A peaceful nature reserve within the Island’s Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and on the Heritage Coast. Its 105 hectares comprise a variety of accessible habitats including heathland, ponds, conifer plantation and mature woodland and boast strong populations of red squirrels. Bouldnor Battery, a Scheduled Ancient Monument, is also on site. Solent views and the Landslip, part of the Bouldnor Cliffs Site of Special Scientific Interest, can be seen from the coastal footpath which leads to the little beach, a good place for fossil hunting.