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✦ Historic site
Medieval settlement, including open field system, immediately west of Bentley Fields Farm
6 ha
Getting here
52.94494, -1.73589
Best for
3 activitiesHeritage
Free86%Historic site with public access
Wildlife
Free75%Ancient woodland
Dog walks
Free72%Dogs allowed with public access
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km🚶
Walking
20
3 named nearby · 17 public paths
Named routePublic access
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Cycling
4
4 named nearby
Named route
Named routes and paths nearby
Centenary Way (Derbyshire) · Walking0
Pennine Cycleway · Cycling0
Royal Shrovetide Challenge Walk (down'ards) · Walking0
Bonnie Prince Charlie Walk · Walking28 km
Main Route · Cycling
Main Route · Cycling
About this historic site
Scheduled Monument
Wildlife to spot
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🌱 Visiting this spring
- 🌸Ancient woodlands are famous for bluebell carpets in April and May — one of Britain's most spectacular wildflower displays
- 🐦Prime nesting season — listen for woodpecker drumming, warbler song and the first cuckoos from April
- 🦌Roe deer are active before the leaf canopy closes in — dawn and dusk are best
✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
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Nearby places
Useful places within 5 km
✦Barton Blount medieval settlement remains, including a chapel, decoy pond and part of the open field system, 340m north of Barton HallHistoric site4.8 km→✦Moated preceptory, chapel and fishpond at Stydd HallHistoric site1.5 km→⛪St Andrew's ChurchReligious grounds1.7 km→✦Cubley Hall moated siteHistoric site1.7 km→✦Medieval settlement, including site of chapel and part of the open field system, immediately north east of Alkmonton Old Hall FarmHistoric site1.9 km→✦Moated site 60m west of Edlaston HallHistoric site4.3 km→