Asheldon Copse - Broadleaved woodland
4 ha
🦋Insects🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
50.47806, -3.50751
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
- 🅿️Walls Hill Car Park 24m away — 12 car parks within reach, toilets nearby
🌤️ 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
- 🅿️Walls Hill Car Park 24m away — 12 car parks within reach, toilets nearby
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Chalk and limestone grassland — chalkhill blue, adonis blue and rare moths
Free
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
toilets
Free
Named hiking route nearby: South West Coast Path (Section 42: Brixham to Babbacombe)
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 48 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
Torquay Harbour TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef THTLocal walking route
Oddicombe Beach Hillpublic footpath · 22 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 22 mSurface asphaltPath type: service
Oddicombe Beach Hillpublic footpath · 38 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 38 mSurface asphaltPath type: service
Beach Roadpublic footpath · 68 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 68 mSurface asphaltIncline -30%Path type: unclassified
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Geopark Cycle LoopCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Photos
South West Coast Path onto Walls Hill
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Wildlife to spot
17,388 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
17,388 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCarrion Crow · Robin · Magpie · Herring Gull · Woodpigeon +40
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- MagpiePica pica
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Dartford WarblerCurruca undata2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- GannetMorus bassanus2025
- ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- Black-throated DiverGavia arctica2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Willow TitPoecile montanus2025
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Regulus regulus regulusRegulus regulus regulus2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Palmate Newt
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Syrphus torvus · Orange Ladybird · Platycheirus albimanus +7
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Syrphus torvusSyrphus torvus
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus
- Oedemera femoralisOedemera femoralis
- Meliscaeva auricollis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
17,388 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCarrion Crow · Robin · Magpie · Herring Gull · Woodpigeon +40
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- MagpiePica pica
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Dartford WarblerCurruca undata2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- GannetMorus bassanus2025
- ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- Black-throated DiverGavia arctica2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Willow TitPoecile montanus2025
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Regulus regulus regulusRegulus regulus regulus2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Palmate Newt
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Syrphus torvus · Orange Ladybird · Platycheirus albimanus +7
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Syrphus torvusSyrphus torvus
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus
- Oedemera femoralisOedemera femoralis
- Meliscaeva auricollis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Meliscaeva auricollis
Meliscaeva auricollis
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxClover-root WeevilSitona hispidulusClover-root WeevilSitona hispidulusNotonecta (Notonecta) maculataNotonecta (Notonecta) maculataNotonecta (Notonecta) maculataNotonecta (Notonecta) maculataDasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatusGorse ShieldbugPiezodorus lituratus2025Gorse ShieldbugPiezodorus lituratus2025Events & activities nearby
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