Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome44 ha
Getting here
53.09479, -1.39679
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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 150m 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 150m 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 — Clustered Brittlestem, Common Cavalier, Yellow Fieldcap +7 more · last seen 2021
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 signed routes nearby · 20 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
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Wildlife to spot
9,516 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
9,516 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
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great TitParus major
- 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
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Common GullLarus canus
- 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
🐝Insects9 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Sphaerophoria · Syrphus · Eristalis tenax · Batman Hoverfly · Eupeodes luniger +4
- SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
- Eupeodes lunigerEupeodes luniger
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
9,516 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
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great TitParus major
- 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
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Common GullLarus canus
- 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
🐝Insects9 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Sphaerophoria · Syrphus · Eristalis tenax · Batman Hoverfly · Eupeodes luniger +4
- SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
- Eupeodes lunigerEupeodes luniger
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
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 scutatus