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May Day Rock

📷 Derek Harper · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

WildlifeBirdsForaging
Dogs welcome

Getting here

50.61840, -3.72104

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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
  • 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
  • ☕Primrose Cottage Tea Rooms — a good base for a longer summer day out

Good to know

  • 🐕Dogs welcome
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Best for

5 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Robin, Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow +38 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Robin, Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow +38 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants

Varies

Heritage

Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Traditional orchard — specialist orchard insects and lichens; Insects — Vine Weevil, Mesosa nebulosa, Rhododendron Leafhopper +4 more · last seen 2026

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
🚶

Walking

6 signed routes nearby · 4 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
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Cycling

24 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 route637 m
Named routeRef 272Length 637 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.5 km
Named routeRef 272Length 1.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Horse riding

10 public paths nearby

Public paths

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

Wildlife to spot

Photos

May Day Rock, Lustleigh

📷 Derek Harper · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

May Day Rock, Lustleigh

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

🌱Mill Marsh Park,Urban park4.1 km→🌱Mill Marsh ParkUrban park4.1 km→💧Trenchford ReservoirReservoir2.6 km→💧Trenchford ReservoirReservoir2.6 km→🌱Parke Walled GardenUrban park3.4 km→✦Cromwell's Arch and adjacent archHistoric site4.2 km→

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