King George V Playing Field
8 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🛝Family🥾Hiking
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome8 ha
Getting here
50.49155, -3.52559
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Torbay Scout Campsite 429m away — 2 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Torbay Scout Campsite 429m away — 2 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🛝Family friendly
Good match
Urban park — family destination
Free
Named hiking route nearby: John Musgrave Heritage Trail
Free
Urban park — open green space
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby · 18 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
John Musgrave Heritage TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef JMHTRegional walking route
Torbay Totnes Trail (3T)Walking route▾
Named routeRef TTTLocal walking route
Templer WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef TWRegional walking route
South West Coast Path (Section 42: Brixham to Babbacombe)Walking route▾
Named routeRef SWCPNational walking route
South West Coast Path (Section 43: Babbacombe to Exmouth)Walking route▾
Named routeRef SWCPNational walking route
Watcombe Beach Roadpublic footpath · 194 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 194 mSurface asphaltPath type: unclassified
11 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Geopark Cycle LoopCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Teign Estuary TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 28Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 28National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route332 m▾
Named routeRef 28Length 332 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route84 m▾
Named routeRef 28Length 84 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route679 m▾
Named routeRef 28Length 679 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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10,968 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
10,968 records · National Biodiversity NetworkHouse Martin · Gannet · Woodpigeon · Swift · Blackbird +30
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- GannetMorus bassanus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- MagpiePica pica
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Willow TitPoecile montanus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- FulmarFulmarus glacialis2025
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
- Common GuillemotUria aalge2025
- Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
- RazorbillAlca torda2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians2 species
springsummer
2026▾
Palmate Newt · Common Frog
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
- Common FrogRana temporaria2025
🐝Insects50 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Eristalis tenax · Syrphus · Platycheirus albimanus · Notonecta (Notonecta) maculata +45
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
- SyrphusSyrphus2025
- Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus
- Notonecta (Notonecta) maculataNotonecta (Notonecta) maculata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
10,968 records · National Biodiversity NetworkHouse Martin · Gannet · Woodpigeon · Swift · Blackbird +30
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- GannetMorus bassanus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- MagpiePica pica
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Willow TitPoecile montanus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- FulmarFulmarus glacialis2025
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
- Common GuillemotUria aalge2025
- Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
- RazorbillAlca torda2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians2 species
springsummer
2026▾
Palmate Newt · Common Frog
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
- Common FrogRana temporaria2025
🐝Insects50 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Eristalis tenax · Syrphus · Platycheirus albimanus · Notonecta (Notonecta) maculata +45
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
- SyrphusSyrphus2025
- Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus
- Notonecta (Notonecta) maculataNotonecta (Notonecta) maculata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2025Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Greater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestris2025Greater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestris2025Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisDark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2025Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2025Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius202510-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata202510-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2025Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttataOrange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttataLong-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus2025Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus2025Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025Platycheirus scutatusPlatycheirus scutatus2025Platycheirus scutatusPlatycheirus scutatus2025EupeodesEupeodes2025EupeodesEupeodes2025Black ClockPterostichus madidus2025Black ClockPterostichus madidus2025Sicus ferrugineusSicus ferrugineus2025Sicus ferrugineusSicus ferrugineus2025Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2025Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2025Scaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastri2025Scaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastri2025Strawberry-blossom WeevilAnthonomus rubi2025Strawberry-blossom WeevilAnthonomus rubi2025Mecinus pyrasterMecinus pyraster2025Mecinus pyrasterMecinus pyraster2025Syrphus torvusSyrphus torvus2025Syrphus torvusSyrphus torvus2025Clover-root WeevilSitona hispidulusClover-root WeevilSitona hispidulusDasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatusMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Epistrophe grossulariaeEpistrophe grossulariae2025Epistrophe grossulariaeEpistrophe grossulariae2025Cream-streaked LadybirdHarmonia quadripunctata2025Cream-streaked LadybirdHarmonia quadripunctata2025Bishop's MitreAelia acuminata2025Bishop's MitreAelia acuminata2025Mecinus pascuorumMecinus pascuorum2025Mecinus pascuorumMecinus pascuorum2025Bloody-nosed BeetleTimarcha tenebricosa2025Bloody-nosed BeetleTimarcha tenebricosa2025Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum2025Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum2025Lagria hirtaLagria hirta2025Lagria hirtaLagria hirta2025Cheilosia caerulescensCheilosia caerulescens2025Cheilosia caerulescensCheilosia caerulescens2025Heringia heringiHeringia heringi2025Heringia heringiHeringia heringi2025PipizellaPipizella2025PipizellaPipizella2025Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata2025Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata2025Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2025Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2025MelanostomaMelanostoma2025MelanostomaMelanostoma2025Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025Rose ChaferCetonia aurata2025Rose ChaferCetonia aurata2025Sylvicola fuscatusSylvicola fuscatus2025Sylvicola fuscatusSylvicola fuscatus2025Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae2025Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae2025Meliscaeva cinctellaMeliscaeva cinctella2025Meliscaeva cinctellaMeliscaeva cinctella2025Eudasyphora cyanellaEudasyphora cyanella2025Eudasyphora cyanellaEudasyphora cyanella2025Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2025Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2025