South Dartmoor Leisure Centre
1 ha
Plan your visit
🛝Family🎠Play🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
50.38794, -3.92164
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦64+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Goldfinch
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Riverside Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦64+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Goldfinch
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Riverside 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🚻Toilets
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Goldfinch, Robin +61 more · last seen 2025
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
Birds — Blue Tit, Goldfinch, Robin +61 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Bumblebee, Harlequin Ladybird, White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workers +48 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 14 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Two Moors WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef MWListed length 166Regional walking route
Erme-Plym TrailWalking route27 km▾
Named routeRef EPTLength 27 kmRegional walking route
Pound Farm Lanepublic footpath · 147 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 147 mPath type: service
Donkey Lanepublic footpath · 183 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 183 mSurface groundPath type: footway
75 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 2Cycling route▾
National Cycle Route 2 Dawlish to Plymouth
Named routeRef 2National Cycle Network
Route 272Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 272National Cycle Network
Route 28Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 28National Cycle Network
Dartmoor Way (Cycle)Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route1.2 km▾
Named routeRef 2Length 1.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route87 m▾
Named routeRef 2Length 87 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
1 public path nearby
Public paths
Fillham Moor Lanebridleway · 811 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 811 mSurface asphaltPath type: bridleway
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South Dartmoor Leisure Centre
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
20,552 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
20,552 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Blue Tit · Robin · Great Tit · Coal Tit · Goldfinch +44
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RavenCorvus corax
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MagpiePica pica
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Passer domesticus domesticusPasser domesticus domesticus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Larus argentatus argenteusLarus argentatus argenteus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
🦌Mammals6 species
springsummer
2026▾
Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Beaver · Grey Squirrel · Daubenton's Bat +1
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- BeaverCastor fiber2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
- Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii2024
- Bat
Slow-worm
🐝Insects37 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Dark Bush-cricket · Eristalis tenax · Meliscaeva auricollis · Marmalade Hoverfly · Harlequin Ladybird +32
- Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2025
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2025
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
- Harlequin Ladybird
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
20,552 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Blue Tit · Robin · Great Tit · Coal Tit · Goldfinch +44
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RavenCorvus corax
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MagpiePica pica
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Passer domesticus domesticusPasser domesticus domesticus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Larus argentatus argenteusLarus argentatus argenteus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
🦌Mammals6 species
springsummer
2026▾
Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Beaver · Grey Squirrel · Daubenton's Bat +1
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- BeaverCastor fiber2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
- Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii2024
- Bat
Slow-worm
🐝Insects37 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Dark Bush-cricket · Eristalis tenax · Meliscaeva auricollis · Marmalade Hoverfly · Harlequin Ladybird +32
- Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2025
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2025
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
- Harlequin Ladybird
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Chiroptera2024
Chiroptera2024
Harmonia axyridis2025
Harmonia axyridis2025
Blue Ground BeetleCarabus intricatus2025Blue Ground BeetleCarabus intricatus2025Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorOil BeetleMeloeOil BeetleMeloeField GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus2025Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus2025Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana2025Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana2025Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2025Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2025Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2025Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2025Black-legged Water-snipeflyIbisia marginata2025Black-legged Water-snipeflyIbisia marginata2025Xanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequum2025Xanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequum2025Stripe-legged RobberflyDioctria baumhaueri2025Stripe-legged RobberflyDioctria baumhaueri2025Stable FlyStomoxys calcitrans2025Stable FlyStomoxys calcitrans2025Dark-winged BlackPachygaster atra2025Dark-winged BlackPachygaster atra2025Aphrophora alniAphrophora alni2025Aphrophora alniAphrophora alni2025Ferdinandea cupreaFerdinandea cuprea2025Ferdinandea cupreaFerdinandea cuprea2025Elder AphidAphis (Aphis) sambuci2025Elder AphidAphis (Aphis) sambuci2025Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans2025Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans2025SyrphusSyrphus2025SyrphusSyrphus2025AneugmenusAneugmenus2025AneugmenusAneugmenus202510-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata202510-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2025Carabus problematicusCarabus problematicus2025Carabus problematicusCarabus problematicus2025Face FlyMusca autumnalis2024Face FlyMusca autumnalis2024Rhingia campestrisRhingia campestris2024Rhingia campestrisRhingia campestris2024Meliscaeva cinctellaMeliscaeva cinctella2024Meliscaeva cinctellaMeliscaeva cinctella2024Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2024Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2024Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2024Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2024Common Pine CombhornDiprion pini2024Common Pine CombhornDiprion pini2024Bloody-nosed BeetleTimarcha tenebricosa2024Bloody-nosed BeetleTimarcha tenebricosa2024Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum2024Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum2024Events & activities nearby
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