Days Out For The FamilyNansen Hill
Isle of Wight, England
Park
The experience
About this day out
Nansen Hill is a reserve at the eastern end of the Ventnor Downs, between Bonchurch and Luccombe, consisting of a very steep grassy slope with spectacular views over the English Channel and Sandown Bay. It is nationally protected for its populations of chalk grassland flowers and insects, especially orchids and butterflies, and forms part of the Ventnor Downs Site of Special Scientific Interest. The site has been a place for recreation since 31st December 1932.
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Practical details
Facilities & accessibility
At a glance
- Accessibility
- Grass paths cross the site, which is steeply sloping. Access from the road is relatively flat but entry is through a kissing gate 1.2 metres wide. An information pillar at the entrance has a QR code linking to an audible description to help visually impaired visitors enter with confidence, plus a QR code linking to a map and activities. Not suitable for mobility scooters. Nearest public toilets are in the town of Ventnor.
- Parking
- There is a site car park (what3words: ///slips.player.shadowing) but there is no access to it by road due to closures to the north from Shanklin and southwards at the junction of Leeson Road and Bonchurch Shute.
- Dogs
- Yes, but dogs must be kept on leads as cattle wander onto the site from the surrounding National Trust land.
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