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Eastern Playing Fields
21 ha
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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome21 ha
Getting here
50.73898, -3.48569
Open directionsv
Best for
10 activities🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Herring Gull, Magpie +53 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Birds — Woodpigeon, Herring Gull, Magpie +53 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
playground, café, parking
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Hornet Hoverfly, Harlequin Ladybird, Red-headed Cardinal Beetle +22 more · last seen 2026
Dogs allowed with public access
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km21 signed routes nearby · 14 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Two Counties WayWalking route90 km▾
A long distance walk of 56 miles (90km) from Taunton to Starcross on the Exe estuary.
Named routeRef TCWLength 90 kmRegional walking route
Exeter Green CircleWalking route▾
Named routeRef EGCLocal walking route
Exe Valley WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef EVWRegional walking route
Devonshire Heartland WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef DHWRegional walking route
Dunsford to Exeter WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef DEWRegional walking route
Exhibition Waypublic footpath · 31 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 31 mPath type: unclassified
Exhibition Waypublic footpath · 8 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 8 mPath type: unclassified
57 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Exeter LCN E1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef E1Local cycle route
Route E9Cycling route▾
Named routeRef E9Local cycle route
Exeter LCN E2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef E2Local cycle route
National Cycle Route 2 Axminster to DawlishCycling route▾
Named routeRef 2National Cycle Network
Exeter LCN E12Cycling route▾
Named routeRef E12Local cycle route
Exeter to Okehampton LinkCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
2 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
About this urban park
Eastern Playing Fields is a urban park covering 21 hectares.
Photos
15 photos from nearby open sources
Playing Fields between Beacon Heath and Exhibition Way
Photos
Playing Fields between Beacon Heath and Exhibition Way
Visiting this spring
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦Prime nesting season — listen for woodpecker drumming, warbler song and the first cuckoos from April
- 🦌Roe deer are active before the leaf canopy closes in — dawn and dusk are best
🌱 Visiting this spring
- 🐦Prime nesting season — listen for woodpecker drumming, warbler song and the first cuckoos from April
- 🦌Roe deer are active before the leaf canopy closes in — dawn and dusk are best
Facilities
☕Café
ISCA Centre Cafe · 293m
🅿️Parking
5 nearby · Free · 320m
✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
37,308 records from NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
37,308 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds56 species
springautumnwinter
2026Woodpigeon · Herring Gull · Magpie · Blue Tit · Robin
+51 more speciesHide species list
All 56 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- MagpiePica pica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
- Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur2025
Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Red Fox
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2025Common Frog
Hornet Hoverfly · Harlequin Ladybird · Red-headed Cardinal Beetle · Cream-streaked Ladybird · Cream-spot Ladybird
+20 more speciesHide species list
All 25 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2025
- Cream-streaked LadybirdHarmonia quadripunctata
- Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
37,308 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds56 species
springautumnwinter
2026Woodpigeon · Herring Gull · Magpie · Blue Tit · Robin
+51 more speciesHide species list
All 56 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- MagpiePica pica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
- Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur2025
Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Red Fox
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2025Common Frog
Hornet Hoverfly · Harlequin Ladybird · Red-headed Cardinal Beetle · Cream-streaked Ladybird · Cream-spot Ladybird
+20 more speciesHide species list
All 25 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2025
- Cream-streaked LadybirdHarmonia quadripunctata
- Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Violet Ground Beetle
Violet Ground Beetle
Carabus violaceus2025
Carabus violaceus2025
Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2025Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2025Rhombic LeatherbugSyromastus rhombeus2025Rhombic LeatherbugSyromastus rhombeus2025Physiphora alceaePhysiphora alceae2025Physiphora alceaePhysiphora alceae2025Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025Small Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma viridulum2025Small Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma viridulum2025Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025Common Burying BeetleNicrophorus vespillo2025Common Burying BeetleNicrophorus vespillo20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2025Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2025Anthocomus rufusAnthocomus rufus2025Anthocomus rufusAnthocomus rufus2025Ledra auritaLedra aurita2025Ledra auritaLedra aurita2025Platycheirus scutatusPlatycheirus scutatus2025Platycheirus scutatusPlatycheirus scutatus2025Metoecus paradoxusMetoecus paradoxus2025Metoecus paradoxusMetoecus paradoxus2025Scarce ChaserLibellula fulva2025Scarce ChaserLibellula fulva2025Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2025Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2025Octotemnus glabriculusOctotemnus glabriculus2025Octotemnus glabriculusOctotemnus glabriculus2025Events & activities nearby
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