Rew Down
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Rew Down is a Local Nature Reserve
(LNR) located on the south east edge of the Isle of Wight
in the hills to the west of Ventnor
.
The area is a chalk grassland sloping to the south and offering panaramic and far reaching views of the English Channel
. It has the Stenbury Trail running along its western boundary and the Ventnor golf club to the North.
It is managed by the Isle of Wight Council and is noted for its Highland cattle
which have grazed the land since 2003.
The area is also a 23.5 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest
(SSSI). It was notified in 1977.
Local Nature Reserve
Local nature reserve or LNR is a designation for nature reserves in the United Kingdom. The designation has its origin in the recommendations of the Wild Life Conservation Special Committee which established the framework for nature conservation in the United Kingdom and suggested a national suite...
(LNR) located on the south east edge of the Isle of Wight
Isle of Wight
The Isle of Wight is a county and the largest island of England, located in the English Channel, on average about 2–4 miles off the south coast of the county of Hampshire, separated from the mainland by a strait called the Solent...
in the hills to the west of Ventnor
Ventnor
Ventnor is a seaside resort and civil parish established in the Victorian era on the south coast of the Isle of Wight, England. It lies underneath St Boniface Down , and is built on steep slopes and cliffs leading down to the sea...
.
The area is a chalk grassland sloping to the south and offering panaramic and far reaching views of the English Channel
English Channel
The English Channel , often referred to simply as the Channel, is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that separates southern England from northern France, and joins the North Sea to the Atlantic. It is about long and varies in width from at its widest to in the Strait of Dover...
. It has the Stenbury Trail running along its western boundary and the Ventnor golf club to the North.
It is managed by the Isle of Wight Council and is noted for its Highland cattle
Highland cattle
Highland cattle or kyloe are a Scottish breed of beef cattle with long horns and long wavy coats which are coloured black, brindled, red, yellow or dun....
which have grazed the land since 2003.
The area is also a 23.5 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest
Site of Special Scientific Interest
A Site of Special Scientific Interest is a conservation designation denoting a protected area in the United Kingdom. SSSIs are the basic building block of site-based nature conservation legislation and most other legal nature/geological conservation designations in Great Britain are based upon...
(SSSI). It was notified in 1977.