Aaron Hole Plantation
2 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
53.19676, -1.63620
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦77+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Blackbird
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦77+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Blackbird
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Blackbird, House Sparrow +74 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Robin, Blackbird, House Sparrow +74 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Syrphus, Eristalis pertinax, Epistrophe grossulariae +110 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Mugwort, Meadowsweet, Wood Avens +75 more · last seen 2026
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Limestone WayWalking route74 km▾
Castleton to Rocester
Named routeLength 74 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
Derwent Valley Heritage WayWalking route89 km▾
Named routeLength 89 kmRegional walking route
Peak District Boundary Walk Stage 11Walking route17 km▾
Named routeLength 17 kmRegional walking route
Monsal TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Peak District Boundary Walk Stage 12Walking route10.4 km▾
Named routeLength 10.4 kmRegional walking route
9 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Monsal TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 680National Cycle Network
White Peak LoopCycling route▾
Named routeRef 680National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route2.3 km▾
Named routeRef 680Length 2.3 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface flexsurface
Main RouteCycling route1.8 km▾
Named routeRef 680Length 1.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface flexsurface
Main RouteCycling route336 m▾
Named routeRef 680Length 336 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route785 m▾
Named routeRef 680Length 785 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
6 public paths nearby
Public paths
Park Lanebyway open to all traffic · 1.2 km▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 1.2 kmSurface gravelPath type: track
Park Roadbridleway · 602 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 602 mSurface compactedPath type: track
Photos
Bridleway at Aaron Hole Plantation
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
20,470 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
20,470 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds51 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Robin · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Chaffinch · Great Tit +46
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great TitParus major
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Toad
Yellow Meadow Ant · Harlequin Ladybird
- Yellow Meadow AntLasius flavus
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Coltsfoot · Ivy · Hazel · Alder · Blackthorn +12
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara
- IvyHedera helix2025
- HazelCorylus avellana2025
- AlderAlnus glutinosa2025
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
20,470 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds51 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Robin · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Chaffinch · Great Tit +46
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great TitParus major
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Toad
Yellow Meadow Ant · Harlequin Ladybird
- Yellow Meadow AntLasius flavus
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Coltsfoot · Ivy · Hazel · Alder · Blackthorn +12
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara
- IvyHedera helix2025
- HazelCorylus avellana2025
- AlderAlnus glutinosa2025
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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