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Prickly Pear Blossoms Park and Recreation Ground

10 ha

📷 Rob Purvis · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome10 ha

Getting here

50.74132, -3.33176

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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
  • 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

  • £Free to visit — no entry charge
  • 🐕Dogs welcome
Parking· Free

Best for

5 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Dartford Warbler, Robin, Blue Tit +58 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Dartford Warbler, Robin, Blue Tit +58 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Lowland heathland — silver-studded blue and heath fritillary butterflies; Insects — Southern Hawker, Large Red Damselfly, Broad-bodied Chaser +73 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Forest walks

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

8 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
East Devon WayWalking route
Named routeRef EDWListed length 61kmRegional walking route
Otter Valley WalkWalking route20 km
Named routeRef OVWLength 20 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
Coleridge LinkWalking route14.5 km

A circular route in the Otter Valley.

Named routeRef COLLength 14.5 kmLocal walking route
Orange WayWalking route560 km
Named routeRef ORWLength 560 kmRegional walking route
Exeter to Honiton WayWalking route
Named routeRef EXHONRegional walking route
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Cycling

21 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Route 248Cycling route
Named routeRef 248National Cycle Network
N/ACycling route46 m
Named routeLength 46 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route242 m
Named routeRef 248Length 242 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route642 m
Named routeRef 248Length 642 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface bareearth
Main RouteCycling route358 m
Named routeRef 248Length 358 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route481 m
Named routeLength 481 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

Photos

The B3180 passing the Prickly Pear car park

📷 Rob Purvis · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

The B3180 passing the Prickly Pear car park

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

🌱Escot Gardens & MazeUrban park4 km→🌱Escot Park the ParkUrban park4.3 km→🌱Escot ParkUrban park4.4 km→✦ROCKBEARE MANORHistoric site3.2 km→🌱Land of CanaanUrban park3.6 km→🐄Red Squirrel EncounterVisitor farm4.1 km→

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