Getting here
50.59585, -4.07701
Best for
2 activitiesHeritage
Free76%Historic site
Wildlife
Free75%Ancient woodland
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km🚶
Walking
7
7 named nearby
Named route
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Cycling
46
46 named nearby
Named route
Named routes and paths nearby
Dartmoor Way · Walking0
West Devon Way · Walking0
The Lichway · Walking19 km
Abbot's Way · Walking0
Main Route · Cycling
Main Route · Cycling
About this historic site
Tinners Works is an ancient historic site. As an ancient woodland, it has been continuously wooded since at least 1600 AD — a rare and irreplaceable habitat rich in biodiversity and historical character.
Wildlife to spot
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🌱 Visiting this spring
- 🌸Ancient woodlands are famous for bluebell carpets in April and May — one of Britain's most spectacular wildflower displays
- 🐦Prime nesting season — listen for woodpecker drumming, warbler song and the first cuckoos from April
- 🦌Roe deer are active before the leaf canopy closes in — dawn and dusk are best
🐶 Dogs
Good to know
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
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Nearby places
Useful places within 5 km
✦Eluvial tin streamworks and prehistoric coaxial field system together with other archaeological remains on Whitchurch CommonHistoric site4.4 km→✦Hut circles SW of WedlakeHistoric site2.3 km→✦Stephen's GraveHistoric site1.4 km→✦Stone alignment and round cairn on Langstone MoorHistoric site2 km→✦Langstone Man (Standing Stone)Historic site2 km→✦Unenclosed stone hut circle settlement, associated fields and a length of the Great Western Reave 500m south of Wedlake FarmHistoric site2.6 km→