Haldon Forest Park
✦ Ancient woodland157 ha
Plan your visit
🚵Mountain bikes🦉Wildlife🐴Horses
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome157 ha
Getting here
50.64834, -3.59045
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
- 🚴Start cycling visits early on summer days — trails are best before the heat builds via Discovery Trail
- 🐕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
- 🚴Start cycling visits early on summer days — trails are best before the heat builds via Discovery Trail
- 🐕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
- 🌳Large woodland — room to roam
🚵Mountain biking
Very strong match
2 MTB/downhill trail(s); Named MTB route nearby: Discovery Trail (Green - Easy)
Varies
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🐴Horse riding
Very strong match
3 horse riding trail(s); Horse riding listed as facility
Varies
🌲Forest walks
Very strong match
22 marked walking trail(s)
Free
🏃Trail running
Very strong match
2 running route(s)
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Teignmouth & Dawlish WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef TDWLocal walking route
Orange WayWalking route560 km▾
Named routeRef ORWLength 560 kmRegional walking route
Raptor TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef RTLocal walking route
Butterfly TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef BTLocal walking route
Discovery TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef DISTLocal walking route
Footbath to Dunchideock or Haldon Forestpublic footpath · 32 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 32 mPath type: footway
5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Ridge Ride Trail (Red - Difficult)Mountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Ridge Ride Red
Discovery Trail (Green - Easy)Mountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Discovery - green easy
Ridge Ride Extreme (Black - Severe)Mountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Ridge Ride BlackLocal cycle route
Spicers Trail (Blue - moderate)Mountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Spicers - blue moderate
Kiddens Trail (Blue - moderate)Mountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Kiddens Trail (Blue - moderate)
Photos
Logpile, Higher Kiddens, Haldon Forest Park
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Wildlife to spot
12,027 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
12,027 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Robin · Coal Tit · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Siskin · Nuthatch +40
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Dark Bush-cricket · Meadow Grasshopper · Harlequin Ladybird · Field Grasshopper · Dock Bug +8
- Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera
- Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii
- Common Darter
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
12,027 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Robin · Coal Tit · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Siskin · Nuthatch +40
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Dark Bush-cricket · Meadow Grasshopper · Harlequin Ladybird · Field Grasshopper · Dock Bug +8
- Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera
- Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii
- Common Darter
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Sympetrum striolatum
Sympetrum striolatum
Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentisSericomyia silentisSericomyia silentisLong-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscusLong-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscusGlow-wormLampyris noctilucaGlow-wormLampyris noctilucaRoesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeseliiRoesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeseliiMesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridianaWasp BeetleClytus arietisWasp BeetleClytus arietisEvents & activities nearby
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