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🌱 Urban park

Parker's Piece

6 ha

Getting here

52.93270, -1.47712

Best for

6 activities

Playgrounds

Free93%

playground, toilets, café, parking

Dog walks

Free78%

Dogs allowed with public access

Cycling

Varies72%

Named cycling route nearby: Route 54

Family friendly

Free68%

Urban park — family destination

Hiking

Free65%

Named hiking route nearby: Derwent Valley Heritage Way

Picnic day out

Free62%

Urban park — open green space

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

17

17 named nearby

Named route
🚴

Cycling

99

99 named nearby

Named route

Named routes and paths nearby

Midshires Way · Walking370 km
Derby Nomad Way · Walking79 km
Derwent Valley Heritage Way · Walking89 km
Centenary Way (Derbyshire) · Walking0
Main Route · Cycling
Main Route · Cycling

About this urban park

Parker's Piece is a urban park covering 6 hectares.

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Victorian pavilion house, Parkers Piece, Little Chester, Chester Green, Derby

Victorian pavilion house, Parkers Piece, Little Chester, Chester Green, Derby

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🌱 Visiting this spring

  • 🐦Prime nesting season — listen for woodpecker drumming, warbler song and the first cuckoos from April
  • 🦌Roe deer are active before the leaf canopy closes in — dawn and dusk are best

Facilities

Café

Derby City Cricket Cafe · 75m

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Parking

10 nearby · Free · 92m

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Playground

2 · 201m away

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Toilets

168m away

✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs

Good to know

  • £Free to visit — no entry charge
  • 🐕Dogs welcome

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km