Plan your visit
🛝Family🦅Birds🧺Picnic
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome68 ha
Getting here
52.90633, -1.43872
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦74+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Magpie
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Waterside Cate — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦74+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Magpie
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Waterside Cate — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Blackbird +71 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Blackbird +71 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Blue-tailed Damselfly, Four-spotted Chaser, Common Blue Damselfly +29 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km9 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
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
Erewash Circular Route 13Walking route▾
Erewash Circular Walk 13Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
102 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 54Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 54National Cycle Network
Derby Orbital Route 66Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 66Regional 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
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
Photos
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Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
35,357 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
35,357 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCarrion Crow · Blackbird · Black-headed Gull · Woodpigeon · Magpie +38
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Common GullLarus canus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- CootFulica atra
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- RavenCorvus corax
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Brown Rat
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
Common Chickweed · Daisy · Horse-chestnut · Weld · Elephant-ears +7
- Common ChickweedStellaria media
- DaisyBellis perennis
- Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum
- WeldReseda luteola
- Elephant-earsBergenia crassifolia
- Norway MapleAcer platanoides
- ButterburPetasites hybridus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
35,357 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCarrion Crow · Blackbird · Black-headed Gull · Woodpigeon · Magpie +38
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Common GullLarus canus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- CootFulica atra
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- RavenCorvus corax
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Brown Rat
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
Common Chickweed · Daisy · Horse-chestnut · Weld · Elephant-ears +7
- Common ChickweedStellaria media
- DaisyBellis perennis
- Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum
- WeldReseda luteola
- Elephant-earsBergenia crassifolia
- Norway MapleAcer platanoides
- ButterburPetasites hybridus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas