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🧺Picnic🦅Birds🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome31 ha
Getting here
50.36542, -4.14259
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦73+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Black-headed Gull and Blackbird
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕Cafe Roma on the Hoe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦73+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Black-headed Gull and Blackbird
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕Cafe Roma on the Hoe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🚻Toilets
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Black-headed Gull, Blackbird, Magpie +70 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Black-headed Gull, Blackbird, Magpie +70 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Grade I listed building: Smeaton's Tower
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
café, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Eristalis tenax, Green Shieldbug, Harmonia axyridis form succinea +116 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km12 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
European long distance path E9 - part alternative Great BritainWalking route711 km▾
Named routeRef E9Length 711 kmInternational walking route
West Devon WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef WDERegional walking route
South West Coast Path (Section 35: Portwrinkle to Plymouth)Walking route▾
Named routeRef SWCPNational walking route
South West Coast Path (Section 36: Plymouth to Wembury Point)Walking route▾
Named routeRef SWCPNational walking route
Erme-Plym TrailWalking route27 km▾
Named routeRef EPTLength 27 kmRegional walking route
190 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Eurovelo 1 - Atlantic Coast Route - part English ChannelCycling route▾
Named routeRef EV1Point-to-pointInternational cycle route
NCN 2 linkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
NCN 27 linkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 2Cycling route▾
National Cycle Route 2 Dawlish to Plymouth
Named routeRef 2National Cycle Network
NCN28Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 28National Cycle Network
Riverside cycle trail at SaltramCycling route3.2 km▾
Perfect for families, young children, and those new to cycling, the terrain is largely flat with one steep hill.
Named routeLength 3.2 kmDuration 00:30Round tripLocal cycle route
Photos
Royal Naval War Memorial and Drake's Statue - Plymouth Hoe - geograph.org.uk - 1398556
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Wildlife to spot
25,112 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
25,112 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlack-headed Gull · Turnstone · Herring Gull · Pied Wagtail · Oystercatcher +30
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
- Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GannetMorus bassanus2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Harmonia axyridis form succinea · Green Shieldbug · Eristalis tenax · Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis) · Marmalade Hoverfly +28
- Harmonia axyridis form succineaHarmonia axyridis form succinea
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis)Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis)
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
- Eupteryx melissaeEupteryx melissae
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
25,112 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlack-headed Gull · Turnstone · Herring Gull · Pied Wagtail · Oystercatcher +30
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
- Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GannetMorus bassanus2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Harmonia axyridis form succinea · Green Shieldbug · Eristalis tenax · Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis) · Marmalade Hoverfly +28
- Harmonia axyridis form succineaHarmonia axyridis form succinea
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis)Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis)
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
- Eupteryx melissaeEupteryx melissae
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas