Church Wood - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
Plan your visit
🧺Picnic🐶Dogs🛝Family
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
50.46444, -3.56169
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
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕Weavers Cottage Tea Garden — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕Weavers Cottage Tea Garden — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🚻Toilets
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
café, toilets
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
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby · 11 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
Old Paignton Roadpublic footpath · 10 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 10 mSurface unpavedPath type: track
Old Paignton Roadpublic footpath · 46 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 46 mSurface unpavedPath type: track
Old Paignton Roadpublic footpath · 333 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 333 mSurface unpavedPath type: track
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Geopark Cycle LoopCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Photos
![Cockington buildings [20]](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/06/18/80/6188053_330b0f2d.jpg)
Cockington buildings [20]
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Wildlife to spot
14,611 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
14,611 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds52 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Herring Gull · Carrion Crow · Robin · Magpie · Wren +47
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- GannetMorus bassanus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Regulus ignicapilla ignicapillaRegulus ignicapilla ignicapilla2025
- KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2025
- Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima2025
- Common GuillemotUria aalge2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Great Northern DiverGavia immer2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
18-spot Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Cramp-Ball Fungus Weevil · Volucella inanis · Cerobasis guestfalica +2
- 18-spot LadybirdMyrrha octodecimguttata2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Cramp-Ball Fungus WeevilPlatyrhinus resinosus
- Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2025
- Cerobasis guestfalicaCerobasis guestfalica2025
- Green Shieldbug
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
14,611 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds52 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Herring Gull · Carrion Crow · Robin · Magpie · Wren +47
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- GannetMorus bassanus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Regulus ignicapilla ignicapillaRegulus ignicapilla ignicapilla2025
- KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2025
- Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima2025
- Common GuillemotUria aalge2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Great Northern DiverGavia immer2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
18-spot Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Cramp-Ball Fungus Weevil · Volucella inanis · Cerobasis guestfalica +2
- 18-spot LadybirdMyrrha octodecimguttata2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Cramp-Ball Fungus WeevilPlatyrhinus resinosus
- Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2025
- Cerobasis guestfalicaCerobasis guestfalica2025
- Green Shieldbug
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Palomena prasina2025
Palomena prasina2025
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025