Getting here
53.22641, -1.30319
Best for
4 activitiesPlaygrounds
Free87%playground, café, parking
Dog walks
Free78%Dogs allowed with public access
Family friendly
Free68%Urban park — family destination
Picnic day out
Free62%Urban park — open green space
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km🚶
Walking
27
9 named nearby · 18 public paths
Named routePublic access
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Cycling
13
13 named nearby
Named route
Named routes and paths nearby
Chesterfield Round Walk · Walking0
Archaeological Way (old route) · Walking0
Cuckoo Way · Walking0
The Miners Way · Walking0
N/A · Cycling
Main Route · Cycling
Water Lane · public footpath
About this urban park
Vale Park is a urban park covering 1 hectares.
Wildlife to spot
Photos
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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
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Café
Dotti Deli · 217m
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Parking
3 nearby · 63m
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Playground
2 · 44m 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
🌱Poolsbrook Country ParkUrban park4.5 km→✦Bolsover CastleHistoric site600 m→✦Bolsover Castle: eleventh century motte and bailey castle, twelfth century tower keep castle and seventeenth century country house.Historic site700 m→✦BOLSOVER CASTLEHistoric site700 m→🌱Poolsbrook Country ParkUrban park4.5 km→✦Medieval town defences, 183m south east of church of St Mary and St Lawrence, and 335m north east of Bolsover CastleHistoric site900 m→