{"id":2015,"date":"2021-01-30T11:32:52","date_gmt":"2021-01-30T11:32:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beta.devon.gov.uk\/stover\/about-us\/"},"modified":"2026-10-28T15:48:06","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T15:48:06","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/stover-country-park\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stover Country Park contains 125 acres of woodland, lake and marsh, heathland, grassland and a substantial variety of wildlife. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The main feature of the Park is the lake. In Devon there is no other single inland water body equivalent in size, naturalness and diversity, than that found at Stover. The depth varies from 0.5 to 1.5 meters and extends to approximately 4.05 hectares (10 acres). A wide range of bird species can been seen on the lake, particularly in the winter, including mallards, mute swans, pochard, tufted ducks, kingfishers, great crested grebes, herons, cormorants, gull spp., moorhens and coots. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The park is also designated as a dragonfly hotspot by the British Dragonfly Society, and is home to several nationally scarce dragonflies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stover also offers an aerial walkway, a bird hide, walking routes, car park and picnic areas. <\/p>\n\n\n<section class=\"multi-column-cards clearfix\" id=\"block_acf-block-6ae2192fc0743\" ><header class=\"content-header\"><div class=\"grid-x grid-margin-x align-center\"><div class=\"cell small-10 medium-9 large-8\"><h2 class=\"text-center\">In this section<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/header><div class=\"content-cards content-border content-border-left text-dark\"><ul class=\"grid-x small-up-12 medium-up-2 large-up-3 grid-margin-x\"><li class=\"cell content-outer col-1\"><div class=\"content-inner  text-dark\"><div class=\"content-details\"><header class=\"content-heading\"><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/stover-country-park\/about-us\/history\/\">History<\/a><\/h3><\/header><div class=\"content-intro\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-image-outer\"><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"cell content-outer col-2\"><div class=\"content-inner  text-dark\"><div class=\"content-details\"><header class=\"content-heading\"><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/stover-country-park\/about-us\/habitats-and-wildlife\/\">Habitats and wildlife<\/a><\/h3><\/header><div class=\"content-intro\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-image-outer\"><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"cell content-outer col-3\"><div class=\"content-inner  text-dark\"><div class=\"content-details\"><header class=\"content-heading\"><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/stover-country-park\/about-us\/sustainable-drainage-system\/\">Sustainable Drainage System<\/a><\/h3><\/header><div class=\"content-intro\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-image-outer\"><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"cell content-outer col-4\"><div class=\"content-inner  text-dark\"><div class=\"content-details\"><header class=\"content-heading\"><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/stover-country-park\/about-us\/ted-hughes-poetry-trail\/\">Ted Hughes Poetry Trail<\/a><\/h3><\/header><div class=\"content-intro\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-image-outer\"><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"cell content-outer col-5\"><div class=\"content-inner  text-dark\"><div class=\"content-details\"><header class=\"content-heading\"><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/stover-country-park\/about-us\/aerial-walkway\/\">Aerial walkway<\/a><\/h3><\/header><div class=\"content-intro\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-image-outer\"><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"cell content-outer col-6\"><div class=\"content-inner  text-dark\"><div class=\"content-details\"><header class=\"content-heading\"><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/stover-country-park\/about-us\/canadian-war-memorial\/\">Canadian War Memorial<\/a><\/h3><\/header><div class=\"content-intro\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-image-outer\"><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"cell content-outer col-7\"><div class=\"content-inner  text-dark\"><div class=\"content-details\"><header class=\"content-heading\"><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/stover-country-park\/about-us\/photo-gallery\/\">Photo gallery<\/a><\/h3><\/header><div class=\"content-intro\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-image-outer\"><\/div><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stover Country Park contains 125 acres of woodland, lake and marsh, heathland, grassland and a substantial variety of wildlife. The main feature of the Park is the lake. In Devon there is no other single inland water body equivalent in size, naturalness and diversity, than that found at Stover. 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