Guidance

Straight Point Ranges and Woodbury Common Grenade Range firing times October 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
Tue 1 October Day firing  
Wed 2 October Day and night firing up to 11.45pm  
Thu 3 October Day firing  
Fri 4 October No firing  
Sat 5 October Day firing  
Sun 6 October No firing  
Mon 7 October Day firing  
Tue 8 October Day firing  
Wed 9 October Day firing  
Thu 10 October Day firing  
Fri 11 October Day firing  
Sat 12 October No firing  
Sun 13 October No firing  
Mon 14 October Day firing  
Tue 15 October Day firing  
Wed 16 October Day firing  
Thu 17 October Day and night firing up to 11.45pm  
Fri 18 October Day firing  
Sat 19 October No firing  
Sun 20 October No firing  
Mon 21 October Day firing  
Tue 22 October Day firing  
Wed 23 October Day firing  
Thu 24 October Day and night firing up to 11.45pm  
Fri 25 October Day firing  
Sat 26 October Day firing  
Sun 27 October No firing  
Mon 28 October Day firing  
Tue 29 October Day firing  
Wed 30 October Day and night firing up to 9.30pm  
Thu 31 October 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 10 and 28 October 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.