Plan your visit
🛝Family🎠Play🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
50.51347, -3.75674
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦38+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Swift and Jackdaw
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Rafikis — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦38+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Swift and Jackdaw
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Rafikis — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
Best for
13 activities🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Swift, Jackdaw, Wren +35 more · last seen 2025
Birds — Swift, Jackdaw, Wren +35 more · last seen 2025
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Small White, Red Admiral +37 more · last seen 2025
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 21 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Two Moors WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef MWListed length 166Regional walking route
Dartmoor WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef DWRegional walking route
Abbot's WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef AWRegional walking route
Buckfastleigh to Totnes TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef BTTRegional walking route
Liverton CircularWalking route▾
Named routeRef LC
Church Pathpublic footpath · 76 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 76 mPath type: residential
Love Lanepublic footpath · 117 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 117 mPath type: service
Terrace Walkpublic footpath · 786 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 786 mPath type: footway
23 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN272Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 272National Cycle Network
Dartmoor Way (Cycle)Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route329 m▾
Named routeRef 272Length 329 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route222 m▾
Named routeRef 272Length 222 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route42 m▾
Named routeRef 272Length 42 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.1 km▾
Named routeRef 272Length 1.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Photos
22 photos from nearby open sources
Graveyard of St Andrew's church, Ashburton
Photos
Graveyard of St Andrew's church, Ashburton
Facilities
🅿️Parking
Kingsbridge Lane · Paid · 233m
✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
12,706 records from NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
12,706 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds38 species
springsummerautumn
2025Swift · Jackdaw · Wren · Magpie · Swallow
+33 more speciesHide species list
All 38 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- SwiftApus apus2022
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MagpiePica pica
- SwallowHirundo rustica2022
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2022
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2022
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2022
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2022
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2022
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2022
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2022
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2022
- RavenCorvus corax
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- JayGarrulus glandarius2022
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2022
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2022
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2021
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2021
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2021
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummerautumn
2023Hedgehog · Hazel Dormouse · Badger
🦎Reptiles2 species
springsummer
2023Grass Snake · Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians2 species
summer
2025Common Frog · Common Toad
Meadow Brown · Small White · Red Admiral · Speckled Wood · Gatekeeper
+35 more speciesHide species list
All 40 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2022
- Small WhitePieris rapae2022
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2022
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2022
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2022
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
12,706 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds38 species
springsummerautumn
2025Swift · Jackdaw · Wren · Magpie · Swallow
+33 more speciesHide species list
All 38 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- SwiftApus apus2022
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MagpiePica pica
- SwallowHirundo rustica2022
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2022
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2022
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2022
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2022
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2022
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2022
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2022
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2022
- RavenCorvus corax
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- JayGarrulus glandarius2022
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2022
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2022
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2021
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2021
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2021
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummerautumn
2023Hedgehog · Hazel Dormouse · Badger
🦎Reptiles2 species
springsummer
2023Grass Snake · Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians2 species
summer
2025Common Frog · Common Toad
Meadow Brown · Small White · Red Admiral · Speckled Wood · Gatekeeper
+35 more speciesHide species list
All 40 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2022
- Small WhitePieris rapae2022
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2022
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2022
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2022
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Marbled White
Marbled White
Melanargia galathea2022
Melanargia galathea2022
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2022RingletAphantopus hyperantus2022Large WhitePieris brassicae2022Large WhitePieris brassicae2022CommaPolygonia c-album2022CommaPolygonia c-album2022Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2021Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2021PeacockAglais io2021PeacockAglais io2021Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2022Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2022Green-veined WhitePieris napi2021Green-veined WhitePieris napi2021Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2021Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2021Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2022Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2022Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2021Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2021Painted LadyVanessa cardui2021Painted LadyVanessa cardui2021Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2021Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2021Common BluePolyommatus icarus2022Common BluePolyommatus icarus2022BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2021BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2021Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2023Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2023Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia2021Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia2021WallLasiommata megera2021WallLasiommata megera2021Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidaleHawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidaleOil BeetleMeloeOil BeetleMeloeBlack Oil-beetleMeloe proscarabaeus2023Black Oil-beetleMeloe proscarabaeus2023Violet Oil-beetleMeloe violaceus2022Violet Oil-beetleMeloe violaceus2022Hypera rumicisHypera rumicisHypera rumicisHypera rumicisCommon CockchaferMelolontha melolonthaCommon CockchaferMelolontha melolonthaAbax parallelepipedusAbax parallelepipedusAbax parallelepipedusAbax parallelepipedusNematusNematus2024NematusNematus2024Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2024Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2024Great Green Bush-cricketTettigonia viridissima2023Great Green Bush-cricketTettigonia viridissima2023Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2023Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2023Dock BugCoreus marginatus2023Dock BugCoreus marginatus2023Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes2023Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes2023Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2022Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2022Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2021Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2021Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2021Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2021Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2020Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2020Events & activities nearby
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