Hayes Wood - Broadleaved woodland
✦ Ancient woodland15 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome15 ha
Getting here
50.65201, -3.35018
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Wheathill 227m away — 4 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Wheathill 227m away — 4 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Lowland heathland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Lowland heathland — Dartford warblers, nightjars and stonechats
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Lowland heathland — silver-studded blue and heath fritillary butterflies
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby · 14 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
East Devon WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef EDWListed length 61kmRegional walking route
Otter Valley WalkWalking route20 km▾
Named routeRef OVWLength 20 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
South West Coast Path (Section 44: Exmouth to Sidmouth)Walking route▾
Named routeRef SWCPNational walking route
Orange WayWalking route560 km▾
Named routeRef ORWLength 560 kmRegional walking route
Hayes Barton Heritage TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef HHT
Hayeswood Lanepublic footpath · 44 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 44 mPath type: track
58 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Route 2 Axminster to DawlishCycling route▾
Named routeRef 2National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route28 m▾
Named routeRef 2Length 28 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route505 m▾
Named routeRef 2Length 505 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route100 m▾
Named routeLength 100 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface concrete
Main RouteCycling route697 m▾
Named routeRef 2Length 697 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route86 m▾
Named routeRef 2Length 86 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Vegetation covering a ruin in Hayes Wood
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Wildlife to spot
17,187 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
17,187 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Dartford Warbler · Peregrine · Robin · Blackbird · Little Grebe +39
- Dartford WarblerCurruca undata2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- Night-heronNycticorax nycticorax2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Little TernSternula albifrons2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Hazel Dormouse
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
🦎Reptiles2 species
springsummer
2026▾
Adder · Pond Terrapin
- AdderVipera berus
- Pond TerrapinTrachemys scripta2025
Keeled Skimmer · Emperor Dragonfly · Azure Damselfly · Beautiful Demoiselle · Eupeodes corollae +47
- Keeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescens
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo
- Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae
- EupeodesEupeodes
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
17,187 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Dartford Warbler · Peregrine · Robin · Blackbird · Little Grebe +39
- Dartford WarblerCurruca undata2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- Night-heronNycticorax nycticorax2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Little TernSternula albifrons2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Hazel Dormouse
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
🦎Reptiles2 species
springsummer
2026▾
Adder · Pond Terrapin
- AdderVipera berus
- Pond TerrapinTrachemys scripta2025
Keeled Skimmer · Emperor Dragonfly · Azure Damselfly · Beautiful Demoiselle · Eupeodes corollae +47
- Keeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescens
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo
- Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae
- EupeodesEupeodes
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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