Getting here
50.47335, -3.86736
Best for
5 activitiesDog walks
Free72%Dogs allowed with public access
Wildlife
Free70%Reservoir — wildfowl and wading birds
Waterside walks
Varies68%Reservoir — waterside public access
Hiking
Free65%Named hiking route nearby: Abbot's Way
Picnic day out
Free52%Reservoir — waterside day out
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km🚶
Walking
3
3 named nearby
Named route
🚴
Cycling
8
8 named nearby
Named route
🐴
Horse riding
9
9 public paths
Public access
Named routes and paths nearby
Two Moors Way · Walking0
Dartmoor Way · Walking0
Abbot's Way · Walking0
Route 2 · Cycling0
Main Route · Cycling
Main Route · Cycling
Abbots Way · bridleway
South Brent Bridleway 27 · bridleway
Dartmoor Way · bridleway
About this reservoir
Avon Dam Reservoir is a reservoir covering 62 hectares managed by Forestry England within their forest estate.
Wildlife to spot
Photos
![The Avon Dam Reservoir [1]](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/05/95/46/5954603_d5d6eb94.jpg)
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🌱 Visiting this spring
- 🐦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
✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Weather for this location
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Nearby places
Useful places within 5 km
✦Medieval farmstead and field system, post-medieval tinworks, prehistoric settlements and cairns north and west of Gibby CoombeHistoric site3.9 km→✦Hut circles and two enclosures on Dean Moor, near River AvonHistoric site400 m→✦SettlementsHistoric site500 m→✦Cairn west of Ball Gate, Corringdon BallHistoric site4.1 km→💧Avon Dam ReservoirReservoir0 m→✦Ringleshutes tinworkHistoric site4.5 km→