Coaxial field system, associated and later remains at Throwleigh Common and Kennon Hill
45 ha
Plan your visit
🌳Ancient💜Bluebells🦉Wildlife
Free entryDogs welcome45 ha
Getting here
50.69818, -3.90727
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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
- 💜Bluebell walks 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
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- 💜Bluebell walks is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
Best for
8 activities🌳Ancient woodland
Very strong match
Ancient woodland — continuous woodland since before 1600
💜Bluebell walks
Strong match
Ancient woodland — native bluebell habitat
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Blanket bog — golden plover, curlew, dunlin and merlin; Ancient woodland — owls, woodpeckers, warblers
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Two Moors WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef MWListed length 166Regional walking route
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
Taw Teign LinkWalking route▾
Named routeRef TTLRegional walking route
8 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Exeter to Okehampton LinkCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Route 28Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 28National Cycle Network
Dartmoor Way (Cycle)Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route1.9 km▾
Named routeRef 28Length 1.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route2.6 km▾
Named routeRef 28Length 2.6 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.7 km▾
Named routeRef 28Length 1.7 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
4 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Photos
17 photos from nearby open sources
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
4,280 records from NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,280 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds39 species
springsummer
2024Skylark · Yellowhammer · Meadow Pipit · Carrion Crow · Stonechat
+34 more speciesHide species list
All 39 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- SwiftApus apus2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2021
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- RavenCorvus corax2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2023
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2022
- Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca2022
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2021
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2021
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2021
- NuthatchSitta europaea2021
- MagpiePica pica2021
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2021
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2021
🦌Mammals2 species
springsummerautumn
2024Hazel Dormouse · Rabbit
Southern Damselfly · Keeled Skimmer · Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Small Red Damselfly · Beautiful Demoiselle
+32 more speciesHide species list
All 37 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Southern DamselflyCoenagrion mercuriale2024
- Keeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescens2021
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2021
- Small Red DamselflyCeriagrion tenellum2021
- Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,280 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds39 species
springsummer
2024Skylark · Yellowhammer · Meadow Pipit · Carrion Crow · Stonechat
+34 more speciesHide species list
All 39 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- SwiftApus apus2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2021
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- RavenCorvus corax2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2023
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2022
- Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca2022
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2021
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2021
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2021
- NuthatchSitta europaea2021
- MagpiePica pica2021
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2021
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2021
🦌Mammals2 species
springsummerautumn
2024Hazel Dormouse · Rabbit
Southern Damselfly · Keeled Skimmer · Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Small Red Damselfly · Beautiful Demoiselle
+32 more speciesHide species list
All 37 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Southern DamselflyCoenagrion mercuriale2024
- Keeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescens2021
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2021
- Small Red DamselflyCeriagrion tenellum2021
- Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2021
2021
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2021Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2021Phylidorea abdominalisPhylidorea abdominalisPhylidorea abdominalisPhylidorea abdominalisCoenosia femoralisCoenosia femoralisCoenosia femoralisCoenosia femoralisMantis FlyOchthera mantisMantis FlyOchthera mantisCoenosia tigrinaCoenosia tigrinaCoenosia tigrinaCoenosia tigrinaEuphylidorea meigeniiEuphylidorea meigeniiEuphylidorea meigeniiEuphylidorea meigeniiTriogma trisulcataTriogma trisulcataTriogma trisulcataTriogma trisulcataLarge Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2021Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2021Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2021Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2021Notiphila venustaNotiphila venustaNotiphila venustaNotiphila venustaScathophaga furcataScathophaga furcataScathophaga furcataScathophaga furcataPrionocera turcicaPrionocera turcicaPrionocera turcicaPrionocera turcicaRhamphomyia hybotinaRhamphomyia hybotinaRhamphomyia hybotinaRhamphomyia hybotinaPogonota barbataPogonota barbataPogonota barbataPogonota barbataPhylidorea ferrugineaPhylidorea ferrugineaPhylidorea ferrugineaPhylidorea ferrugineaDiastata adustaDiastata adustaDiastata adustaDiastata adustaScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaHilara choricaHilara choricaHilara choricaHilara choricaRhamphomyia stigmosaRhamphomyia stigmosaRhamphomyia stigmosaRhamphomyia stigmosaErioptera fusculentaErioptera fusculentaErioptera fusculentaErioptera fusculentaParapiophila vulgarisParapiophila vulgarisParapiophila vulgarisParapiophila vulgarisClinocera fontinalisClinocera fontinalisClinocera fontinalisClinocera fontinalisAzelia zetterstedtiiAzelia zetterstedtiiAzelia zetterstedtiiAzelia zetterstedtiiStearibia nigricepsStearibia nigricepsStearibia nigricepsStearibia nigricepsHilara mauraHilara mauraHilara mauraHilara mauraDicranomyia autumnalisDicranomyia autumnalisDicranomyia autumnalisDicranomyia autumnalisEmpis chiopteraEmpis chiopteraEmpis chiopteraEmpis chiopteraBotanophila striolataBotanophila striolataBotanophila striolataBotanophila striolataCommon Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2021Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2021Black DarterSympetrum danae2021Black DarterSympetrum danae2021Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2021Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2021Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2021Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2021