Bower Plantation - Woodland
5 ha
Free entryDogs welcome5 ha
Getting here
53.22791, -1.36013
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km11 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Chesterfield Round WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRound tripLocal walking route
Cuckoo WayWalking route▾
The Miners WayWalking route▾
Trans-Pennine Trail (Staveley to Chesterfield spur)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Whittington and the HandleysWalking route▾
83 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 5Local cycle route
Stockley TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Rother Valley WashlandsCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Doorstep RideCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
LCN 3Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 3Local cycle route
Route 67Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 67National Cycle Network
Photos
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Wildlife to spot
10,477 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
10,477 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds26 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Skylark · Goldfinch +21
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Great TitParus major
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- MagpiePica pica
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Barn OwlTyto alba
Curled Dock · Gorse · Creeping Bent · Bramble · Silver Birch +96
- Curled DockRumex crispus
- GorseUlex europaeus
- Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
- Silver BirchBetula pendula
- Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
10,477 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds26 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Skylark · Goldfinch +21
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Great TitParus major
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- MagpiePica pica
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Barn OwlTyto alba
Curled Dock · Gorse · Creeping Bent · Bramble · Silver Birch +96
- Curled DockRumex crispus
- GorseUlex europaeus
- Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
- Silver BirchBetula pendula
- Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas