Plan your visit
🧺Picnic🛝Family🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
50.23573, -3.76764
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦80+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Oystercatcher
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🛝Playground 242m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦80+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Oystercatcher
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🛝Playground 242m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Paid🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, toilets, picnic area; Urban park — family destination
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Herring Gull, Oystercatcher, Mute Swan +77 more · last seen 2025
Free
playground, toilets, parking
Free
Birds — Herring Gull, Oystercatcher, Mute Swan +77 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Dock Bug, Green Shieldbug +72 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 11 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
South West Coast Path (Section 38: Bigbury on Sea to Salcombe)Walking route▾
Named routeRef SWCPNational walking route
South West Coast Path (Section 39: Salcombe to Torcross)Walking route▾
Named routeRef SWCPNational walking route
33 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 28Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 28National Cycle Network
Alternative RouteCycling route17 m▾
Named routeRef 28Length 17 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route165 m▾
Named routeRef 28Length 165 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route11 m▾
Named routeRef 28Length 11 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route90 m▾
Named routeRef 28Length 90 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface bareearth
Main RouteCycling route841 m▾
Named routeRef 28Length 841 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
4 public paths nearby
Public paths
Millbay Roadbridleway · 683 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 683 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
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Wildlife to spot
13,977 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
13,977 records · National Biodiversity NetworkHerring Gull · Black-headed Gull · Mute Swan · Little Egret · Oystercatcher +41
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- RedshankTringa totanus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- GreenshankTringa nebularia
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- RavenCorvus corax
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- ShagGulosus aristotelis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great Northern DiverGavia immer
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Great TitParus major
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
🦎Reptiles2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Lizard · Slow-worm
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
🐝Insects40 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Black Oil-beetle · Dock Bug · Speckled Bush-cricket · Bloody-nosed Beetle +35
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Black Oil-beetleMeloe proscarabaeus
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025
- Bloody-nosed BeetleTimarcha tenebricosa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
13,977 records · National Biodiversity NetworkHerring Gull · Black-headed Gull · Mute Swan · Little Egret · Oystercatcher +41
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- RedshankTringa totanus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- GreenshankTringa nebularia
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- RavenCorvus corax
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- ShagGulosus aristotelis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great Northern DiverGavia immer
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Great TitParus major
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
🦎Reptiles2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Lizard · Slow-worm
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
🐝Insects40 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Black Oil-beetle · Dock Bug · Speckled Bush-cricket · Bloody-nosed Beetle +35
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Black Oil-beetleMeloe proscarabaeus
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025
- Bloody-nosed BeetleTimarcha tenebricosa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
