Plan your visit
🛝Family🎠Play🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
50.23938, -3.76828
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦81+ 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
- 🐦81+ 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
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Herring Gull, Oystercatcher, Mute Swan +78 more · last seen 2025
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, café, toilets, car park
Free
Birds — Herring Gull, Oystercatcher, Mute Swan +78 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 · 11 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
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Events & activities nearby
Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
Wildlife to spot
13,281 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
13,281 records · National Biodiversity NetworkHerring Gull · Black-headed Gull · Mute Swan · Great Black-backed Gull · Little Egret +41
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- RedshankTringa totanus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- GreenshankTringa nebularia
- 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
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Great TitParus major
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- 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 · Dock Bug · Speckled Bush-cricket · Black Oil-beetle · Green Shieldbug +33
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025
- Black Oil-beetleMeloe proscarabaeus
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
- Dark Bush-cricket
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
13,281 records · National Biodiversity NetworkHerring Gull · Black-headed Gull · Mute Swan · Great Black-backed Gull · Little Egret +41
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- RedshankTringa totanus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- GreenshankTringa nebularia
- 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
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Great TitParus major
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- 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 · Dock Bug · Speckled Bush-cricket · Black Oil-beetle · Green Shieldbug +33
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025
- Black Oil-beetleMeloe proscarabaeus
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
- Dark Bush-cricket
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Pholidoptera griseoaptera2025
Pholidoptera griseoaptera2025
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 aurata2025Hornet RobberflyAsilus crabroniformis2025Hornet RobberflyAsilus crabroniformis2025Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2025Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2025Figwort SawflyTenthredo scrophulariae2025Figwort SawflyTenthredo scrophulariae2025Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2025Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2025Rhododendron 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 quattuordecimpunctata2025Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus2025Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus2025Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2025Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2025Grypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysiGrypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysi2025Grypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysiGrypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysi2025Heterotoma planicornisHeterotoma planicornis2025Heterotoma planicornisHeterotoma planicornis2025Lagria hirtaLagria hirta2025Lagria hirtaLagria hirta2025