Plan your visit
🦅Birds🛝Family🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
53.23089, -1.29267
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦83+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Grey Heron and Woodpigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Beans — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦83+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Grey Heron and Woodpigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Beans — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
Best for
12 activities🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Grey Heron, Woodpigeon, Moorhen +80 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Birds — Grey Heron, Woodpigeon, Moorhen +80 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Speckled Wood, Meadow Brown, Small White +23 more · last seen 2025
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 signed routes nearby · 35 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Chesterfield Round WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRound tripLocal walking route
Archaeological Way (old route)Walking route▾
Cuckoo WayWalking route▾
The Miners WayWalking route▾
Trans-Pennine Trail (Staveley to Chesterfield spur)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Longlandspublic footpath · 112 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 112 mPath type: residential
Dykes Closepublic footpath · 99 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 99 mPath type: residential
14 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Stockley TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Doorstep RideCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 67Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 67National Cycle Network
Clowne Branch Line GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route133 m▾
Named routeRef 67Length 133 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
N/ACycling route359 m▾
Named routeLength 359 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Photos
15 photos from nearby open sources
Bolsover Methodist church
Photos
Bolsover Methodist church
Facilities
🅿️Parking
Bolsover Castle Car Park · Free · 106m
✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Weather for this location
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