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Pottery Wood - Broadleaved woodland

2 ha

📷 Lynne Kirton · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Getting here

52.81332, -1.50272

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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
☀️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

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
☀️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

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

CaféParking· PaidPlaygroundToilets

Best for

10 activities

Family friendly

Very strong match

playground, café, toilets

Free

Playgrounds

Very strong match

playground, toilets, café, parking

Free

Picnic day out

Strong match

café, toilets, car park

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Wildlife

Strong match

Deciduous woodland priority habitat

Free

Bird watching

Strong match

Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

8 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

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

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Cycling

25 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Cloud Trail GreenwayCycling route

Named routeRef Cloud Trail GreenwayLocal cycle route

Route 63Cycling route

Named routeRef 63National Cycle Network

Route 6Cycling route

Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route1.9 km

Named routeRef 6Length 1.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route339 m

Named routeRef 6Length 339 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

Main RouteCycling route131 m

Named routeRef 6Length 131 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

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Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

The Tramway TrailMountain bike route

Named routeRef The Tramway Trail

🐴

Horse riding

2 public paths nearby

Public paths

No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.

Wildlife to spot

21,138 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

21,138 records · National Biodiversity Network

🌿

Plants116 species

spring

2026

Bluebell · Elder · Common Ivy · Yarrow · Lesser Celandine +111

BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta x hispanica = H. x massartiana
ElderSambucus nigra
Common IvyHedera helix subsp. helix
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
White Dead-nettleLamium album
AshFraxinus excelsior
CleaversGalium aparine
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
BrambleRubus fruticosus
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale
DandelionTaraxacum
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
Common ChickweedStellaria media
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta
Rosa caninaRosa canina
Red CampionSilene dioica
Festuca rubraFestuca rubra
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
Curled DockRumex crispus
Common NettleUrtica dioica
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
Field MapleAcer campestre
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Greater PlantainPlantago major
HollyIlex aquifolium
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
Wild CherryPrunus avium
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
Hedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicum
Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis
Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum
BrackenPteridium aquilinum
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
Wild PrivetLigustrum vulgare
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra
Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
daffodilsNarcissus
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
Common SorrelRumex acetosa
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Red ValerianCentranthus ruber
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Sun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopia
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
Black BryonyTamus communis
Scots PinePinus sylvestris
Rumex crispus x obtusifolius = R. x pratensisRumex crispus x obtusifolius = R. x pratensis
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
LimeTilia cordata x platyphyllos = T. x europaea
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
Reflexed StonecropPetrosedum rupestre
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
Spotted Dead-nettleLamium maculatum
Common WhitlowgrassErophila verna
Ivy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifolia
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
Lesser BurdockArctium minus
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Hairy-bromeBromopsis ramosa
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum
Red CurrantRibes rubrum
Winter-cressBarbarea vulgaris
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
White CloverTrifolium repens
White StonecropSedum album
Wood Forget-me-notMyosotis sylvatica
Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea
Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus
SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle
Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides
HonestyLunaria annua
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
Wood DockRumex sanguineus
FeverfewTanacetum parthenium
Common DuckweedLemna minor
Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa
Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus
Garden Grape-hyacinthMuscari armeniacum
Wood StitchwortStellaria nemorum
Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum
DaisyBellis perennis
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
Russian ComfreySymphytum asperum x officinale = S. x uplandicum
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
NipplewortLapsana communis
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
Stinking IrisIris foetidissima
BeechFagus sylvatica
Common CouchElymus repens
SowbreadCyclamen hederifolium
Soft-rushJuncus effusus
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
Welted ThistleCarduus crispus
Greater CelandineChelidonium majus
Wych ElmUlmus glabra
SnapdragonAntirrhinum majus
Silver BirchBetula pendula
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
Common MallowMalva sylvestris
Lesser PeriwinkleVinca minor
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Bulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

21,138 records · National Biodiversity Network

🌿

Plants116 species

spring

2026

Bluebell · Elder · Common Ivy · Yarrow · Lesser Celandine +111

BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta x hispanica = H. x massartiana
ElderSambucus nigra
Common IvyHedera helix subsp. helix
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
White Dead-nettleLamium album
AshFraxinus excelsior
CleaversGalium aparine
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
BrambleRubus fruticosus
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale
DandelionTaraxacum
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
Common ChickweedStellaria media
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta
Rosa caninaRosa canina
Red CampionSilene dioica
Festuca rubraFestuca rubra
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
Curled DockRumex crispus
Common NettleUrtica dioica
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
Field MapleAcer campestre
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Greater PlantainPlantago major
HollyIlex aquifolium
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
Wild CherryPrunus avium
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
Hedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicum
Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis
Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum
BrackenPteridium aquilinum
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
Wild PrivetLigustrum vulgare
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra
Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
daffodilsNarcissus
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
Common SorrelRumex acetosa
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Red ValerianCentranthus ruber
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Sun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopia
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
Black BryonyTamus communis
Scots PinePinus sylvestris
Rumex crispus x obtusifolius = R. x pratensisRumex crispus x obtusifolius = R. x pratensis
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
LimeTilia cordata x platyphyllos = T. x europaea
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
Reflexed StonecropPetrosedum rupestre
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
Spotted Dead-nettleLamium maculatum
Common WhitlowgrassErophila verna
Ivy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifolia
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
Lesser BurdockArctium minus
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Hairy-bromeBromopsis ramosa
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum
Red CurrantRibes rubrum
Winter-cressBarbarea vulgaris
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
White CloverTrifolium repens
White StonecropSedum album
Wood Forget-me-notMyosotis sylvatica
Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea
Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus
SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle
Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides
HonestyLunaria annua
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
Wood DockRumex sanguineus
FeverfewTanacetum parthenium
Common DuckweedLemna minor
Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa
Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus
Garden Grape-hyacinthMuscari armeniacum
Wood StitchwortStellaria nemorum
Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum
DaisyBellis perennis
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
Russian ComfreySymphytum asperum x officinale = S. x uplandicum
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
NipplewortLapsana communis
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
Stinking IrisIris foetidissima
BeechFagus sylvatica
Common CouchElymus repens
SowbreadCyclamen hederifolium
Soft-rushJuncus effusus
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
Welted ThistleCarduus crispus
Greater CelandineChelidonium majus
Wych ElmUlmus glabra
SnapdragonAntirrhinum majus
Silver BirchBetula pendula
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
Common MallowMalva sylvestris
Lesser PeriwinkleVinca minor
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Bulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosus