Plan your visit
🧺Picnic🦅Birds🛝Family
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
51.06289, -4.00565
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦54+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Tawny Owl
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕Willows Tearoom — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦54+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Tawny Owl
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕Willows Tearoom — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Free🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, café, car park
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Tawny Owl, Robin +51 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, picnic area
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
Birds — Blackbird, Tawny Owl, Robin +51 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Lepraria finkii, Physcia tenella, Porina leptalea +55 more · last seen 2016
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby · 6 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Tarka TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef TTRegional walking route
Barnstaple Heritage TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef BHTLocal walking route
South West Coast Path (Section 6: Braunton to Instow)Walking route▾
Named routeRef SWCPNational walking route
Macmillan Way WestWalking route▾
Named routeRef MWWRegional walking route
63 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 3Cycling route527.7 km▾
Named routeRef 3Length 527.7 kmNational Cycle Network
Route 27Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 27National Cycle Network
Tarka TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
EuroVelo 1 - Atlantic Coast Route - part United Kingdom 2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV1International cycle route
Main RouteCycling route64 m▾
Named routeRef 27Length 64 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route10.3 km▾
Named routeRef 3Length 10.3 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Photos
Landkey : Blakes Hill Road
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
4,850 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,850 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Redwing · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Robin · Greenfinch +18
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- SwiftApus apus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
🦌Mammals5 species
springautumn
2025▾
Hazel Dormouse · Hedgehog · Pipistrelle Bat species · Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2023
🦎Reptiles1 species
springsummer
2025▾
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo2024
Field Grasshopper · Harlequin Ladybird · Trioza centranthi · Eristalis pertinax · Speckled Bush-cricket +63
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Trioza centranthiTrioza centranthi2025
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025
- Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,850 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Redwing · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Robin · Greenfinch +18
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- SwiftApus apus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
🦌Mammals5 species
springautumn
2025▾
Hazel Dormouse · Hedgehog · Pipistrelle Bat species · Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2023
🦎Reptiles1 species
springsummer
2025▾
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo2024
Field Grasshopper · Harlequin Ladybird · Trioza centranthi · Eristalis pertinax · Speckled Bush-cricket +63
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Trioza centranthiTrioza centranthi2025
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025
- Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
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