Plan your visit
HeritageWildlife
Free entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
50.73182, -3.88294
Best for
2 activitiesHeritage
Free76%Historic site
Wildlife
Free75%Ancient woodland
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km🚶Walking
v10 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
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vWalking
Two Moors WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef MWListed length 166Regional walking route
Tarka TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef TTRegional walking route
Devonshire Heartland WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef DHWRegional walking route
Dartmoor WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef DWRegional walking route
Taw Teign LinkWalking route▾
Named routeRef TTLRegional walking route
🚴Cycling
v7 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
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vCycling
Exeter to Okehampton LinkCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Route 28Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 28National Cycle Network
Dartmoor Way (Cycle)Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route1.9 km▾
Named routeRef 28Length 1.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.7 km▾
Named routeRef 28Length 1.7 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route17.1 km▾
Named routeRef 28Length 17.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-road
About this historic site
Scheduled Monument
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
Facilities
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Parking
2 nearby · Free · 205m
Free entry🐶 Dogs
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
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Nearby places
Useful places within 5 km
✦Boundary stone 110m north west of St Mary's ChurchHistoric site3.3 km→⛪St Mary's ChurchReligious grounds3.2 km→✦Round cairn on Cosdon Hill, 1010m north of Cosdon BeaconHistoric site4.2 km→✦Cairnfield, cairn and a length of the Taw Marsh Reave 830m ESE of Moorland HouseHistoric site4.5 km→✦Cawsand Beacon, a round cairn, a ring cairn, a stone building and five post-medieval shelters on the summit of Cawsand HillHistoric site4.5 km→⛪St Michael's ChurchReligious grounds3.6 km→