Exeter's Valley Parks are there for all to enjoy. Close to people's homes, they offer a wide choice of leisurely walks, places to relax, fine views, and plenty of wildlife.

Wonderful views of the Exe Valley beyond the city stretch from this peaceful corner. Enjoy grassland walks at Belvidere, or visit Duryard for a good picnic site overlooking the valley.

Stroll through buttercup-filled meadows alongside the winding River Exe with wonderful views across the city to its cathedral.

This reserve is wetland meadow with open water and is an ornithological site

Discover tranquillity with a gentle circular path through woodland, alongside a stream and an orchard. Climb Stoke Hill for wilder walks through wildflower meadows and tree-studded parkland, to…

Ideford Common is a beautiful reserve of lowland heath on the southern edge of the Haldon Hills.

This small reserve acts as a gateway to the wild landscape of Dartmoor. Bluebells and dormice are the stars of our oldest nature reserve.

A pleasant green link between two larger Exeter Valley Parks with a number of good footpaths and cycleways. It is an urban fringe site with a meadow, orchard and mature trees.

Northbrook…

Leave the city centre to explore the fields, cherry orchards and wooded lanes of Ludwell Valley Park. Follow trails along the Northbrook stream or climb to the top of Pynes Hill for stunning views…

A nature reserve with a picturesque setting, the majority of which is farmland.