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Conifer woodland near Bellever

108 ha

📷 Nigel Smith · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome108 ha

Getting here

50.57187, -3.90241

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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
  • 🥾Walking is best here in early morning in summer — quiet trails and good light before the heat
  • 🐕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
  • 🌳Large woodland — room to roam
Horse ridingWalking trails

Best for

8 activities

Forest walks

5 marked walking trail(s)

Free

Dog walks

Dogs allowed — woodland with marked walking trails

Free

Hiking

Marked walking trails totalling 10.7 km; Named hiking route nearby: Bellever Trail

Free

Wildlife

Deciduous woodland priority habitat

Free

Bird watching

Upland heathland — red grouse, merlin and short-eared owl

Free

Horse riding

Horse riding listed as facility

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

5 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Two Moors WayWalking route
Named routeRef MWListed length 166Regional walking route
Dartmoor WayWalking route
Named routeRef DWRegional walking route
The LichwayWalking route19 km

Also known as the 'Way of the Dead' as a route for carrying coffins to the graveyard at Lydford Church

Named routeRef LYWLength 19 kmLocal walking route
Bellever TrailWalking route
Named routeRef BTLocal walking route
Postbridge TrailWalking route
Named routeRef PTLocal walking route
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Horse riding

11 public paths nearby

Public paths

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

Wildlife to spot

Photos

East Dart River, Bellever

📷 Nigel Smith · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

East Dart River, Bellever

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

✦Medieval strip field system, tinworks, part of a prehistoric settlement, a cairn and reave on Challacombe DownHistoric site5 km→✦A prehistoric settlement with enclosures, an irregular aggregate field system and cairn north of Bellever TorHistoric site800 m→✦Brimpts Mine, three prehistoric settlements and associated reaves 550m north west of Outer Huccaby RingHistoric site1.5 km→✦Dunnabridge PoundHistoric site1.9 km→✦The Judge's ChairHistoric site2 km→✦Gunpowder factory at Powder Mills, a partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement and round cairnHistoric site2.7 km→

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