Barnpool Wood - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
50.36922, -4.16711
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
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- ☕Vintage Brew — a good base for a longer summer day out
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- ☕Vintage Brew — a good base for a longer summer day out
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🛝Playground
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
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km10 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
European long distance path E9 - part alternative Great BritainWalking route711 km▾
Named routeRef E9Length 711 kmInternational walking route
West Devon WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef WDERegional walking route
South West Coast Path (Section 35: Portwrinkle to Plymouth)Walking route▾
Named routeRef SWCPNational walking route
South West Coast Path (Section 36: Plymouth to Wembury Point)Walking route▾
Named routeRef SWCPNational walking route
Erme-Plym TrailWalking route27 km▾
Named routeRef EPTLength 27 kmRegional walking route
164 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Eurovelo 1 - Atlantic Coast Route - part English ChannelCycling route▾
Named routeRef EV1Point-to-pointInternational cycle route
NCN 2 linkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
NCN 27 linkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 2Cycling route▾
National Cycle Route 2 Dawlish to Plymouth
Named routeRef 2National Cycle Network
NCN28Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 28National Cycle Network
Riverside cycle trail at SaltramCycling route3.2 km▾
Perfect for families, young children, and those new to cycling, the terrain is largely flat with one steep hill.
Named routeLength 3.2 kmDuration 00:30Round tripLocal cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
32,053 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
32,053 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Wren · Goldcrest · Black-headed Gull · House Sparrow +43
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Great TitParus major
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GannetMorus bassanus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla2025
- Slavonian GrebePodiceps auritus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterspring
2026▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects9 species
winterspring
2026▾
Scathophaga stercoraria · Eristalis tenax · Syrphus torvus · Marmalade Hoverfly · Meliscaeva auricollis +4
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Syrphus torvusSyrphus torvus
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2025
- Anoplotrupes stercorosus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
32,053 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Wren · Goldcrest · Black-headed Gull · House Sparrow +43
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Great TitParus major
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GannetMorus bassanus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla2025
- Slavonian GrebePodiceps auritus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterspring
2026▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects9 species
winterspring
2026▾
Scathophaga stercoraria · Eristalis tenax · Syrphus torvus · Marmalade Hoverfly · Meliscaeva auricollis +4
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Syrphus torvusSyrphus torvus
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2025
- Anoplotrupes stercorosus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Anoplotrupes stercorosus2025
Anoplotrupes stercorosus2025
Eupteryx melissaeEupteryx melissae2025Eupteryx melissaeEupteryx melissae2025Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus2025Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025