America Wood

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America Wood (grid reference SZ567820) is a 21.4 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest on the Isle of Wight, notified in 1986. It derives its name due to oak trees grown here to build ships in the American War of Independence.

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Sites of Special Scientific Interest on the Isle of Wight
Alverstone Marshes • America Wood • Arreton Down • Bembridge Down • Bembridge School And Cliffs • Bonchurch Landslips • Bouldnor And Hamstead Cliffs • Brading Marshes To St. Helen's Ledges • Briddlesford Copses • Calbourne Down • Colwell Bay • Compton Chine To Steephill Cove • Compton Down • Cranmore • Cridmore Bog • Eaglehead and Bloodstone Copses • Freshwater Marshes • Garston's Down • Greatwood And Cliff Copses • Headon Warren And West High Down • King's Quay Shore • Lacey's Farm Quarry • Lake Allotments • Locks Farm Meadow • Medina Estuary • Mottistone Down • Newtown Harbour • Northpark Copse • Parkhurst Forest • Priory Woods • Prospect Quarry • Rew Down • Rowridge Valley • Ryde Sands and Wootton Creek • Shide Quarry • St Lawrence Bank • The Wilderness • Thorness Bay • Ventnor Downs • Whitecliff Bay And Bembridge Ledges • Yar Estuary


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Coordinates: 50.63495° N 1.19961° W