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✦ Historic site
Bolsover Castle: eleventh century motte and bailey castle, twelfth century tower keep castle and seventeenth century country house.
4 ha
Getting here
53.23076, -1.29611
Best for
4 activitiesPlaygrounds
Free93%playground, toilets, café, parking
Heritage
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
42
7 named nearby · 35 public paths
Named routePublic access
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Cycling
14
14 named nearby
Named route
Named routes and paths nearby
Chesterfield Round Walk · Walking0
Archaeological Way (old route) · Walking0
Cuckoo Way · Walking0
The Miners Way · Walking0
Main Route · Cycling
N/A · Cycling
Longlands · public footpath
Dykes Close · public footpath
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
Facilities
☕
Café
The Coffee Cup · 134m
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Parking
Bolsover Castle Overflow Car Park · Free · 107m
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Playground
119m away
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Toilets
140m away
✓ 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
🌱Poolsbrook Country ParkUrban park4.6 km→✦Bolsover CastleHistoric site100 m→✦BOLSOVER CASTLEHistoric site0 m→🌱Poolsbrook Country ParkUrban park4.5 km→✦Medieval town defences, 183m south east of church of St Mary and St Lawrence, and 335m north east of Bolsover CastleHistoric site500 m→🌱Hornscroft ParkUrban park600 m→