Little Rough - Broadleaved woodland
3 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
52.82586, -1.53749
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
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
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
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby · 8 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
National Forest WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Blue WalkWalking route2.3 km▾
Named routeLength 2.3 km
10 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 549Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 549National Cycle Network
Route 63Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 63National Cycle Network
Route 54Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 54National Cycle Network
Great Northern GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeRef Great Northern GreenwayPoint-to-pointLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route1.4 km▾
Named routeRef 549Length 1.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route540 m▾
Named routeRef 63Length 540 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
The Tramway TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef The Tramway Trail
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Wildlife to spot
3,851 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,851 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds35 species
springautumn
2025▾
Little Egret · Caspian Gull · Blackbird · Greenshank · Common Tern +30
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Caspian GullLarus cachinnans
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great TitParus major
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Slavonian GrebePodiceps auritus
- Great Northern DiverGavia immer
- Common ScoterMelanitta nigra
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- SwiftApus apus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
🦌Mammals2 species
springautumn
2025▾
Brown Hare · Fallow Deer
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Fallow DeerDama dama
7-spot Ladybird
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Rosebay Willowherb · Greater Plantain · Male-fern · White Dead-nettle · Canadian Fleabane +126
- Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
- Greater PlantainPlantago major
- Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
- Canadian FleabaneErigeron canadensis
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- DandelionTaraxacum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,851 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds35 species
springautumn
2025▾
Little Egret · Caspian Gull · Blackbird · Greenshank · Common Tern +30
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Caspian GullLarus cachinnans
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great TitParus major
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Slavonian GrebePodiceps auritus
- Great Northern DiverGavia immer
- Common ScoterMelanitta nigra
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- SwiftApus apus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
🦌Mammals2 species
springautumn
2025▾
Brown Hare · Fallow Deer
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Fallow DeerDama dama
7-spot Ladybird
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Rosebay Willowherb · Greater Plantain · Male-fern · White Dead-nettle · Canadian Fleabane +126
- Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
- Greater PlantainPlantago major
- Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
- Canadian FleabaneErigeron canadensis
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- DandelionTaraxacum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
