Plan your visit
🦅Birds🛝Family🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
51.01649, -4.21022
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦87+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Robin
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Pannier Galley Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦87+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Robin
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Pannier Galley Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Robin, Woodpigeon +84 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, café; Urban park — family destination
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
Birds — Blackbird, Robin, Woodpigeon +84 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Azure Damselfly, Large Red Damselfly, Common Darter +28 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Tarka TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef TTRegional walking route
Appledore Community TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef ACT
South West Coast Path (Section 7: Instow to Westward Ho! )Walking route▾
Named routeRef SWCPNational walking route
South West Coast Path (Section 8: Westward Ho! to Clovelly)Walking route▾
Named routeRef SWCPNational walking route
24 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 route294 m▾
Named routeRef 3Length 294 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route3.8 km▾
Named routeRef 3Length 3.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Photos
Bideford Fire Station on Old Town
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
30,140 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
30,140 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Wigeon · Black-tailed Godwit · Pintail · Woodpigeon · Shelduck +44
- WigeonMareca penelope
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
- PintailAnas acuta
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- RedshankTringa totanus
- Common GullLarus canus
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Great TitParus major
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- SwiftApus apus
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus
- Rissa tridactyla tridactylaRissa tridactyla tridactyla
- Gulosus aristotelis aristotelisGulosus aristotelis aristotelis
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Slow-worm
Common Darter · Southern Hawker · Azure Damselfly · Migrant Hawker · Blue-tailed Damselfly +16
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025
- Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
30,140 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Wigeon · Black-tailed Godwit · Pintail · Woodpigeon · Shelduck +44
- WigeonMareca penelope
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
- PintailAnas acuta
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- RedshankTringa totanus
- Common GullLarus canus
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Great TitParus major
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- SwiftApus apus
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus
- Rissa tridactyla tridactylaRissa tridactyla tridactyla
- Gulosus aristotelis aristotelisGulosus aristotelis aristotelis
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Slow-worm
Common Darter · Southern Hawker · Azure Damselfly · Migrant Hawker · Blue-tailed Damselfly +16
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025
- Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2025Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2025Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2025Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2025Small Red DamselflyCeriagrion tenellum2025Small Red DamselflyCeriagrion tenellum2025White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes2025White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes2025Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2025Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2025Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2025Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2025Scarce ChaserLibellula fulva2025Scarce ChaserLibellula fulva2025Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2025Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2025Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceusViolet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceusKeeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescens2025Keeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescens2025Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025