Walk · Devon

Berry Head National Nature Reserve circuit

Brixham · TQ5 9AP
N 440 YD © OpenStreetMap contributors
1.6MILES
50mON FOOT
40mCLIMB
CircularSHAPE
The route A-road B-road Lane Track Path Water Woodland
Off-road 92% 8% shares tarmac with cars
Field & moor path 30%Lane & track 62%Road with traffic 8%

Our drawing of the route, over road and path data from OpenStreetMap. It shows where the walk goes and what it goes through. It is not a survey and not a navigation aid — carry OS Explorer on the hill. Off-lead information here is what walkers reported or what signage allows — never our advice. Whether and when a dog is off the lead is the owner’s decision and legal responsibility; keep dogs under control near livestock and follow signs on the day.

Starts at
Berry Head visitor centre and car park, at the end of Gillard Road TQ5 9AP
Parking
Large pay-and-display car park on the headland, queues to get in on summer afternoons
Directions to the start →

An easy 1.6 miles round the flat limestone plateau of Berry Head, three quarters of an hour on surfaced level paths through two Napoleonic forts to Britain's highest and shortest lighthouse. The pay-and-display car park sits right on the headland and is the busiest in Brixham on a sunny day, though the paths are wide enough that it never feels crowded and a mobility scooter can be borrowed from the visitor centre. Dogs are welcome throughout the reserve and Shoalstone beach below stays open to them all year, but guillemots and kittiwakes nest on the quarry cliffs so keep to the fenced paths in spring, and Breakwater Beach at the far end of the walk is closed to dogs from 1 May to 30 September.

THE SMALL PRINTTorbay Council PSPO: Breakwater Beach and Shoalstone Pool are closed to dogs between 1 May and 30 September; Shoalstone beach itself stays open to dogs all year. Keep to fenced paths above the seabird cliffs.

House rules, decoded

Off-lead allowed
Water bowls
REGION · DEVON
GRID · 50.3982, -3.4900
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