Isle of Wight Geocaching: Appley Park

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Appley Park Training Trail
5 x caches available as part of an organised geocaching event
Terrain: easy, some steps
Difficulty: easy
Grid Ref: SZ60 92

Getting There
Appley Park is by Ryde beach. There is plenty of free parking at Appley Park and Puckpool Park. There is also on-street parking along the seafront nearby (charges applicable).

Wildlife
You may see red squirrels, particularly amongst the ancient oak trees of Little Appley Park. On the shore you will find the shells of periwinkles, dog whelks and slipper limpets. Lugworm casts can be seen at low tide. Little egrets, black-headed gulls and oystercatchers feed on the beach. Woodpeckers and garden birds frequent the wooded parks.

A Beach huts at Appley Park ppley Park and Puckpool Park in Ryde is part of the historic grounds of St John’s House, which was believed to have been landscaped by Humphry Repton. Many ancient oaks survive in this unique beach-fringed landscape. Sufficient remains of the ancient coastal woodland and original features to give the site an interesting and historic perspective. In the parks’ grounds are lodges and parkland trees that were once associated with the grand house of Appley Manor, long since gone. Puckpool was strategically important because of its views over the Solent.

Although there is no permanent cache at Appley Park, Isle of Wight Geocaching uses the site as a training trail. Events are held here which give new users the opportunity to find caches, using GPS and clues, in a safe and attractive environment.