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🛝Family🎠Play🐶Dogs
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome26 ha
Getting here
50.51742, -3.78831
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
Best for
9 activities🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, toilets; Country park — designed for family visits
playground, toilets, parking
Dogs allowed — country park
Country park — good for group day out
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby · 4 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
22 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
Trees at River Dart Country Park
Photos
Trees at River Dart Country Park
✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
7,867 records from NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
7,867 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds51 species
winterspringautumn
2025Robin · Blue Tit · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Blackbird · Great Tit
+46 more speciesHide species list
All 51 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- RavenCorvus corax
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- MagpiePica pica
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- SwiftApus apus
- Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
🐝Insects11 species
springautumn
2026Black Oil-beetle · Issus coleoptratus · Acorn Weevil · Orchestes pilosus · Deer Ked
+6 more speciesHide species list
All 11 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Black Oil-beetleMeloe proscarabaeus
- Issus coleoptratusIssus coleoptratus2025
- Acorn WeevilCurculio glandium2025
- Orchestes pilosusOrchestes pilosus2025
- Deer KedLipoptena cervi
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
7,867 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds51 species
winterspringautumn
2025Robin · Blue Tit · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Blackbird · Great Tit
+46 more speciesHide species list
All 51 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- RavenCorvus corax
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- MagpiePica pica
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- SwiftApus apus
- Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
🐝Insects11 species
springautumn
2026Black Oil-beetle · Issus coleoptratus · Acorn Weevil · Orchestes pilosus · Deer Ked
+6 more speciesHide species list
All 11 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Black Oil-beetleMeloe proscarabaeus
- Issus coleoptratusIssus coleoptratus2025
- Acorn WeevilCurculio glandium2025
- Orchestes pilosusOrchestes pilosus2025
- Deer KedLipoptena cervi
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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2025
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025Violet Oil-beetleMeloe violaceus2025Violet Oil-beetleMeloe violaceus2025Sarcophaga variegataSarcophaga variegata2025Sarcophaga variegataSarcophaga variegata2025Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2025Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2025Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025Abax parallelepipedusAbax parallelepipedus2025Abax parallelepipedusAbax parallelepipedus2025