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• Managing Organisation:

  Teignbridge District Council

• Contact:

  Lorraine Montgomery

• Telephone:

  01626 215852 
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Information about this open space

Decoy Country Park provides a unique opportunity for visitors and the local community to experience, on their doorstep, close-up wildlife and magnificent wooded countryside. It has sports pitches that support about fourteen ‘home’ teams, and an exciting, new play area. The 5-hectare tree lined lake is an ideal setting for way-marked country walks and family picnics. Angling permits are sold at the kiosk and water sports are available with the sailing club and the summer sailboard and canoe school.  The park is situated on the edge of the market town of Newton Abbot, in beautiful South Devon. It is easily accessible on foot, by bicycle, by bus or train. For those who need to drive there is a large car park with ‘Disabled’ parking areas close to public toilets and the refreshment kiosk, or within viewing distance of the playing fields.  Decoy’s good facilities for people with a wide range of disabilities have made it a very popular place!  Managed with and for the local community, Decoy celebrates a rich heritage, which included supplying ball clay to the makers of Wedgwood pottery. Now, much of the Park is designated as a Local Nature Reserve, and contains a wetland Site of Special Scientific Interest. Countryside Rangers are on hand at peak times to offer information and advice, as well as providing guided walks, events and support for schools and colleges. In the summer season a ‘hands on’ Discovery Centre offers free activities and information on wildlife, local history and environmental themes.