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Conifer woodland near Postbridge

33 ha

📷 Alan Simkins · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Plan your visit

DogsWalksHiking
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome33 ha

Getting here

50.58800, -3.91652

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

  • ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
  • 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
  • 🅿️Parking nearby — easy to reach by car

Good to know

  • £Free to visit — no entry charge
  • 🐕Dogs welcome
Parking· Paid

Best for

6 activities

Dog walks

Dogs allowed — woodland with marked walking trails

Free

Forest walks

3 marked walking trail(s)

Free

Hiking

3 marked walking trails; Named hiking route nearby: Postbridge Trail

Free

Wildlife

Deciduous woodland priority habitat

Free

Bird watching

Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds

Free

Foraging

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

5 signed routes nearby · 2 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

18 public paths nearby

Public paths
Ancient Drift Lanebridleway · 440 m
Public pathbridlewayLength 440 mSurface dirtPath type: track
Ancient Drift Lanebridleway · 158 m
Public pathbridlewayLength 158 mSurface dirtPath type: track
Ancient Drift Lanebridleway · 43 m
Public pathbridlewayLength 43 mSurface dirtPath type: track
Ancient Drift Lanebridleway · 6 m
Public pathbridlewayLength 6 mSurface dirtPath type: track

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Postbridge Clapper Bridge

📷 Alan Simkins · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Postbridge Clapper Bridge

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

✦Tinworks, field systems, settlements, warren, cairns and a stone alignment at Headland WarrenHistoric site4.6 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 site1.4 km→✦Gunpowder factory at Powder Mills, a partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement and round cairnHistoric site1.7 km→✦Coaxial fields and prehistoric settlements 180m north and 350m north west of Hartland TorHistoric site1.9 km→✦Prehistoric settlement, field system and rabbit warren south of Longaford TorHistoric site3.2 km→

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