Plan your visit
🛝Family🎠Play🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
50.48056, -3.51868
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦73+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Woodpigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Cappello — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦73+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Woodpigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Cappello — 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; Urban park — family destination
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow +70 more · last seen 2026
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
Birds — Robin, Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow +70 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, Green Shieldbug, 7-spot Ladybird +68 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 37 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
Oddicombe Beach Hillpublic footpath · 22 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 22 mSurface asphaltPath type: service
Oddicombe Beach Hillpublic footpath · 38 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 38 mSurface asphaltPath type: service
Oddicombe Beach Hillpublic footpath · 51 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 51 mSurface asphaltPath type: service
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Geopark Cycle LoopCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Photos
Frost on pine needles, St Marychurch
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
15,265 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
15,265 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Carrion Crow · Magpie · Herring Gull · Wren +41
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MagpiePica pica
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- GannetMorus bassanus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
- Black-throated DiverGavia arctica2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Willow TitPoecile montanus2025
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Regulus regulus regulusRegulus regulus regulus2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus2025
- ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Palmate Newt
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Syrphus torvus · Eristalis tenax · Orange Ladybird +7
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Syrphus torvusSyrphus torvus
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus
- Oedemera femoralis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
15,265 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Carrion Crow · Magpie · Herring Gull · Wren +41
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MagpiePica pica
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- GannetMorus bassanus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
- Black-throated DiverGavia arctica2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Willow TitPoecile montanus2025
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Regulus regulus regulusRegulus regulus regulus2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus2025
- ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Palmate Newt
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Syrphus torvus · Eristalis tenax · Orange Ladybird +7
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Syrphus torvusSyrphus torvus
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus
- Oedemera femoralis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Oedemera femoralis
Oedemera femoralis
Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollisClover-root WeevilSitona hispidulusClover-root WeevilSitona hispidulusNotonecta (Notonecta) maculataNotonecta (Notonecta) maculataNotonecta (Notonecta) maculataNotonecta (Notonecta) maculataDasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatusGorse ShieldbugPiezodorus lituratus2025Gorse ShieldbugPiezodorus lituratus2025Events & activities nearby
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