Plan your visit
🛝Family🎠Play🐶Dogs
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome39 ha
Getting here
50.51983, -3.60348
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, toilets; Country park — designed for family visits
Free
playground, toilets, parking
Free
Dogs allowed — country park
Free
Country park — good for group day out
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 signed routes nearby · 32 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
John Musgrave Heritage TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef JMHTRegional walking route
Templer WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef TWRegional walking route
Teignmouth & Dawlish WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef TDWLocal walking route
Orange WayWalking route560 km▾
Named routeRef ORWLength 560 kmRegional walking route
Ted Hughes Poetry TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef THPTLocal walking route
Decoy Country Parkpublic footpath · 136 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 136 mPath type: service
Bowden Hillpublic footpath · 155 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 155 mSurface concretePath type: residential
South Roadpublic footpath · 151 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 151 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
36 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Teign Estuary TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
A383 cycle routeCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 28Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 28National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route36 m▾
Named routeRef 28Length 36 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route35 m▾
Named routeRef 28Length 35 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route50 m▾
Named routeRef 2Length 50 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Photos
Newton Abbot : Decoy Country Park - Footpath
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
37,926 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
37,926 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMallard · Mute Swan · Tufted Duck · Coot · Moorhen +41
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- CootFulica atra
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
🦌Mammals1 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐝Insects7 species
winterspring
2026▾
Western Conifer Seed Bug · 2-spot Ladybird · Eristalis pertinax · Varied Carpet Beetle · Bloody-nosed Beetle +2
- Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci
- Bloody-nosed BeetleTimarcha tenebricosa
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
37,926 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMallard · Mute Swan · Tufted Duck · Coot · Moorhen +41
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- CootFulica atra
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
🦌Mammals1 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐝Insects7 species
winterspring
2026▾
Western Conifer Seed Bug · 2-spot Ladybird · Eristalis pertinax · Varied Carpet Beetle · Bloody-nosed Beetle +2
- Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci
- Bloody-nosed BeetleTimarcha tenebricosa
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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