Ham Wood - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🎠Play🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
50.39999, -4.17183
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
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 266m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 266m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km13 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
150 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
Route 27Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 27National Cycle Network
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Wildlife to spot
21,371 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
21,371 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds34 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Magpie · Carrion Crow · House Sparrow · Herring Gull · Common Gull +29
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- Bombycilla garrulus garrulusBombycilla garrulus garrulus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- White WagtailMotacilla alba alba2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Adder
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2024▾
Palmate Newt
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
🐝Insects53 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Eristalis tenax · Nabis (Tropiconabis) capsiformis · Batman Hoverfly · Harlequin Ladybird · Syrphus +48
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Nabis (Tropiconabis) capsiformisNabis (Tropiconabis) capsiformis
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Platycheirus peltatus agg.Platycheirus peltatus agg.
Deptford Pink
- Deptford PinkDianthus armeria
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
21,371 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds34 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Magpie · Carrion Crow · House Sparrow · Herring Gull · Common Gull +29
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- Bombycilla garrulus garrulusBombycilla garrulus garrulus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- White WagtailMotacilla alba alba2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Adder
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2024▾
Palmate Newt
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
🐝Insects53 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Eristalis tenax · Nabis (Tropiconabis) capsiformis · Batman Hoverfly · Harlequin Ladybird · Syrphus +48
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Nabis (Tropiconabis) capsiformisNabis (Tropiconabis) capsiformis
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Platycheirus peltatus agg.Platycheirus peltatus agg.
Deptford Pink
- Deptford PinkDianthus armeria
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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