Plan your visit
🛝Family🎠Play🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
50.57665, -3.81072
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦66+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Chaffinch
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕The Cafe on the Green — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦66+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Chaffinch
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕The Cafe on the Green — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Chaffinch, Stonechat +63 more · last seen 2025
Free
✦Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: CHURCH OF ST PANCRAS; Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
Birds — Robin, Chaffinch, Stonechat +63 more · last seen 2025
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 11 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Two Moors WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef MWListed length 166Regional walking route
Templer WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef TWRegional walking route
Dartmoor WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef DWRegional walking route
3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN272Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 272National Cycle Network
Dartmoor Way (Cycle)Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route5.5 km▾
Named routeRef 272Length 5.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Photos
Widecombe in the Moor : St Pancras Church - Three Hares
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
5,203 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,203 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
springautumn
2025▾
Robin · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Linnet · Swallow +43
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MagpiePica pica
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Great TitParus major
- RavenCorvus corax
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- SwiftApus apus
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
🐝Insects12 species
springsummer
2025▾
Helophilus pendulus · Platycheirus clypeatus agg. · Eristalis tenax · Cantharis rustica · Sylvicola punctatus +7
- Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus
- Platycheirus clypeatus agg.Platycheirus clypeatus agg.
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica
- Sylvicola punctatusSylvicola punctatus
- Aphrophora alniAphrophora alni
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,203 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
springautumn
2025▾
Robin · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Linnet · Swallow +43
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MagpiePica pica
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Great TitParus major
- RavenCorvus corax
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- SwiftApus apus
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
🐝Insects12 species
springsummer
2025▾
Helophilus pendulus · Platycheirus clypeatus agg. · Eristalis tenax · Cantharis rustica · Sylvicola punctatus +7
- Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus
- Platycheirus clypeatus agg.Platycheirus clypeatus agg.
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica
- Sylvicola punctatusSylvicola punctatus
- Aphrophora alniAphrophora alni
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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