Roman fort and later Romano-British settlement at Woodbury Farm
6 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome6 ha
Getting here
50.77196, -2.99759
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦70+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Carrion Crow and Mute Swan
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦70+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Carrion Crow and Mute Swan
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Carrion Crow, Mute Swan, Grey Heron +67 more · last seen 2025
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
Birds — Carrion Crow, Mute Swan, Grey Heron +67 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Dock Bug, Alder Leaf Beetle, Eristalis pertinax +43 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Named cycling route nearby: Route 2
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km9 signed routes nearby · 24 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Monarch's WayWalking route990 km▾
approximate route of Charles II's escape
Named routeRef MWLength 990 kmRegional walking route
East Devon WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef EDWListed length 61kmRegional walking route
Wessex RidgewayWalking route▾
Named routeRef WRRegional walking route
South West Coast Path (Section 46: Seaton to Seatown)Walking route▾
Named routeRef SWCPNational walking route
Liberty TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef LIBRegional walking route
Lear Lanepublic footpath · 102 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 102 mPath type: residential
Woodbury Waypublic footpath · 187 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 187 mPath type: residential
Horslearspublic footpath · 68 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 68 mPath type: residential
48 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 2Cycling route▾
National Cycle Route 2 Christchurch to Axminster
Named routeRef 2National Cycle Network
National Cycle Route 2 Axminster to DawlishCycling route▾
Named routeRef 2National Cycle Network
Route 33Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 33National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route172 m▾
Named routeRef 2Length 172 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route2 km▾
Named routeRef 2Length 2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route148 m▾
Named routeRef 2Length 148 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Photos
Field edge path at Woodbury Cross
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
13,325 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
13,325 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds51 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Carrion Crow · Little Egret · Magpie · Woodpigeon · Grey Heron +46
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Great TitParus major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- SwiftApus apus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- RavenCorvus corax
- Common GullLarus canus
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Hazel Dormouse
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
🐝Insects18 species
springsummer
2025▾
Speckled Bush-cricket · Field Grasshopper · Bog Bush-cricket · Dock Bug · Oedemera femoralis +13
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
- Bog Bush-cricketMetrioptera brachyptera
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- Oedemera femoralisOedemera femoralis
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
13,325 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds51 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Carrion Crow · Little Egret · Magpie · Woodpigeon · Grey Heron +46
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Great TitParus major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- SwiftApus apus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- RavenCorvus corax
- Common GullLarus canus
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Hazel Dormouse
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
🐝Insects18 species
springsummer
2025▾
Speckled Bush-cricket · Field Grasshopper · Bog Bush-cricket · Dock Bug · Oedemera femoralis +13
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
- Bog Bush-cricketMetrioptera brachyptera
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- Oedemera femoralisOedemera femoralis
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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