Thornhill Brake - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
50.45301, -3.55532
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
- 🛝Playground 210m 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
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🛝Playground 210m 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
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🛝Family friendly
Good match
playground
Free
Named hiking route nearby: South West Coast Path (Section 42: Brixham to Babbacombe)
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby · 15 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
John Musgrave Heritage TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef JMHTRegional walking route
Torbay Totnes Trail (3T)Walking route▾
Named routeRef TTTLocal walking route
South West Coast Path (Section 42: Brixham to Babbacombe)Walking route▾
Named routeRef SWCPNational walking route
South West Coast Path (Section 43: Babbacombe to Exmouth)Walking route▾
Named routeRef SWCPNational walking route
Orange WayWalking route560 km▾
Named routeRef ORWLength 560 kmRegional walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Geopark Cycle LoopCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
18,763 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
18,763 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Herring Gull · Carrion Crow · Wren · Black-headed Gull +44
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- GannetMorus bassanus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Regulus ignicapilla ignicapillaRegulus ignicapilla ignicapilla2025
- KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2025
- Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima2025
- Common GuillemotUria aalge2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Great Northern DiverGavia immer2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
Slow-worm
🐝Insects11 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Harlequin Ladybird · Field Grasshopper · 7-spot Ladybird · 18-spot Ladybird · Cramp-Ball Fungus Weevil +6
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- 18-spot LadybirdMyrrha octodecimguttata2025
- Cramp-Ball Fungus WeevilPlatyrhinus resinosus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
18,763 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Herring Gull · Carrion Crow · Wren · Black-headed Gull +44
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- GannetMorus bassanus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Regulus ignicapilla ignicapillaRegulus ignicapilla ignicapilla2025
- KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2025
- Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima2025
- Common GuillemotUria aalge2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Great Northern DiverGavia immer2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
Slow-worm
🐝Insects11 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Harlequin Ladybird · Field Grasshopper · 7-spot Ladybird · 18-spot Ladybird · Cramp-Ball Fungus Weevil +6
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- 18-spot LadybirdMyrrha octodecimguttata2025
- Cramp-Ball Fungus WeevilPlatyrhinus resinosus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Southern Oak Bush-cricket
Southern Oak Bush-cricket
Meconema meridionale2025
Meconema meridionale2025
Strawberry Seed BeetleHarpalus rufipes2025Strawberry Seed BeetleHarpalus rufipes2025Eurydema (Eurydema) ornataEurydema (Eurydema) ornata2025Eurydema (Eurydema) ornataEurydema (Eurydema) ornata2025Chrysolina banksiiChrysolina banksii2025Chrysolina banksiiChrysolina banksii2025Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2025Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2025Events & activities nearby
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