Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
53.09425, -1.39609
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦66+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Woodpigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 218m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦66+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Woodpigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 218m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Paid🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Blue Tit +63 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Blue Tit +63 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Common Blue, Gatekeeper +34 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Yellow Fieldcap, Rhodocollybia asema, Paxillus obscurisporus +7 more · last seen 2021
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 signed routes nearby · 17 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Amber Valley Routeway Walk 18Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Cromford Canal FootpathWalking route▾
Amber Valley Routeway Walk 5Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Amber Valley Routeway Walk 8Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Amber Valley Routeway Walk 4Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Blackwell TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Ripley GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeRef Ripley GreenwayLocal cycle route
Route 67Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 67National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route3.1 km▾
Named routeRef 67Length 3.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
9,560 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
9,560 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds35 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Blue Tit · Magpie · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Goldfinch +30
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great TitParus major
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Common GullLarus canus
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- RavenCorvus corax
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- SwiftApus apus
Grey Squirrel · Mole · Badger
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- MoleTalpa europaea
- BadgerMeles meles
🐝Insects10 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Sphaerophoria · Syrphus · Batman Hoverfly · Eupeodes luniger · Red-legged Shieldbug +5
- SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
- Eupeodes lunigerEupeodes luniger
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
9,560 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds35 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Blue Tit · Magpie · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Goldfinch +30
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great TitParus major
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Common GullLarus canus
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- RavenCorvus corax
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- SwiftApus apus
Grey Squirrel · Mole · Badger
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- MoleTalpa europaea
- BadgerMeles meles
🐝Insects10 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Sphaerophoria · Syrphus · Batman Hoverfly · Eupeodes luniger · Red-legged Shieldbug +5
- SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
- Eupeodes lunigerEupeodes luniger
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Chrysotoxum verralli
Chrysotoxum verralli
Chrysotoxum verralli
Chrysotoxum verralli
Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucensVolucella pellucensVolucella pellucensPlatycheirus scutatusPlatycheirus scutatusPlatycheirus scutatusPlatycheirus scutatusVolucella inanisVolucella inanisVolucella inanisVolucella inanisEvents & activities nearby
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