Guidance

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