦64+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Robin
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🛝Playground 116m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦64+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Robin
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🛝Playground 116m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Robin, Black-headed Gull +61 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, toilets, picnic area; Urban park — family destination
Free
Birds — Blue Tit, Robin, Black-headed Gull +61 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
playground, toilets, parking
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Stag Beetle, 7-spot Ladybird, Green Shieldbug +65 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Isle of Wight Coastal PathWalking route113 km▾
Named routeLength 113 kmRound tripRegional walking route
33 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
Northwood House and Northwood Park
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Wildlife to spot
17,763 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
17,763 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
springwinter
2026▾
House Sparrow · Turnstone · Robin · Black-headed Gull · Blue Tit +43
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Common TernSterna hirundo2025
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2025
- Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
🦌Mammals3 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Red Squirrel · Weasel · Common Pipistrelle
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
- WeaselMustela nivalis
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
🐸Amphibians2 species
winter
2026▾
Palmate Newt · Common Frog
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects16 species
springsummer
2025▾
Stag Beetle · Large Red Damselfly · 22-spot Ladybird · Speckled Bush-cricket · Hornet Hoverfly +11
- Stag BeetleLucanus cervus
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
- 22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria
- Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
17,763 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
springwinter
2026▾
House Sparrow · Turnstone · Robin · Black-headed Gull · Blue Tit +43
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Common TernSterna hirundo2025
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2025
- Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
🦌Mammals3 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Red Squirrel · Weasel · Common Pipistrelle
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
- WeaselMustela nivalis
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
🐸Amphibians2 species
winter
2026▾
Palmate Newt · Common Frog
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects16 species
springsummer
2025▾
Stag Beetle · Large Red Damselfly · 22-spot Ladybird · Speckled Bush-cricket · Hornet Hoverfly +11
- Stag BeetleLucanus cervus
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
- 22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria
- Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas