Conifer woodland near Bellever
23 ha
🐶Dogs🦅Birds🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome23 ha
Getting here
50.58295, -3.91258
Open directionsv
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
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Moorland — golden plover, curlew and short-eared owl
Free
Grass moorland priority habitat
Free
Named hiking route nearby: Postbridge Trail
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 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
3 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Photos
View from Bellever woodland
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
✦Tinworks, field systems, settlements, warren, cairns and a stone alignment at Headland WarrenHistoric site4.8 km→✦Medieval strip field system, tinworks, part of a prehistoric settlement, a cairn and reave on Challacombe DownHistoric site4.8 km→✦A prehistoric settlement with enclosures, an irregular aggregate field system and cairn north of Bellever TorHistoric site900 m→✦Gunpowder factory at Powder Mills, a partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement and round cairnHistoric site1.8 km→✦Coaxial fields and prehistoric settlements 180m north and 350m north west of Hartland TorHistoric site2.5 km→✦Brimpts Mine, three prehistoric settlements and associated reaves 550m north west of Outer Huccaby RingHistoric site2.9 km→ Own or manage this place?
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Wildlife to spot
4,247 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,247 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Blackbird · Chaffinch · Robin · Carrion Crow · Coal Tit +42
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- RavenCorvus corax
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Roe Deer
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Field Grasshopper · Mottled Grasshopper · Eristalis nemorum · Common Green Grasshopper · Eristalis tenax +6
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
- Mottled GrasshopperMyrmeleotettix maculatus
- Eristalis nemorumEristalis nemorum
- Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Cicadella viridisCicadella viridis
- Black Carrion Beetle
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,247 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Blackbird · Chaffinch · Robin · Carrion Crow · Coal Tit +42
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- RavenCorvus corax
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Roe Deer
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Field Grasshopper · Mottled Grasshopper · Eristalis nemorum · Common Green Grasshopper · Eristalis tenax +6
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
- Mottled GrasshopperMyrmeleotettix maculatus
- Eristalis nemorumEristalis nemorum
- Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Cicadella viridisCicadella viridis
- Black Carrion Beetle
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Phosphuga atrata
Phosphuga atrata
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