Hoodown Wood - Broadleaved woodland
17 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome17 ha
Getting here
50.35834, -3.57022
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 208m away — 8 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 208m away — 8 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Broadleaved woodland — spring blossom and autumn colour
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km10 signed routes nearby · 32 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
John Musgrave Heritage TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef JMHTRegional walking route
Greenway WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRef GWLocal walking route
South West Coast Path (Section 40: Torcross to Dartmouth)Walking route▾
Named routeRef SWCPNational walking route
South West Coast Path (Section 41: Dartmouth to Brixham)Walking route▾
Named routeRef SWCPNational walking route
South West Coast Path (Section 42: Brixham to Babbacombe)Walking route▾
Named routeRef SWCPNational walking route
Upper Wood Lanepublic footpath · 145 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 145 mPath type: unclassified
Hoodown Lanepublic footpath · 133 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 133 mPath type: unclassified
Hoodown Lanepublic footpath · 389 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 389 mPath type: unclassified
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Sunlight in woodland, Hoodown
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Wildlife to spot
9,919 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
9,919 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Jackdaw · Herring Gull · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Cormorant +44
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MagpiePica pica
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RavenCorvus corax
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- SwiftApus apus
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- ShagGulosus aristotelis
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Great TitParus major
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RedshankTringa totanus
- GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
🦎Reptiles2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Wall Lizard · Green Lizard
- Wall LizardPodarcis muralis
- Green LizardLacerta viridis/bilineata
Black Oil-beetle · Scathophaga stercoraria · Volucella inanis · Ivy Bee · Common Red Soldier Beetle +2
- Black Oil-beetleMeloe proscarabaeus
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria2025
- Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2025
- Ivy BeeColletes hederae2025
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025
- Bloody-nosed BeetleTimarcha tenebricosa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
9,919 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Jackdaw · Herring Gull · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Cormorant +44
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MagpiePica pica
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RavenCorvus corax
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- SwiftApus apus
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- ShagGulosus aristotelis
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Great TitParus major
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RedshankTringa totanus
- GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
🦎Reptiles2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Wall Lizard · Green Lizard
- Wall LizardPodarcis muralis
- Green LizardLacerta viridis/bilineata
Black Oil-beetle · Scathophaga stercoraria · Volucella inanis · Ivy Bee · Common Red Soldier Beetle +2
- Black Oil-beetleMeloe proscarabaeus
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria2025
- Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2025
- Ivy BeeColletes hederae2025
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025
- Bloody-nosed BeetleTimarcha tenebricosa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025