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Huntingpark Wood

✦ Ancient woodland65 ha

📷 Derek Harper · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome65 ha

Getting here

50.63307, -3.73036

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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
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome
🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat

Best for

9 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour

Free

Bird watching

Strong match

Birds — Great Tit, Carrion Crow, Greenfinch +36 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Great Tit, Carrion Crow, Greenfinch +36 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Cycling

Good match

Named cycling route nearby: Route 28

Varies

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

5 signed routes nearby · 15 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Templer WayWalking route

Named routeRef TWRegional walking route

Dartmoor WayWalking route

Named routeRef DWRegional walking route

Yarner Wood Nature TrailWalking route

Named routeRef YWLocal walking route

Dunsford to Moretonhampstead TrailWalking route

Named routeRef DMTRegional walking route

Moretonhampstead North Bovey CircularWalking route

Named routeRef MNBLocal cycle route

Dark Lanepublic footpath · 129 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 129 mPath type: service

Dark Lanepublic footpath · 86 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 86 mPath type: track

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Cycling

13 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN272Cycling route

Named routeRef 272National Cycle Network

Route 28Cycling route

Named routeRef 28National Cycle Network

Dartmoor Way (Cycle)Cycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Wray Valley TrailCycling route

Named routeRef WVTLocal cycle route

Main RouteCycling route6.1 km

Named routeRef 28Length 6.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealed firm

Main RouteCycling route17.1 km

Named routeRef 28Length 17.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-road

🐴

Horse riding

8 public paths nearby

Public paths

No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.

Wildlife to spot

11,240 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

11,240 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds30 species

winter

2025

Goldfinch · Robin · Marsh Tit · Jackdaw · Rook +25

GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
RobinErithacus rubecula
Marsh TitPoecile palustris
JackdawColoeus monedula
RookCorvus frugilegus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Great TitParus major
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
NuthatchSitta europaea
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
SiskinSpinus spinus
Coal TitPeriparus ater
GreenfinchChloris chloris
DunnockPrunella modularis
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
MagpiePica pica
RavenCorvus corax
Stock DoveColumba oenas
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
DipperCinclus cinclus
RedwingTurdus iliacus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

11,240 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds30 species

winter

2025

Goldfinch · Robin · Marsh Tit · Jackdaw · Rook +25

GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
RobinErithacus rubecula
Marsh TitPoecile palustris
JackdawColoeus monedula
RookCorvus frugilegus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Great TitParus major
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
NuthatchSitta europaea
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
SiskinSpinus spinus
Coal TitPeriparus ater
GreenfinchChloris chloris
DunnockPrunella modularis
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
MagpiePica pica
RavenCorvus corax
Stock DoveColumba oenas
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
DipperCinclus cinclus
RedwingTurdus iliacus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Derek Harper · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Woodland by the Wray Valley Trail

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