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Barnes Park

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Public accessDogs welcome

Getting here

53.19700, -1.39270

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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
⚽Playing fields is at its best in summer here
🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
⚽Playing fields is at its best in summer here
🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Playground

Best for

9 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Magpie, Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow +73 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Magpie, Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow +73 more · last seen 2025

Free

Playing fields

Very strong match

Playing field

Free

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground

Free

Family friendly

Strong match

playground; Playing field

Free

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

14 signed routes nearby · 19 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Chesterfield Round WalkWalking route

Named routeRound tripLocal walking route

Cuckoo WayWalking route

Named route

South Chesterfield WayWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

The Welly Walk, HardwickWalking route4 km

Wellies not essential!

Named routeLength 4 kmDuration 01:30Round tripLocal walking route

Trans-Pennine Trail (Staveley to Chesterfield spur)Walking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Gill Lanepublic footpath · 80 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 80 mPath type: track

Five Pits Trailpublic footpath · 28 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 28 mPath type: bridleway

Gill Lanepublic footpath · 200 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 200 mPath type: track

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Cycling

30 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 5Cycling route

Named routeRef 5Local cycle route

Rother Valley WashlandsCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

LCN 3Cycling route

Named routeRef 3Local cycle route

Route 67Cycling route

Named routeRef 67National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route297 m

Named routeRef 67Length 297 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface flexsurface

N/ACycling route352 m

Named routeLength 352 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

43,445 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

43,445 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds55 species

autumnwinter

2025

Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Magpie · Wigeon · Robin +50

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
MagpiePica pica
WigeonMareca penelope
RobinErithacus rubecula
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
JackdawColoeus monedula
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
DunnockPrunella modularis
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
RedwingTurdus iliacus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Stock DoveColumba oenas
Great TitParus major
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Herring GullLarus argentatus
ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
SiskinSpinus spinus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
GoosanderMergus merganser
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
GadwallMareca strepera
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
NuthatchSitta europaea
TealAnas crecca
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
CootFulica atra
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Water RailRallus aquaticus
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Coal TitPeriparus ater
GreenfinchChloris chloris
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
JayGarrulus glandarius
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis

🦌

Mammals1 species

autumnwinter

2025

Roe Deer

Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus

🐸

Amphibians1 species

winter

2026

Smooth Newt

Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

43,445 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds55 species

autumnwinter

2025

Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Magpie · Wigeon · Robin +50

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
MagpiePica pica
WigeonMareca penelope
RobinErithacus rubecula
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
JackdawColoeus monedula
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
DunnockPrunella modularis
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
RedwingTurdus iliacus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Stock DoveColumba oenas
Great TitParus major
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Herring GullLarus argentatus
ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
SiskinSpinus spinus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
GoosanderMergus merganser
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
GadwallMareca strepera
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
NuthatchSitta europaea
TealAnas crecca
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
CootFulica atra
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Water RailRallus aquaticus
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Coal TitPeriparus ater
GreenfinchChloris chloris
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
JayGarrulus glandarius
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis

🦌

Mammals1 species

autumnwinter

2025

Roe Deer

Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus

🐸

Amphibians1 species

winter

2026

Smooth Newt

Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Alan Walker · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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