Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Public accessDogs welcome
Getting here
51.18641, -3.72870
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦52+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Dipper and Whinchat
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦52+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Dipper and Whinchat
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Dipper, Whinchat, Grey Heron +49 more · last seen 2025; Upland heathland — red grouse, merlin and short-eared owl
Free
Birds — Dipper, Whinchat, Grey Heron +49 more · last seen 2025; Upland heathland priority habitat
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Oak Moss, Parmeliella parvula, Graphis elegans +16 more · last seen 2015
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Small Heath, Green-veined White +36 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Lesser Twayblade, Bell Heather, Heath Bedstraw +164 more · last seen 2020
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km11 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
Countisbury circular walk via Winston's PathWalking route2 km▾
Named routeLength 2 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Watersmeet to Ash Bridge circular walkWalking route3.5 km▾
Named routeRef WACLength 3.5 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Countisbury figure of eight walkWalking route4.8 km▾
Named routeLength 4.8 kmRound tripLocal walking route
7 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Regional Route 51Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 51Regional cycle route
NCN 3 to NCN 51 LinkCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
N/ACycling route10.7 km▾
Named routeRef 51Length 10.7 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route3.7 km▾
Named routeRef 51Length 3.7 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route1.4 km▾
Named routeRef 51Length 1.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedloose
N/ACycling route131 m▾
Named routeRef 51Length 131 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface bareearth
3 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Photos
Crossing Badgworthy Water
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
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2024
2024
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Carex pulicaris
Marsh VioletViola palustrisMarsh VioletViola palustrisDevil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensisDevil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensisBitter-vetchLathyrus linifoliusBitter-vetchLathyrus linifoliusCommon Yellow-sedgeCarex demissaCommon Yellow-sedgeCarex demissaField Wood-rushLuzula campestrisField Wood-rushLuzula campestrisCarnation SedgeCarex paniceaCarnation SedgeCarex paniceaWater MintMentha aquaticaWater MintMentha aquaticaLesser SpearwortRanunculus flammulaLesser SpearwortRanunculus flammulaCross-leaved HeathErica tetralixCross-leaved HeathErica tetralixBog PimpernelLysimachia tenellaBog PimpernelLysimachia tenellaMarsh PennywortHydrocotyle vulgarisMarsh PennywortHydrocotyle vulgarisCommon Dog-violetViola rivinianaCommon Dog-violetViola rivinianaSpring-sedgeCarex caryophylleaSpring-sedgeCarex caryophylleaHairy Wood-rushLuzula pilosaHairy Wood-rushLuzula pilosaGermander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrysGermander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrysCommon Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatusCommon Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatusBulbous RushJuncus bulbosusBulbous RushJuncus bulbosusRhododendronRhododendron ponticum2020RhododendronRhododendron ponticum2020Events & activities nearby
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