Hook Wood - Conifer woodland
✦ Ancient woodland24 ha
Plan your visit
🍂Seasonal🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Free entryDogs welcome24 ha
Getting here
50.75609, -3.99468
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
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Tarka TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef TTRegional walking route
Devonshire Heartland WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef DHWRegional walking route
Dartmoor WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef DWRegional walking route
West Devon WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef WDERegional walking route
Two Castles TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef TCTRegional walking route
39 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Granite WayCycling route▾
Route 27Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 27National Cycle Network
Route 28Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 28National Cycle Network
Dartmoor Way (Cycle)Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
EuroVelo 1 - Atlantic Coast Route - part United Kingdom 2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV1International cycle route
Main RouteCycling route529 m▾
Named routeRef 27Length 529 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Pegasus TrailMountain bike route▾
Photos
Woodland east of Brightley
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Wildlife to spot
3,695 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,695 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
springautumnwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Robin · Magpie · Blue Tit · Blackbird +37
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
Roe Deer
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
🐝Insects24 species
springsummer
2025▾
Syritta pipiens · Helophilus pendulus · Large Red Damselfly · Azure Damselfly · Scathophaga stercoraria +19
- Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens
- Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,695 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
springautumnwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Robin · Magpie · Blue Tit · Blackbird +37
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
Roe Deer
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
🐝Insects24 species
springsummer
2025▾
Syritta pipiens · Helophilus pendulus · Large Red Damselfly · Azure Damselfly · Scathophaga stercoraria +19
- Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens
- Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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