Guidance

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

Updated 18 April 2024

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

Straight Point Ranges

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