Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
50.33254, -4.20293
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦87+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chiffchaff and Woodpigeon
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- ☕The Old Bakery — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦87+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chiffchaff and Woodpigeon
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- ☕The Old Bakery — 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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Chiffchaff, Woodpigeon, Wren +84 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Chiffchaff, Woodpigeon, Wren +84 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Eristalis tenax, Trioza centranthi, Dark Bush-cricket +65 more · last seen 2026; Semi-improved grassland — butterflies and wildflowers
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
café, toilets
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby · 30 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
European long distance path E9 - part alternative Great BritainWalking route711 km▾
Named routeRef E9Length 711 kmInternational walking route
South West Coast Path (Section 35: Portwrinkle to Plymouth)Walking route▾
Named routeRef SWCPNational walking route
South West Coast Path (Section 36: Plymouth to Wembury Point)Walking route▾
Named routeRef SWCPNational walking route
Plymouth City TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef PCTLocal walking route
Mayflower TrailWalking route▾
The Earl's Drivepublic footpath · 1.4 km▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 1.4 kmSurface asphaltPath type: service
The Boundpublic footpath · 25 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 25 mPath type: residential
Garrett Streetpublic footpath · 38 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 38 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
107 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Eurovelo 1 - Atlantic Coast Route - part English ChannelCycling route▾
Named routeRef EV1Point-to-pointInternational cycle route
Route 2Cycling route▾
National Cycle Route 2 Dawlish to Plymouth
Named routeRef 2National Cycle Network
Route 27Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 27National Cycle Network
National Cycle Network Route 2 Plymouth to St. AustellCycling route▾
Named routeRef 2National Cycle Network
NCN 27 alternativeCycling route▾
Named routeRef (alt 27)Local cycle route
NCN 2 alternativeCycling route▾
Named routeRef (alt 2)Local cycle route
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
19,079 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
19,079 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Kestrel · Chiffchaff · Pied Wagtail · Wren +41
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Arctic TernSterna paradisaea2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- GannetMorus bassanus2025
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
- KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2025
Water Shrew · Fallow Deer · Roe Deer
- Water ShrewNeomys fodiens
- Fallow DeerDama dama
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
🦎Reptiles2 species
springautumn
2026▾
Common Lizard · Slow-worm
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis2025
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2026▾
Smooth Newt · Common Toad
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Common ToadBufo bufo
🐝Insects25 species
springautumn
2026▾
Dark Bush-cricket · Trioza centranthi · Eristalis tenax · Green Shieldbug · Syrphus +20
- Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2025
- Trioza centranthiTrioza centranthi
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
- SyrphusSyrphus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Crescent-cup Liverwort · Common Feather-moss · Swan's-neck Thyme-moss · Great Scented Liverwort
- Crescent-cup LiverwortLunularia cruciata
- Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
- Swan's-neck Thyme-mossMnium hornum2025
- Great Scented LiverwortConocephalum conicum2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
19,079 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Kestrel · Chiffchaff · Pied Wagtail · Wren +41
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Arctic TernSterna paradisaea2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- GannetMorus bassanus2025
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
- KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2025
Water Shrew · Fallow Deer · Roe Deer
- Water ShrewNeomys fodiens
- Fallow DeerDama dama
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
🦎Reptiles2 species
springautumn
2026▾
Common Lizard · Slow-worm
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis2025
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2026▾
Smooth Newt · Common Toad
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Common ToadBufo bufo
🐝Insects25 species
springautumn
2026▾
Dark Bush-cricket · Trioza centranthi · Eristalis tenax · Green Shieldbug · Syrphus +20
- Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2025
- Trioza centranthiTrioza centranthi
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
- SyrphusSyrphus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Crescent-cup Liverwort · Common Feather-moss · Swan's-neck Thyme-moss · Great Scented Liverwort
- Crescent-cup LiverwortLunularia cruciata
- Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
- Swan's-neck Thyme-mossMnium hornum2025
- Great Scented LiverwortConocephalum conicum2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
