Ashbourne Royal Shrovetide Football Goal
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🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessDogs welcome
Getting here
53.00087, -1.75642
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦68+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Chaffinch
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🛝Playground 281m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦68+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Chaffinch
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🛝Playground 281m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Chaffinch, Carrion Crow +65 more · last seen 2026
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Chaffinch, Carrion Crow +65 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Good match
playground
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 signed routes nearby · 12 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Limestone WayWalking route74 km▾
Castleton to Rocester
Named routeLength 74 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
Centenary Way (Derbyshire)Walking route▾
Manifold TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Weaver WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Royal Shrovetide Challenge Walk (down'ards)Walking route▾
15 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Pennine CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 68National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route450 m▾
Named routeRef 68Length 450 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route225 m▾
Named routeRef 68Length 225 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route11.5 km▾
Named routeRef 68Length 11.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route3.4 km▾
Named routeRef 68Length 3.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route582 m▾
Named routeRef 68Length 582 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Tissington TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Tissington TrailPoint-to-pointLocal cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
41,262 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
41,262 records · National Biodiversity NetworkChaffinch · Lesser Black-backed Gull · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Great Tit +27
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
Dock Bug · Stenodema (Stenodema) laevigata
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- Stenodema (Stenodema) laevigataStenodema (Stenodema) laevigata
Alder · Snowdrop · Lesser Celandine · Ground-ivy · Broad-leaved Dock +94
- AlderAlnus glutinosa2025
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2025
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2025
- DandelionTaraxacum2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
41,262 records · National Biodiversity NetworkChaffinch · Lesser Black-backed Gull · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Great Tit +27
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
Dock Bug · Stenodema (Stenodema) laevigata
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- Stenodema (Stenodema) laevigataStenodema (Stenodema) laevigata
Alder · Snowdrop · Lesser Celandine · Ground-ivy · Broad-leaved Dock +94
- AlderAlnus glutinosa2025
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2025
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2025
- DandelionTaraxacum2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Cow Parsley
Cow Parsley
Anthriscus sylvestris2025
Anthriscus sylvestris2025
NipplewortLapsana communis2025NipplewortLapsana communis2025Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2025Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2025Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2025Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2025Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2025Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2025HazelCorylus avellana2025HazelCorylus avellana2025Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025Common NettleUrtica dioica2025Common NettleUrtica dioica2025Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025BrambleRubus fruticosus2025BrambleRubus fruticosus2025GroundselSenecio vulgaris2025GroundselSenecio vulgaris2025HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2025Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2025Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2025Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2025White Dead-nettleLamium album2025White Dead-nettleLamium album2025BeechFagus sylvatica2025BeechFagus sylvatica2025Red CampionSilene dioica2025Red CampionSilene dioica2025Rosa caninaRosa canina2025Rosa caninaRosa canina2025MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2025MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2025Wood DockRumex sanguineus2025Wood DockRumex sanguineus2025False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2025False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2025Wood Forget-me-notMyosotis sylvatica2025Wood Forget-me-notMyosotis sylvatica2025Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2025Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2025Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta2025Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta2025BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2025Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2025Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025DaffodilNarcissus pseudonarcissusDaffodilNarcissus pseudonarcissusCaper SpurgeEuphorbia lathyrisCaper SpurgeEuphorbia lathyrisHart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2025Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2025Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025CleaversGalium aparine2025CleaversGalium aparine2025Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2025Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2025Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025AshFraxinus excelsior2025AshFraxinus excelsior2025OnionAllium cepa2025OnionAllium cepa2025White CloverTrifolium repens2025White CloverTrifolium repens2025HollyIlex aquifolium2025HollyIlex aquifolium2025Common IvyHedera helix subsp. helix2025Common IvyHedera helix subsp. helix2025ButterburPetasites hybridus2025ButterburPetasites hybridus2025Bush VetchVicia sepium2025Bush VetchVicia sepium2025Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025French Crane's-billGeranium endressii2025French Crane's-billGeranium endressii2025Upright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonica2025Upright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonica2025Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2025Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2025Common ChickweedStellaria media2025Common ChickweedStellaria media2025Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2025Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2025False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum2025False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum2025Sweet VioletViola odorata2025Sweet VioletViola odorata2025Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2025Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2025Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2025Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2025Wall CotoneasterCotoneaster horizontalis2025Wall CotoneasterCotoneaster horizontalis2025Flowering CurrantRibes sanguineum2025Flowering CurrantRibes sanguineum2025ElderSambucus nigra2025ElderSambucus nigra2025Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea2025Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea2025TimothyPhleum pratense2025TimothyPhleum pratense2025Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2025Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2025Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis2025Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis2025Hard RushJuncus inflexus2025Hard RushJuncus inflexus2025Greater PlantainPlantago major2025Greater PlantainPlantago major2025SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025Common SorrelRumex acetosa2025Common SorrelRumex acetosa2025Reflexed StonecropPetrosedum rupestre2025Reflexed StonecropPetrosedum rupestre2025Goat WillowSalix caprea2025Goat WillowSalix caprea2025LungwortPulmonaria officinalis2025LungwortPulmonaria officinalis2025Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2025Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2025Common CouchElymus repens2025Common CouchElymus repens2025BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2025BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2025Silver BirchBetula pendula2025Silver BirchBetula pendula2025Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2025Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2025Water FigwortScrophularia auriculata2025Water FigwortScrophularia auriculata2025Stinking IrisIris foetidissima2025Stinking IrisIris foetidissima2025Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum2025Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum2025MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2025MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2025Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea2025Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea2025Wild CherryPrunus avium2025Wild CherryPrunus avium2025Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2025Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2025Giant KnotweedReynoutria sachalinensis2025Giant KnotweedReynoutria sachalinensis2025Festuca rubraFestuca rubra2025Festuca rubraFestuca rubra2025Bulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosus2025Bulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosus2025LimeTilia cordata x platyphyllos = T. x europaea2025LimeTilia cordata x platyphyllos = T. x europaea2025Garden PrivetLigustrum ovalifolium2025Garden PrivetLigustrum ovalifolium2025DaisyBellis perennis2025DaisyBellis perennis2025Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2025Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2025Common WhitebeamSorbus aria2025Common WhitebeamSorbus aria2025Crack-willowSalix alba x euxina = S. x fragilis2025Crack-willowSalix alba x euxina = S. x fragilis2025Norway SprucePicea abies2025Norway SprucePicea abies2025BulrushTypha latifolia2025BulrushTypha latifolia2025HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum2025Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum2025Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2025Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2025