Little Rough - Broadleaved woodland
3 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
52.83107, -1.54062
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
- 🅿️Parking 177m away — 4 car parks within reach
🌤️ 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
- 🅿️Parking 177m away — 4 car parks within reach
- £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
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Acid grassland — heathland butterflies and rare invertebrates
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 19 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
14 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
Derby Orbital Route 66Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 66Regional cycle route
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
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
The Tramway TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef The Tramway Trail
Photos
Approaching Ridgeway Farm from the south
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Wildlife to spot
4,196 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,196 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Little Egret · Gadwall · Greylag Goose · Moorhen · Mute Swan +44
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- MagpiePica pica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- CootFulica atra
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- TealAnas crecca
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Great TitParus major
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Dandelion · Greater Plantain · White Dead-nettle · Holly · Lords-and-Ladies +79
- DandelionTaraxacum
- Greater PlantainPlantago major
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
- Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
- Common IvyHedera helix subsp. helix
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,196 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Little Egret · Gadwall · Greylag Goose · Moorhen · Mute Swan +44
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- MagpiePica pica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- CootFulica atra
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- TealAnas crecca
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Great TitParus major
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Dandelion · Greater Plantain · White Dead-nettle · Holly · Lords-and-Ladies +79
- DandelionTaraxacum
- Greater PlantainPlantago major
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
- Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
- Common IvyHedera helix subsp. helix
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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