Parkside Wood - Woodland
55 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🌿Foraging🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome55 ha
Getting here
53.19415, -1.64052
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 58m away — 2 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 58m away — 2 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Priority ponds — dragonflies, damselflies and aquatic invertebrates
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Limestone WayWalking route74 km▾
Castleton to Rocester
Named routeLength 74 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
Derwent Valley Heritage WayWalking route89 km▾
Named routeLength 89 kmRegional walking route
Peak District Boundary Walk Stage 11Walking route17 km▾
Named routeLength 17 kmRegional walking route
Monsal TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Peak District Boundary Walk Stage 12Walking route10.4 km▾
Named routeLength 10.4 kmRegional walking route
9 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Monsal TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 680National Cycle Network
White Peak LoopCycling route▾
Named routeRef 680National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route2.3 km▾
Named routeRef 680Length 2.3 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface flexsurface
Main RouteCycling route1.8 km▾
Named routeRef 680Length 1.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface flexsurface
Main RouteCycling route336 m▾
Named routeRef 680Length 336 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route785 m▾
Named routeRef 680Length 785 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
10 public paths nearby
Public paths
Park Roadbridleway · 602 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 602 mSurface compactedPath type: track
Park Lanebyway open to all traffic · 1.2 km▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 1.2 kmSurface gravelPath type: track
Photos
Cut logs above the Wye Valley
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Wildlife to spot
23,610 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
23,610 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds50 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Robin · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Chaffinch · Great Tit +45
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great TitParus major
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Red Deer · Grey Squirrel
- Red DeerCervus elaphus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Toad
Yellow Meadow Ant · Harlequin Ladybird
- Yellow Meadow AntLasius flavus
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Coltsfoot · Ivy · Hazel · Great Horsetail · Alder +12
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara
- IvyHedera helix2025
- HazelCorylus avellana2025
- Great HorsetailEquisetum telmateia
- AlderAlnus glutinosa2025
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
23,610 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds50 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Robin · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Chaffinch · Great Tit +45
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great TitParus major
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Red Deer · Grey Squirrel
- Red DeerCervus elaphus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Toad
Yellow Meadow Ant · Harlequin Ladybird
- Yellow Meadow AntLasius flavus
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Coltsfoot · Ivy · Hazel · Great Horsetail · Alder +12
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara
- IvyHedera helix2025
- HazelCorylus avellana2025
- Great HorsetailEquisetum telmateia
- AlderAlnus glutinosa2025
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Hart's-Tongue
Hart's-Tongue
Asplenium scolopendrium2025
Asplenium scolopendrium2025
Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2025Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2025Wild PrivetLigustrum vulgare2025Wild PrivetLigustrum vulgare2025GroundselSenecio vulgaris2025GroundselSenecio vulgaris2025Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria2025Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria2025BrackenPteridium aquilinum2025BrackenPteridium aquilinum2025Oxford RagwortSenecio squalidus2025Oxford RagwortSenecio squalidus2025SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus2025SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus2025Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus2025Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus2025Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025DaisyBellis perennis2025DaisyBellis perennis2025Events & activities nearby
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