The Meadows Pleasure Ground
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🛝Family🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
50.54579, -4.14988
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦48+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Goldcrest and Jackdaw
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Chill Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦48+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Goldcrest and Jackdaw
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Chill 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🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Goldcrest, Jackdaw, Blue Tit +45 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, café; Urban park — family destination
Free
Birds — Goldcrest, Jackdaw, Blue Tit +45 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, Trioza centranthi, Corizus hyoscyami +14 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Dartmoor WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef DWRegional walking route
West Devon WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef WDERegional walking route
Tamar Valley Discovery TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef TDTRegional walking route
Abbot's WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef AWRegional walking route
71 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 27Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 27National Cycle Network
Route 270Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 270National Cycle Network
Dartmoor Way (Cycle)Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
National Cycle Network Route 327Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 327National Cycle Network
EuroVelo 1 - Atlantic Coast Route - part United Kingdom 2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV1International cycle route
Main RouteCycling route40 m▾
Named routeRef 27Length 40 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Photos
Tavistock Canal in the Meadows
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
34,337 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
34,337 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGoldcrest · Jackdaw · Blue Tit · Nuthatch · Robin +42
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2024
Common Pipistrelle · Eurasian Serotine · Daubenton's Bat · Pipistrelle Bat species · Noctule +6
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2024
- Eurasian SerotineCnephaeus serotinus2024
- Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii2024
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2024
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula2024
- Grey Squirrel
🐝Insects17 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Harlequin Ladybird · Trioza centranthi · Corizus hyoscyami · Pine Weevil · Cuckoo-Spit Insect +12
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2024
- Trioza centranthiTrioza centranthi
- Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami
- Pine WeevilHylobius abietis
- Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius
- Hornet Hoverfly
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
34,337 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGoldcrest · Jackdaw · Blue Tit · Nuthatch · Robin +42
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2024
Common Pipistrelle · Eurasian Serotine · Daubenton's Bat · Pipistrelle Bat species · Noctule +6
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2024
- Eurasian SerotineCnephaeus serotinus2024
- Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii2024
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2024
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula2024
- Grey Squirrel
🐝Insects17 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Harlequin Ladybird · Trioza centranthi · Corizus hyoscyami · Pine Weevil · Cuckoo-Spit Insect +12
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2024
- Trioza centranthiTrioza centranthi
- Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami
- Pine WeevilHylobius abietis
- Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius
- Hornet Hoverfly
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Sciurus carolinensis2024
Sciurus carolinensis2024
BatChiroptera2024BatChiroptera2024Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanariusHazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanariusNyctalus/Eptesicus agg.Nyctalus/Eptesicus agg.2024Nyctalus/Eptesicus agg.Nyctalus/Eptesicus agg.2024Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2024Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2024RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024Volucella zonaria
Volucella zonaria
Tanner BeetlePrionus coriariusTanner BeetlePrionus coriariusGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasinaGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasinaOak Mining SawflyProfenusa pygmaeaOak Mining SawflyProfenusa pygmaeaLiophloeus tessulatusLiophloeus tessulatusLiophloeus tessulatusLiophloeus tessulatusHazel Leaf-rollerApoderus coryliHazel Leaf-rollerApoderus coryliOil BeetleMeloeOil BeetleMeloeOrange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2024Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2024Xylota segnisXylota segnis2024Xylota segnisXylota segnis2024Confused Flour BeetleTribolium confusum2024Confused Flour BeetleTribolium confusum2024Red Mason BeeOsmia bicornis2024Red Mason BeeOsmia bicornis2024Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2024Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2024