Bircham Valley Local Nature Reserve

Beautiful place to go for a walk, you wouldn't think you're in a city. Plymouth needs more of these places closer to the centre.

How is anyone supposed to visit this place? Every single parking place says private land" but didn't say whether you can park or not. Want a walk? Want it enough to risk £100 fine? Nope."

When i first started going here it was merely a nice place to go for a walk, now i have joined the national allotment society, to which i am very pleased to be a member of, taking on an allotment has been a big step for me and is full some very welcoming and wonderdul people, i look forward to being a long term member and happy used of the allotments.

A good flat walk along the new footpath. I'm sure it'll look better once the plants have grown and I'll be a bit greener.

This isn't the best nature reserve in Plymouth but is worth a visit if you are in the area. The official entrance from Brest Road is awful and there are no signs to say where you can go. There is an entrance from Derriford Hospital but also one from The Ship which I am not sure is public access or not. There are two entrances that are locked gates and so unclear. The main path is good quality through most of the reserve but a couple of the timber bridges are dilapidated and one of them has even partly collapsed. There are quite a few spots where you can see the stream but not a lot else to see. At one point the reserve crosses Blunts Lane but it is unclear where the official paths are on either side of the road. I would recommend using GPS and an app with maps that show the paths.

So much litter. It has improved so much over the past year due to litter picks though. Really nice woods, as I live close.

This place is beautiful and full of wildlife including: deer, fox, badgers, hedgehogs, owls, bats, birds, water shrew, newts, toads, and a variety of invertebrates. There is also an array of ancient woodland indicator species ranging from bluebells, primroses, Holly, and more.

Little gem of a dog walking spot or just a little walk area away from it all, without having to drive out of town. Great find!

Lovely walk in this beautiful place, just the birds singing and squirrels running up the trees. Nice and litter free.

I love this nature reserve, have walked my dog around it for years. Just a shame that certain areas (mainly the bits at the back of housing estates) have been used as a rubbish dump, the lovely wooden bridges that were there were repeatedly vandalised so now many replaced with metal. Others have been damaged by fallen trees and not repaired. There are quite a few fallen trees which require climbing over or finding a way round. That aside I still love it, especially when the bluebells grow. If you are lucky you will come across deer, rabbits and squirrals