Bolsover Castle: eleventh century motte and bailey castle, twelfth century tower keep castle and seventeenth century country house.
4 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🛝Family🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
53.23076, -1.29611
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦92+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Grey Heron and Woodpigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦92+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Grey Heron and Woodpigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Grey Heron, Woodpigeon, Coot +89 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
✦Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: BOLSOVER CASTLE; Historic site with public access
Free
Birds — Grey Heron, Woodpigeon, Coot +89 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 signed routes nearby · 35 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Chesterfield Round WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRound tripLocal walking route
Archaeological Way (old route)Walking route▾
Cuckoo WayWalking route▾
The Miners WayWalking route▾
Trans-Pennine Trail (Staveley to Chesterfield spur)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Longlandspublic footpath · 112 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 112 mPath type: residential
Dykes Closepublic footpath · 99 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 99 mPath type: residential
14 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Stockley TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Doorstep RideCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 67Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 67National Cycle Network
Clowne Branch Line GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route133 m▾
Named routeRef 67Length 133 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
N/ACycling route359 m▾
Named routeLength 359 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
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Castle Keep - Bolsover Castle
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Wildlife to spot
30,566 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
30,566 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Heron · Black-headed Gull · Teal · Blue Tit · Goldfinch +38
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- TealAnas crecca
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- CootFulica atra
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great TitParus major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GadwallMareca strepera
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Willow Emerald Damselfly
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis
Red Dead-nettle · Herb-Robert · Garlic Mustard · Wood Dock · Hawthorn +80
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
- Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
- Wood DockRumex sanguineus
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
30,566 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Heron · Black-headed Gull · Teal · Blue Tit · Goldfinch +38
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- TealAnas crecca
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- CootFulica atra
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great TitParus major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GadwallMareca strepera
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Willow Emerald Damselfly
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis
Red Dead-nettle · Herb-Robert · Garlic Mustard · Wood Dock · Hawthorn +80
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
- Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
- Wood DockRumex sanguineus
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas