Plan your visit
🦅Birds🧺Picnic🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
53.21361, -1.67566
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦71+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Canada Goose
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕Frederick's Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦71+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Canada Goose
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕Frederick's Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🚻Toilets
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Mallard, Canada Goose, Moorhen +68 more · last seen 2026
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
Birds — Mallard, Canada Goose, Moorhen +68 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
café, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Syrphus, Marmalade Hoverfly, 7-spot Ladybird +50 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Herb-Robert, Red Campion, Lady's Bedstraw +93 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 34 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
Agricultural Waypublic footpath · 341 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 341 mSurface asphaltPath type: service
10 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 route1.8 km▾
Named routeRef 680Length 1.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface flexsurface
Main RouteCycling route51 m▾
Named routeRef 680Length 51 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route484 m▾
Named routeRef 680Length 484 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route601 m▾
Named routeRef 680Length 601 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
6 public paths nearby
Public paths
Holme Bankbridleway · 97 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 97 mSurface gravelPath type: service
Photos
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Wildlife to spot
22,014 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
22,014 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Mallard · Robin · Blue Tit · Tufted Duck · Moorhen +37
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- CootFulica atra
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Great TitParus major
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
🐝Insects5 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Yellow Meadow Ant · Western Conifer Seed Bug · 7-spot Ladybird · Syrphus ribesii
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Yellow Meadow AntLasius flavus
- Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2025
Garlic Mustard · Ivy · Guelder-rose · Blackthorn · Lords-and-Ladies +11
- Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025
- IvyHedera helix2025
- Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2025
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
22,014 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Mallard · Robin · Blue Tit · Tufted Duck · Moorhen +37
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- CootFulica atra
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Great TitParus major
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
🐝Insects5 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Yellow Meadow Ant · Western Conifer Seed Bug · 7-spot Ladybird · Syrphus ribesii
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Yellow Meadow AntLasius flavus
- Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2025
Garlic Mustard · Ivy · Guelder-rose · Blackthorn · Lords-and-Ladies +11
- Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025
- IvyHedera helix2025
- Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2025
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Barren Strawberry
Barren Strawberry
Potentilla sterilis
Potentilla sterilis
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