Sanderspool Cross Recreation Area
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Plan your visit
🦅Birds🛝Family🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
50.42467, -3.82984
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦59+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird 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
- 🐦59+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird 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🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Robin, Woodpigeon +56 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
playground, toilets, parking
Free
Birds — Blackbird, Robin, Woodpigeon +56 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Dock Bug, Spotted Regal-sawfly, Dark Bush-cricket +30 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Two Moors WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef MWListed length 166Regional walking route
30 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 2Cycling route▾
National Cycle Route 2 Dawlish to Plymouth
Named routeRef 2National Cycle Network
NCN272Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 272National Cycle Network
Forder LaneCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Dartmoor Way (Cycle)Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route2.9 km▾
Named routeRef 2Length 2.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route496 m▾
Named routeRef 2Length 496 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Photos
Bus shelter et al, Sanderspool Cross, South Brent
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
36,694 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
36,694 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
springwinter
2025▾
Blackbird · Robin · Great Tit · Wren · Woodpigeon +43
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- RavenCorvus corax
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- MagpiePica pica
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- Sturnus vulgaris vulgarisSturnus vulgaris vulgaris2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
🦌Mammals1 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Hazel Dormouse
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
🐸Amphibians2 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria2025
🐝Insects33 species
springautumn
2026▾
Dock Bug · Spotted Regal-sawfly · Dark Bush-cricket · Green Shieldbug · Hazel Leaf-roller +28
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus2024
- Spotted Regal-sawflyNematus septentrionalis2024
- Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2024
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2024
- Hazel Leaf-rollerApoderus coryli
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
36,694 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
springwinter
2025▾
Blackbird · Robin · Great Tit · Wren · Woodpigeon +43
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- RavenCorvus corax
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- MagpiePica pica
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- Sturnus vulgaris vulgarisSturnus vulgaris vulgaris2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
🦌Mammals1 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Hazel Dormouse
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
🐸Amphibians2 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria2025
🐝Insects33 species
springautumn
2026▾
Dock Bug · Spotted Regal-sawfly · Dark Bush-cricket · Green Shieldbug · Hazel Leaf-roller +28
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus2024
- Spotted Regal-sawflyNematus septentrionalis2024
- Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2024
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2024
- Hazel Leaf-rollerApoderus coryli
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Philopotamus montanus
Philopotamus montanus
Philopotamus montanus
Philopotamus montanus
Nebria brevicollisNebria brevicollis2025Nebria brevicollisNebria brevicollis2025Carabus problematicusCarabus problematicus2025Carabus problematicusCarabus problematicus2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2025Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2025Garden ChaferPhyllopertha horticola2025Garden ChaferPhyllopertha horticola2025Volucella bombylansVolucella bombylans2025Volucella bombylansVolucella bombylans2025Marsh SnipeflyRhagio tringarius2025Marsh SnipeflyRhagio tringarius2025Rhingia campestrisRhingia campestris2025Rhingia campestrisRhingia campestris2025Green Dock BeetleGastrophysa viridula2024Green Dock BeetleGastrophysa viridula2024Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2024Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2024Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus2024Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus2024Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria2024Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria2024Southern BristletailDilta hibernica2024Southern BristletailDilta hibernica2024Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2024Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2024Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2024Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2024Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2024Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2024Murky-legged Black LegionnaireBeris chalybata2024Murky-legged Black LegionnaireBeris chalybata2024Harmonia axyridis form succineaHarmonia axyridis form succinea2024Harmonia axyridis form succineaHarmonia axyridis form succinea202414-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata202414-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2024SpheginaSphegina2024SpheginaSphegina2024Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2024Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2024CheilosiaCheilosia2024CheilosiaCheilosia2024Dasysyrphus venustusDasysyrphus venustus2024Dasysyrphus venustusDasysyrphus venustus2024Eupteryx melissaeEupteryx melissae2024Eupteryx melissaeEupteryx melissae2024Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2024Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major20247-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20247-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2024Events & activities nearby
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