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Burrow Wood

✦ Ancient woodland28 ha

📷 Roger Cornfoot · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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WildlifeBirdsSeasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome28 ha

Getting here

51.10214, -3.58176

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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
  • 🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
  • 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

  • £Free to visit — no entry charge
  • 🐕Dogs welcome
  • 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat

Best for

9 activities

Wildlife

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Chaffinch, Blackbird, Robin +73 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Chaffinch, Blackbird, Robin +73 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Japanese Knotweed, Neat Feather-moss, White Earwort +124 more · last seen 2021

Free

Insect spotting

Insects — Glow-worm, Leucozona glaucia, Anoplotrupes stercorosus +99 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Glow-worm, Leucozona glaucia, Anoplotrupes stercorosus +99 more · last seen 2025

Free

Mushroom foraging

Fungi — Netted Shield Lichen, Lecidella elaeochroma f. elaeochroma, Lecanora chlarotera s. lat. +7 more · last seen 2013; Fungi — Netted Shield Lichen, Lecidella elaeochroma f. elaeochroma, Lecanora chlarotera s. lat. +7 more · last seen 2013

Varies

Dog walks

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

3 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Two Moors WayWalking route
Named routeRef MWListed length 166Regional walking route
Exe Valley WayWalking route
Named routeRef EVWRegional walking route
Coleridge WayWalking route82 km
Named routeRef CWLength 82 kmRegional walking route
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Horse riding

7 public paths nearby

Public paths

No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Western Mead Linhay

📷 Roger Cornfoot · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Western Mead Linhay

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

✦Packhorse bridge 75m south east of The Old VicarageHistoric site1.3 km→✦Caratacus Stone: an inscribed stone 140m east of Spire CrossHistoric site1.3 km→✦Four round barrows on The Allotment, 520m south east of Spire CrossHistoric site1.6 km→⛪St Andrew's ChurchReligious grounds4.8 km→⛪St Mary Magdalene's ChurchReligious grounds1.1 km→✦Tarr StepsHistoric site3.8 km→

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