Church Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
52.80216, -1.44961
Open directionsv
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
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Semi-improved grassland — butterflies and wildflowers
Free
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 signed routes nearby · 6 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Derby Nomad WayWalking route79 km▾
Named routeLength 79 kmRegional walking route
Red WalkWalking route3.8 km▾
Named routeLength 3.8 km
Trent Valley WayWalking route304 km▾
Named routeLength 304 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
Ivanhoe WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
National Forest WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
32 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cloud Trail GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeRef Cloud Trail GreenwayLocal cycle route
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route654 m▾
Named routeRef 6Length 654 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route998 m▾
Named routeRef 6Length 998 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route9 m▾
Named routeLength 9 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route65 m▾
Named routeRef 6Length 65 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
The Tramway TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef The Tramway Trail
Photos
Footbridge on the National Forest Way
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Wildlife to spot
32,881 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
32,881 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds15 species
winterspring
2026▾
Chaffinch · Robin · Blue Tit · Coal Tit · Nuthatch +10
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Great TitParus major
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
🐝Insects3 species
winterspring
2026▾
Ptinus sexpunctatus · Pine Cone Bug · Eristalis tenax
- Ptinus sexpunctatusPtinus sexpunctatus
- Pine Cone BugGastrodes grossipes
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
Red Dead-nettle · Lesser Celandine · Lords-and-Ladies · Cleavers · Holly +97
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
- CleaversGalium aparine
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- YewTaxus baccata
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
32,881 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds15 species
winterspring
2026▾
Chaffinch · Robin · Blue Tit · Coal Tit · Nuthatch +10
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Great TitParus major
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
🐝Insects3 species
winterspring
2026▾
Ptinus sexpunctatus · Pine Cone Bug · Eristalis tenax
- Ptinus sexpunctatusPtinus sexpunctatus
- Pine Cone BugGastrodes grossipes
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
Red Dead-nettle · Lesser Celandine · Lords-and-Ladies · Cleavers · Holly +97
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
- CleaversGalium aparine
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- YewTaxus baccata
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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