Tower Wood
✦ Ancient woodland32 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs🌲Walks
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome32 ha
Getting here
50.65826, -3.58144
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Haldon Forest Park 7m away — 8 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Haldon Forest Park 7m away — 8 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🐶Dog walks
Very strong match
Dogs allowed — woodland with marked walking trails
Free
🌲Forest walks
Very strong match
2 marked walking trail(s)
Free
🐴Horse riding
Very strong match
3 horse riding trail(s)
Varies
🏃Trail running
Very strong match
2 running route(s)
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Siskin, Chaffinch, Coal Tit +70 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Siskin, Chaffinch, Coal Tit +70 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km12 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Two Counties WayWalking route90 km▾
A long distance walk of 56 miles (90km) from Taunton to Starcross on the Exe estuary.
Named routeRef TCWLength 90 kmRegional walking route
Exeter Green CircleWalking route▾
Named routeRef EGCLocal walking route
Exe Valley WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef EVWRegional walking route
Dunsford to Exeter WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef DEWRegional walking route
Orange WayWalking route560 km▾
Named routeRef ORWLength 560 kmRegional walking route
Footbath to Dunchideock or Haldon Forestpublic footpath · 32 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 32 mPath type: footway
3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Exeter LCN E1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef E1Local cycle route
National Cycle Network Route 34Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 34National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route1.8 km▾
Named routeRef 34Length 1.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Ridge Ride Trail (Red - Difficult)Mountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Ridge Ride Red
Discovery Trail (Green - Easy)Mountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Discovery - green easy
Ridge Ride Extreme (Black - Severe)Mountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Ridge Ride BlackLocal cycle route
Spicers Trail (Blue - moderate)Mountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Spicers - blue moderate
Kiddens Trail (Blue - moderate)Mountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Kiddens Trail (Blue - moderate)
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Wildlife to spot
11,321 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
11,321 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Siskin · Coal Tit · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Robin · Nuthatch +37
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
🦎Reptiles2 species
springautumn
2025▾
Common Lizard · Slow-worm
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
🐝Insects15 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Mint Leaf Beetle · Knotgrass Leaf Beetle · Dark Bush-cricket · Grypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysi · Harlequin Ladybird +10
- Mint Leaf BeetleChrysolina herbacea
- Knotgrass Leaf BeetleChrysolina polita
- Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera
- Grypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysiGrypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysi
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
11,321 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Siskin · Coal Tit · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Robin · Nuthatch +37
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
🦎Reptiles2 species
springautumn
2025▾
Common Lizard · Slow-worm
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
🐝Insects15 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Mint Leaf Beetle · Knotgrass Leaf Beetle · Dark Bush-cricket · Grypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysi · Harlequin Ladybird +10
- Mint Leaf BeetleChrysolina herbacea
- Knotgrass Leaf BeetleChrysolina polita
- Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera
- Grypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysiGrypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysi
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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