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🛝Family🧺Picnic🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
50.23761, -3.76911
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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
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦80+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Oystercatcher
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets, picnic area; Urban park — family destination
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Herring Gull, Oystercatcher, Mute Swan +77 more · last seen 2025
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 +71 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 15 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
Penny's Hillpublic footpath · 84 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 84 mPath type: footway
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
3 public paths nearby
Public paths
Millbay Roadbridleway · 683 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 683 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
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Wildlife to spot
13,437 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
13,437 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
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- RedshankTringa totanus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- 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
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Great TitParus major
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
🦎Reptiles2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Lizard · Slow-worm
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
🐝Insects38 species
summerautumn
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Black Oil-beetle · Dock Bug · Speckled Bush-cricket · Dark Bush-cricket +33
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Black Oil-beetleMeloe proscarabaeus
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025
- Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
13,437 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
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- RedshankTringa totanus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- 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
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Great TitParus major
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
🦎Reptiles2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Lizard · Slow-worm
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
🐝Insects38 species
summerautumn
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Black Oil-beetle · Dock Bug · Speckled Bush-cricket · Dark Bush-cricket +33
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Black Oil-beetleMeloe proscarabaeus
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025
- Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Green Shieldbug
Green Shieldbug
Palomena prasina2025
Palomena prasina2025
Woundwort ShieldbugEysarcoris venustissimus2025Woundwort ShieldbugEysarcoris venustissimus2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2025Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2025Plagiognathus (Plagiognathus) arbustorumPlagiognathus (Plagiognathus) arbustorum2025Plagiognathus (Plagiognathus) arbustorumPlagiognathus (Plagiognathus) arbustorum2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorOedemera femoralisOedemera femoralisOedemera femoralisOedemera femoralisBlack Sexton BeetleNicrophorus humatorBlack Sexton BeetleNicrophorus humatorRed-belted CleaverAglaostigma aucupariaeRed-belted CleaverAglaostigma aucupariaeBloody-nosed BeetleTimarcha tenebricosaBloody-nosed BeetleTimarcha tenebricosaHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Liocoris tripustulatusLiocoris tripustulatus2025Liocoris tripustulatusLiocoris tripustulatus2025Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum2025Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum2025Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2025Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2025Eupteryx aurataEupteryx aurata2025Eupteryx aurataEupteryx aurata2025Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2025Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2025Hornet RobberflyAsilus crabroniformis2025Hornet RobberflyAsilus crabroniformis2025Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2025Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2025Figwort SawflyTenthredo scrophulariae2025Figwort SawflyTenthredo scrophulariae2025Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025Rhododendron LeafhopperGraphocephala fennahi2025Rhododendron LeafhopperGraphocephala fennahi2025Metoecus paradoxusMetoecus paradoxus2025Metoecus paradoxusMetoecus paradoxus2025Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025Brown Heath RobberflyMachimus cingulatus2025Brown Heath RobberflyMachimus cingulatus2025Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius202514-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata202514-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025Lagria hirtaLagria hirta2025Lagria hirtaLagria hirta2025Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus2025Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus2025Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2025Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2025Grypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysiGrypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysi2025Grypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysiGrypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysi2025Heterotoma planicornisHeterotoma planicornis2025Heterotoma planicornisHeterotoma planicornis2025