Sites
| Site name | Reason for designation | Area | Grid reference | Year in which notified | Map | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biological interest | Geological interest | Hectares | Acres | ||||
| Alverstone Marshes | Y | 83.8 | 207.0 | SZ572859 | 1951 | ||
| America Wood | Y | 21.4 | 52.9 | SZ567820 | 1986 | ||
| Arreton Down | Y | 29.8 | 73.6 | SZ540872 | 1979 | ||
| Bembridge Down | Y | Y | 56.3 | 139.0 | SZ628856 | 1951 | |
| Bembridge School And Cliffs | Y | 12.6 | 31.1 | ST647869 | 1999 | ||
| Bonchurch Landslips | Y | Y | 28.2 | 69.7 | SZ582785 | 1977 | |
| Bouldnor And Hamstead Cliffs | Y | Y | 95.7 | 236.4 | SZ390910 | 1951 | |
| Brading Marshes to St. Helen's Ledges | Y | Y | 488.5 | 1,207.0 | SZ635883 | 1951 | |
| Briddlesford Copses | Y | 167.2 | 413.2 | SZ549904 | 2003 | ||
| Calbourne Down | Y | 15.4 | 38.1 | SZ429858 | 1989 | ||
| Colwell Bay | Y | 13.6 | 34.2 | SZ323873 | 1959 | ||
| Compton Chine to Steephill Cove | Y | Y | 629.2 | 1,554.8 | SZ489763 | 2003 | |
| Compton Down | Y | Y | 196.3 | 484.9 | SZ365856 | 1951 | |
| Cranmore | Y | 12.4 | 30.7 | SZ393901 | 2002 | ||
| Cridmore Bog | Y | 14.4 | 35.6 | SZ495815 | 1985 | ||
| Eaglehead and Bloodstone Copses | Y | 10.3 | 25.5 | SZ584877 | 1987 | ||
| Freshwater Marshes | Y | 23.3 | 57.6 | SZ344866 | 1951 | ||
| Garston's Down | Y | 20.3 | 50.2 | SZ475855 | 1971 | ||
| Greatwood And Cliff Copses | Y | 16.3 | 40.3 | SZ5680 – SZ5780 | 1986 | ||
| Headon Warren And West High Down | Y | Y | 276.3 | 682.6 | SZ316852 | 1951 | |
| King's Quay Shore | Y | Y | 97.2 | 240.1 | SZ536935 | 1951 | |
| Lacey's Farm Quarry | Y | 0.1 | 0.3 | SZ323862 | 1993 | ||
| Lake Allotments | Y | 0.2 | 0.5 | SZ586838 | 1988 | ||
| Locks Farm Meadow | Y | 2.3 | 5.7 | SZ449908 | 1988 | ||
| Medina Estuary | Y | 100.5 | 248.3 | SZ508924 | 1977 | ||
| Mottistone Down | Y | 31.4 | 77.6 | SZ414846 | 1971 | ||
| Newtown Harbour | Y | 619.3 | 1,530.3 | SZ425915 | 1951 | ||
| Northpark Copse | Y | 9.9 | 24.5 | SZ435885 | 1986 | ||
| Parkhurst Forest | Y | 183.5 | 453.3 | SZ473915 | 1986 | ||
| Priory Woods | Y | 2.9 | 7.3 | SZ635900 | 1998 | ||
| Prospect Quarry | Y | Y | 4.3 | 10.6 | SZ385866 | 1971 | |
| Rew Down | Y | 23.5 | 58.1 | SZ550775 | 1977 | ||
| Rowridge Valley | Y | 39.8 | 98.3 | SZ454864 | 1951 | ||
| Ryde Sands and Wootton Creek | Y | 424.4 | 1,048.7 | SZ548920 – SZ634908 | 1993 | ||
| Shide Quarry | Y | 4.8 | 11.8 | SZ506881 | 1971 | ||
| St Lawrence Bank | Y | 0.5 | 1.2 | SZ536768 | 1998 | ||
| The Wilderness | Y | 12.6 | 31.1 | SZ505824 | 1951 | ||
| Thorness Bay | Y | Y | 86.2 | 213.0 | SZ455935 | 1966 | |
| Ventnor Downs | Y | 162.6 | 401.8 | SZ575786 | 1951 | ||
| Whitecliff Bay And Bembridge Ledges | Y | Y | 131.6 | 325.2 | SZ657872 | 1955 | |
| Yar Estuary | Y | 132.4 | 327.2 | SZ353886 | 1977 | ||
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