Getting here
50.55519, -3.91268
Best for
3 activitiesHeritage
Free86%Historic site with public access
Wildlife
Free75%Ancient woodland
Dog walks
Free72%Dogs allowed with public access
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km🚶
Walking
6
6 named nearby
Named route
🐴
Horse riding
2
2 public paths
Public access
Named routes and paths nearby
Two Moors Way · Walking0
Dartmoor Way · Walking0
The Lichway · Walking19 km
Bellever Trail · Walking0
About this historic site
The Judge's Chair 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
Facilities
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Parking
Dunnabridge Car Park · 51m
✓ Public access🐶 Dogs
Good to know
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
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Nearby places
Useful places within 5 km
✦Part of the Dartmeet coaxial field system and other archaeological remains on Holne Moor west and north west of Venford ReservoirHistoric site4.4 km→✦Dunnabridge PoundHistoric site0 m→✦Brimpts Mine, three prehistoric settlements and associated reaves 550m north west of Outer Huccaby RingHistoric site900 m→✦A prehistoric settlement with enclosures, an irregular aggregate field system and cairn north of Bellever TorHistoric site2.2 km→✦Gunpowder factory at Powder Mills, a partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement and round cairnHistoric site3.4 km→✦Prehistoric settlement, field system and rabbit warren south of Longaford TorHistoric site4.2 km→