Plan your visit
🦅Birds🛝Family🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
50.52688, -3.61109
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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 Mallard and Robin
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦87+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Robin
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Paid🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Mallard, Robin, Blue Tit +84 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
playground, toilets, parking
Free
Birds — Mallard, Robin, Blue Tit +84 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Azure Damselfly, Hawthorn Shieldbug, Hornet Hoverfly +95 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km9 signed routes nearby · 27 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
John Musgrave Heritage TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef JMHTRegional walking route
Templer WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef TWRegional walking route
Teignmouth & Dawlish WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef TDWLocal walking route
Orange WayWalking route560 km▾
Named routeRef ORWLength 560 kmRegional walking route
Ted Hughes Poetry TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef THPTLocal walking route
Bowden Hillpublic footpath · 155 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 155 mSurface concretePath type: residential
South Roadpublic footpath · 151 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 151 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
Courtenay Roadpublic footpath · 145 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 145 mPath type: track
37 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Teign Estuary TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
A383 cycle routeCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 28Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 28National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route36 m▾
Named routeRef 28Length 36 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route35 m▾
Named routeRef 28Length 35 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route50 m▾
Named routeRef 2Length 50 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
30,659 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
30,659 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMallard · Mute Swan · Blue Tit · Tufted Duck · Robin +41
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- CootFulica atra
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Great TitParus major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐝Insects9 species
winterspring
2026▾
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Western Conifer Seed Bug · 2-spot Ladybird · Eristalis pertinax · Varied Carpet Beetle +4
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci
- Bloody-nosed BeetleTimarcha tenebricosa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
30,659 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMallard · Mute Swan · Blue Tit · Tufted Duck · Robin +41
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- CootFulica atra
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Great TitParus major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐝Insects9 species
winterspring
2026▾
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Western Conifer Seed Bug · 2-spot Ladybird · Eristalis pertinax · Varied Carpet Beetle +4
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci
- Bloody-nosed BeetleTimarcha tenebricosa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas