Straight Point Ranges and Woodbury Common Grenade Range firing times April 2025
Updated 28 March 2025
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Straight Point Ranges
| Date | SPRC firing |
| Tue 1 April | Day firing |
| Wed 2 April | Day and night firing |
| Thu 3 April | Day firing |
| Fri 4 April | No firing |
| Sat 5 April | Day firing |
| Sun 6 April | No firing |
| Mon 7 April | Day firing |
| Tue 8 April | Day firing |
| Wed 9 April | No firing |
| Thu 10 April | No firing |
| Fri 11 April | No firing |
| Sat 12 April | No firing |
| Sun 13 April | No firing |
| Mon 14 April | No firing |
| Tue 15 April | No firing |
| Wed 16 April | Day firing |
| Thu 17 April | Day firing |
| Fri 18 April | No firing |
| Sat 19 April | No firing |
| Sun 20 April | No firing |
| Mon 21 April | No firing |
| Tue 22 April | Day firing |
| Wed 23 April | Day firing |
| Thu 24 April | Day firing |
| Fri 25 April | Day firing |
| Sat 26 April | Day firing |
| Sun 27 April | No firing |
| Mon 28 April | Day and night firing |
| Tue 29 April | Day firing |
| Wed 30 April | Day firing |
Summer firing timings
Weekdays: 9am to 4pm (may be extended)
Evenings: from 30 mins before dusk until 11.45pm
Weekends: 9am to 12.30pm
Winter firing timings
Weekdays: 9am to 4pm (may be extended)
Evenings: from 30 mins before dusk until 9.30pm
Weekends: 9am to 4pm
Woodbury Common Grenade Range
There is live grenade firing on 3 April 2025.
Firing (throwing) timings
Weekdays: 10am to 3pm (timings may be extended by exception to meet key training objectives)
Weekends: No live throwing at weekends (weekend live throwing may take place by exception to meet key training objectives)
Your safety
Follow all Ministry of Defence warning signs:
If the red flags and/or lights are hoisted, regardless of the timings or published dates, do not enter the Range Danger area as there is a danger to life.
Red flags (daylight hours) and red lights (evening hours) indicate that live firing is taking place within the ranges’ danger areas (sea or land).
For your own safety do not touch any military debris, it may be dangerous.
Learn more about accessing MOD training areas safely.
Contact us
For updated information on firing taking place phone:
MOD Training Safety Officers/Site Range Control: 07810 773175, 07773 953660 or 01395 272972.
Duty Officer: 07870 377807 (out of hours and weekends).
Location
Straight Point Range Complex (SPRC) is 10 miles south of Exeter between Sandy Bay and Otter Cove. Access routes to SPRC are through the Devon Cliffs Holiday park at Sandy Bay, EX8 5BT.
The firing range covers the peninsula area south of the South West Coast Path.
Straight Point Range Complex: land and sea danger area boundaries. Crown copyright.