Guidance

Straight Point Ranges and Woodbury Common Grenade Range firing times August 2024

Updated 17 July 2024

Please be aware that short notice changes may be made to the dates shown.

Straight Point Ranges

Date SPRC firing
Thu 1 August Day firing  
Fri 2 August Day firing  
Sat 3 August No firing  
Sun 4 August No firing  
Mon 5 August No firing  
Tue 6 August No firing  
Wed 7 August Day firing  
Thu 8 August No firing  
Fri 9 August No firing  
Sat 10 August Day firing 9am to 12.30pm  
Sun 11 August No firing  
Mon 12 August No firing  
Tue 13 August No firing  
Wed 14 August Day firing  
Thu 15 August Day firing  
Fri 16 August No firing  
Sat 17 August Day firing 9am to 12.30pm  
Sun 18 August No firing  
Mon 19 August No firing  
Tue 20 August No firing  
Wed 21 August No firing  
Thu 22 August No firing  
Fri 23 August No firing  
Sat 24 August No firing  
Sun 25 August No firing  
Mon 26 August No firing  
Tue 27 August Day firing  
Wed 28 August Day firing  
Thu 29 August Day and night firing  
Fri 30 August Day firing  
Sat 31 August No 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 1 August 2024.

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.

Map of the Straight Point peninsula showing the danger area covers the whole peninsula and spreads out to sea (approximately 3 kilometres east from the peninsula, and a further 500 metres south approximately).

Straight Point Range Complex: land and sea danger area boundaries. Crown copyright.