Plan your visit
🛝Family🧺Picnic🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
50.35235, -3.57765
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦79+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Grey Heron
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕The Flavel Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦79+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Grey Heron
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕The Flavel 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🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets, picnic area; Urban park — family destination
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Herring Gull, Grey Heron, Black-headed Gull +76 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Herring Gull, Grey Heron, Black-headed Gull +76 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Large White, Meadow Brown, Speckled Wood +33 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km10 signed routes nearby · 19 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
John Musgrave Heritage TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef JMHTRegional walking route
Greenway WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRef GWLocal walking route
South West Coast Path (Section 40: Torcross to Dartmouth)Walking route▾
Named routeRef SWCPNational walking route
South West Coast Path (Section 41: Dartmouth to Brixham)Walking route▾
Named routeRef SWCPNational walking route
South West Coast Path (Section 42: Brixham to Babbacombe)Walking route▾
Named routeRef SWCPNational walking route
Nelson Stepspublic footpath · 58 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 58 mIncline upPath type: steps
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
10,966 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
10,966 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds51 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Jackdaw · Herring Gull · Cormorant · Woodpigeon · Mallard +46
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MagpiePica pica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- SwiftApus apus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- RavenCorvus corax
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Great TitParus major
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- ShagGulosus aristotelis
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- GreenshankTringa nebularia
- RedshankTringa totanus
- Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
🦎Reptiles2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Wall Lizard · Green Lizard
- Wall LizardPodarcis muralis
- Green LizardLacerta viridis/bilineata
Black Oil-beetle · Scathophaga stercoraria · Volucella inanis · Ivy Bee · Common Red Soldier Beetle +2
- Black Oil-beetleMeloe proscarabaeus
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria2025
- Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2025
- Ivy BeeColletes hederae2025
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025
- Bloody-nosed BeetleTimarcha tenebricosa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
10,966 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds51 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Jackdaw · Herring Gull · Cormorant · Woodpigeon · Mallard +46
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MagpiePica pica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- SwiftApus apus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- RavenCorvus corax
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Great TitParus major
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- ShagGulosus aristotelis
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- GreenshankTringa nebularia
- RedshankTringa totanus
- Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
🦎Reptiles2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Wall Lizard · Green Lizard
- Wall LizardPodarcis muralis
- Green LizardLacerta viridis/bilineata
Black Oil-beetle · Scathophaga stercoraria · Volucella inanis · Ivy Bee · Common Red Soldier Beetle +2
- Black Oil-beetleMeloe proscarabaeus
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria2025
- Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2025
- Ivy BeeColletes hederae2025
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025
- Bloody-nosed BeetleTimarcha tenebricosa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025