Getting here
53.23096, -1.29780
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
Bolsover Castle is an ancient historic site covering 19 hectares. As an ancient woodland, it has been continuously wooded since at least 1600 AD — a rare and irreplaceable habitat rich in biodiversity and historical character.
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
1 nearby · 247m
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Parking
Bolsover Castle Overflow Car Park · Free · 175m
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Playground
234m away
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Toilets
253m away
✓ Public access🐶 Dogs
Good to know
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
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Nearby places
Useful places within 5 km
🌱Poolsbrook Country ParkUrban park4.5 km→✦Bolsover Castle: eleventh century motte and bailey castle, twelfth century tower keep castle and seventeenth century country house.Historic site100 m→✦BOLSOVER CASTLEHistoric site100 m→🌱Poolsbrook Country ParkUrban park4.4 km→✦Medieval town defences, 183m south east of church of St Mary and St Lawrence, and 335m north east of Bolsover CastleHistoric site600 m→🌱Vale ParkUrban park600 m→