Stoodley Knowle Playing Field
Plan your visit
🛝Family🧺Picnic🦉Wildlife
Public accessDogs welcome
Getting here
50.46936, -3.50174
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Firestone Kitchen — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Firestone Kitchen — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🚲Bike parking☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets, picnic area; Playing field
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, café, toilets, car park; Playing field — open space for a simple picnic
Free
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Carrion Crow, Robin, Woodpigeon +92 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Carrion Crow, Robin, Woodpigeon +92 more · last seen 2026
Free
⚽Playing fields
Very strong match
Playing field
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 24 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
John Musgrave Heritage TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef JMHTRegional walking route
Torbay Totnes Trail (3T)Walking route▾
Named routeRef TTTLocal walking route
South West Coast Path (Section 42: Brixham to Babbacombe)Walking route▾
Named routeRef SWCPNational walking route
South West Coast Path (Section 43: Babbacombe to Exmouth)Walking route▾
Named routeRef SWCPNational walking route
Torquay Harbour TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef THTLocal walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Geopark Cycle LoopCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
24,788 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
24,788 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds51 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Carrion Crow · Velvet Scoter · Woodpigeon · Robin · Rock Pipit +46
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Velvet ScoterMelanitta fusca2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Great Northern DiverGavia immer2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- GannetMorus bassanus2025
- MagpiePica pica
- Great TitParus major2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Dartford WarblerCurruca undata2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Black-throated DiverGavia arctica2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Willow TitPoecile montanus2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- FulmarFulmarus glacialis2025
- Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
🦎Reptiles1 species
winterspring
2026▾
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Palmate Newt
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
🐝Insects22 species
winterspring
2026▾
Dock Bug · Eristalis tenax · Gorse Shieldbug · Harlequin Ladybird · Syrphus torvus +17
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Gorse ShieldbugPiezodorus lituratus
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Syrphus torvusSyrphus torvus
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
24,788 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds51 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Carrion Crow · Velvet Scoter · Woodpigeon · Robin · Rock Pipit +46
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Velvet ScoterMelanitta fusca2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Great Northern DiverGavia immer2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- GannetMorus bassanus2025
- MagpiePica pica
- Great TitParus major2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Dartford WarblerCurruca undata2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Black-throated DiverGavia arctica2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Willow TitPoecile montanus2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- FulmarFulmarus glacialis2025
- Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
🦎Reptiles1 species
winterspring
2026▾
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Palmate Newt
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
🐝Insects22 species
winterspring
2026▾
Dock Bug · Eristalis tenax · Gorse Shieldbug · Harlequin Ladybird · Syrphus torvus +17
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Gorse ShieldbugPiezodorus lituratus
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Syrphus torvusSyrphus torvus
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Green Shieldbug
Green Shieldbug
Palomena prasina
Palomena prasina
Gorse WeevilExapion ulicisGorse WeevilExapion ulicisSyrphusSyrphusSyrphusSyrphusDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxPlatycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanusOedemera femoralisOedemera femoralisOedemera femoralisOedemera femoralisBeosus maritimusBeosus maritimusBeosus maritimusBeosus maritimusEnoplops scaphaEnoplops scaphaEnoplops scaphaEnoplops scapha24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctataLixus scabricollisLixus scabricollisLixus scabricollisLixus scabricollisCoriomeris denticulatusCoriomeris denticulatusCoriomeris denticulatusCoriomeris denticulatus7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctataNotonecta (Notonecta) maculataNotonecta (Notonecta) maculataNotonecta (Notonecta) maculataNotonecta (Notonecta) maculataBloody-nosed BeetleTimarcha tenebricosaBloody-nosed BeetleTimarcha tenebricosaEupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollaeEvents & activities nearby
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