Guidance

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

Updated 19 November 2024

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

Straight Point Ranges

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