Allestree Rec'n Gr'd (War Memorial)
7 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🛝Family🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome7 ha
Getting here
52.95201, -1.48693
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦65+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blackbird
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 107m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦65+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blackbird
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 107m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Robin +62 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Robin +62 more · last seen 2026; Traditional orchard priority habitat
Free
playground, toilets, parking
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Speckled Wood +58 more · last seen 2026; Traditional orchard — specialist orchard insects and lichens
Free
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km18 signed routes nearby · 7 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Midshires WayWalking route370 km▾
Multi-use trail links the Ridgeway National Trail with the Trans Pennine Trail
Named routeLength 370 kmRegional walking route
Derby Nomad WayWalking route79 km▾
Named routeLength 79 kmRegional walking route
Derwent Valley Heritage WayWalking route89 km▾
Named routeLength 89 kmRegional walking route
Centenary Way (Derbyshire)Walking route▾
Amber Valley Routeway Walk 17Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Church Walkpublic footpath · 99 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 99 mSurface asphaltPath type: footway
Church Walkpublic footpath · 78 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 78 mSurface asphaltPath type: footway
77 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 54Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 54National Cycle Network
Derby Orbital Route 66Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 66Regional cycle route
Great Northern GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeRef Great Northern GreenwayPoint-to-pointLocal cycle route
Route 672Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 672National Cycle Network
Great Northern GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeRef Great Northern GreenwayLocal cycle route
Pennine CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 68National Cycle Network
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
42,324 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
42,324 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Mallard · Great Tit · Blue Tit · Redwing +31
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MagpiePica pica
- CootFulica atra2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
7-spot Ladybird
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Reflexed Stonecrop · Honesty · Common Mouse-ear · Cherry Laurel · Hawthorn +43
- Reflexed StonecropPetrosedum rupestre
- HonestyLunaria annua
- Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
- Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- Thale CressArabidopsis thaliana
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
42,324 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Mallard · Great Tit · Blue Tit · Redwing +31
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MagpiePica pica
- CootFulica atra2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
7-spot Ladybird
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Reflexed Stonecrop · Honesty · Common Mouse-ear · Cherry Laurel · Hawthorn +43
- Reflexed StonecropPetrosedum rupestre
- HonestyLunaria annua
- Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
- Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- Thale CressArabidopsis thaliana
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
