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Isle of Man Isle of Man arboretum

Tynwald National Park and Arboretum

Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data), CC BY 4.0, with relief shading from Copernicus WorldDEM-30

26% trees around it and 529 species recorded.

61Forestyas Score

ArboretumFungi

  • trees within 3 km26%
  • wild within 10 km97%
  • species recorded529

The forest around

26% trees.

Read like the rings of a cut trunk: from the centre out, the land within 1, 3, 6 and 10 km, coloured by what covers it.

Trees 46%Grassland 52%Built-up 3%Trees 24%Grassland 72%Bare ground 0%Cropland 3%Built-up 1%Trees 19%Grassland 60%Water 17%Cropland 2%Built-up 1%Trees 10%Grassland 47%Water 40%Cropland 2%Built-up 1%26%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km46%
  • 1–3 km24%
  • 3–6 km19%
  • 6–10 km10%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees24%
  • Grassland72%
  • Water0%
  • Cropland3%
  • Built-up1%

ESA WorldCover 2021 (10 m, from Sentinel satellites), sampled every 120 m. A clearing, a road or a lake counts as what it is.

Who lives here

529 species recorded.

The plants, fungi, birds and mammals people have recorded here most often.

Smooth meadow-grass
Smooth meadow-grassPoa pratensis16 recordsRasbak 08:35, 1 May 2007 (UTC) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Common polypody
Common polypodyPolypodium vulgare12 records4028mdk09 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Red catchfly
Red catchflySilene dioica12 recordsUnknown author · CC BY-SA 3.0
Soft Rush
Soft RushJuncus effusus11 recordsThe original uploader was Meggar at English Wikipedia . · CC BY-SA 3.0
European Beech
European BeechFagus sylvatica11 recordsMalene Thyssen · CC BY-SA 3.0
Woodland germander
Woodland germanderTeucrium scorodonia11 recordsFrank Vincentz · CC BY-SA 3.0
Creeping buttercup
Creeping buttercupRanunculus repens11 recordsUnknown author · CC BY-SA 3.0
Lawn-daisy
Lawn-daisyBellis perennis11 recordsm.dolores paderne sa… · CC BY-SA 3.0
Cuckoo flower
Cuckoo flowerCardamine pratensis11 recordsUnknown author · CC BY-SA 3.0
Ribwort plantain
Ribwort plantainPlantago lanceolata11 recordssannse · CC BY-SA 3.0
Rabelera holostea
Rabelera holosteaRabelera holostea10 recordsiNaturalist.org (spoonbilling) · CC BY 4.0
False Oat-grass
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius10 recordsForest & Kim Starr · CC BY 3.0

Open records within 2 km (GBIF, licensed for any use). Busy places are better recorded than remote ones.

In numbers

The forest, measured.

61out of 100

Our own rating, from open data only: tree cover (40 points), wildness (20), species recorded (30) and protection or heritage (10).

  • 26%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 97%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 529Speciesrecorded more than once within 2 km

When to walk

Best for walking from July to August.

How good each month is for a walk: mild days and little rain make the bar taller.

  1. Jan8°6°110 mm
  2. Feb8°6°89 mm
  3. Mar8°6°82 mm
  4. Apr9°7°62 mm
  5. May12°10°65 mm
  6. Jun14°12°74 mm
  7. Jul16°14°79 mm
  8. Aug16°14°97 mm
  9. Sep15°14°90 mm
  10. Oct14°12°123 mm
  11. Nov11°9°126 mm
  12. Dec9°8°126 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Tynwald National Park and Arboretum.

National park in St John's, Isle of Man

Tynwald National Park and Arboretum is an arboretum in Isle of Man.

Seen from space, 26% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 97% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

529 species have been recorded around it: 374 plants, 83 fungi, 69 birds and 3 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Smooth meadow-grass, Common polypody and Red catchfly.

The best time to walk is from July to August.

Tynwald National Park and Arboretum seen from above (Sentinel-2)
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data), CC BY 4.0, with relief shading from Copernicus WorldDEM-30

Get there and walk

  • St John's United Football Club Campsitecampsite · 0.4 km · 10 within 10 km
  • Glen Helen House Apartmentplace to stay · 1.2 km · 65 within 10 km
  • Patricknearest town · 3.6 km in a straight line
  • Isle of Man Airport (IOM)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 13 km in a straight lineCar hire at BHD airport (Belfast)Discover Cars · sponsored link

Plan the visit

A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.

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From above

The forest and its surroundings.

The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the trails, notable trees, picnic sites and huts that OpenStreetMap shows.

Tynwald National Park and Arboretum seen from above (Sentinel-2)
Seen from above: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 6 × 6 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Around, in OpenStreetMap

  • 3marked trails within 5 kmRaad Ny Foillan, Bayr ny Skeddan, Millennium Way
  • 16picnic sites within 4 km
  • 7shelters and huts within 6 kmBunscooil Layby and 6 more
  • 3viewpoints within 5 km
  • 1visitor centres within 6 kmManx Whale and Dolphin Watch
  • 48car parks within 3 km
  • 10campsites within 10 kmSt John's United Football Club Campsite, Ballaspit, Glen Helen Glamping and 7 more
  • 65places to stay within 10 kmGlen Helen House Apartment, Kenaa Holiday Accommodation, Langtoft Manor and 62 more
  • 8restaurants and cafés within 3 km
  • named and notable trees within 6 km

Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.

In our other atlases

Around Tynwald National Park and Arboretum.

The mountains, lakes, rivers, waterfalls and canyons around this forest, the viewpoints above it, the birds and the night sky, in the family's atlases.

Peakyas16 mountains within 25 km
South Barrule483 m · 6.3 kmSlieau Freoaghane488 m · 8.8 kmCronk ny Arrey Laa439 m · 9.1 kmBeinn-y-Phott546 m · 11 kmSnaefell621 m · 13 kmBradda Hill233 m · 14 kmMull Hill169 m · 17 kmNorth Barrule561 m · 18 km
Islandyasthe island
Isle of Man573 km²
Viewyas1 viewpoints within 15 kmComing soon
Snaefell621 m · 13 km
Birdyas1 birding sites within 25 km
Calf of Man Bird Observatory180 species · 20 km
Cascadyas4 waterfalls within 15 km
Rhenass Waterfall3.9 kmGlen Maye Waterfall5.0 kmRhenas5.7 kmSpooyt Vane7.4 km

Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.

Other forests nearby.

Tynwald National Park and Arboretum

Isle of Man

  • 61Forestyas Score
  • 26%Trees
  • 97%Wild
  • 529Species

Grizedale Forest

United Kingdom · 106 km

  • 84Forestyas Score
  • 75%Trees
  • 99%Wild
  • 1,093Species

See the guide

Gwydir Forest

United Kingdom · 131 km

  • 80Forestyas Score
  • 65%Trees
  • 99%Wild
  • 1,334Species

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Tollymore Forest Park

United Kingdom · 83 km

  • 62Forestyas Score
  • 29%Trees
  • 96%Wild
  • 1,330Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q140877582) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species7,076 open records within 2 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only)
See these recordsgbif.org
Names and photosWikidata (CC0); GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
AltitudeCopernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
Temperature and rainNASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2)
What is around© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
ImagesEOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
Sister atlasesPeakyas, Islandyas, Viewyas, Birdyas, Cascadyas

Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.

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