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Church Wood

2 ha

📷 PAUL FARMER · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha

Getting here

50.46284, -3.56374

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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
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
☕Court Cafe — 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
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
☕Court Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

CaféParking· PaidPlaygroundToilets

Best for

12 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Family friendly

Very strong match

playground, café, toilets

Free

Playgrounds

Very strong match

playground, toilets, café, parking

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Herring Gull, Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon +73 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Herring Gull, Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon +73 more · last seen 2026

Free

Picnic day out

Strong match

café, toilets, car park

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Lowland meadows — marbled white, meadow brown and pollinating insects; Insects — Early Bumblebee, White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workers, Common Carder Bee +39 more · last seen 2026

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

6 signed routes nearby · 18 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

Bewhay Lanepublic footpath · 437 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 437 mSurface gravelPath type: track

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

🚴

Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Geopark Cycle LoopCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

13,958 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

13,958 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds55 species

summerautumn

2026

Herring Gull · Woodpigeon · Robin · Magpie · Carrion Crow +50

Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
Great TitParus major2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
SwiftApus apus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Regulus ignicapilla ignicapillaRegulus ignicapilla ignicapilla2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
GannetMorus bassanus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Great Northern DiverGavia immer2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025

🐝

Insects20 species

summer

2026

18-spot Ladybird · Cheilosia illustrata · 7-spot Ladybird · Grammoptera ruficornis · Volucella pellucens +15

18-spot LadybirdMyrrha octodecimguttata2025
Cheilosia illustrataCheilosia illustrata2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Grammoptera ruficornisGrammoptera ruficornis2025
Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

13,958 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds55 species

summerautumn

2026

Herring Gull · Woodpigeon · Robin · Magpie · Carrion Crow +50

Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
Great TitParus major2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
SwiftApus apus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Regulus ignicapilla ignicapillaRegulus ignicapilla ignicapilla2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
GannetMorus bassanus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Great Northern DiverGavia immer2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025

🐝

Insects20 species

summer

2026

18-spot Ladybird · Cheilosia illustrata · 7-spot Ladybird · Grammoptera ruficornis · Volucella pellucens +15

18-spot LadybirdMyrrha octodecimguttata2025
Cheilosia illustrataCheilosia illustrata2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Grammoptera ruficornisGrammoptera ruficornis2025
Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 PAUL FARMER · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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