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Dalby's Covert - Broadleaved woodland

1 ha

📷 Mat Fascione · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha

Getting here

52.83652, -1.33497

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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
  • 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
  • 🅿️Parking 417m away — 6 car parks within reach

Good to know

  • £Free to visit — no entry charge
  • 🐕Dogs welcome
Parking

Best for

6 activities

Dog walks

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Foraging

Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants

Varies

Wildlife

Deciduous woodland priority habitat

Free

Bird watching

Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds

Free

Insect spotting

Traditional orchard — specialist orchard insects and lichens

Free

Forest walks

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

5 signed routes nearby · 10 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Midshires WayWalking route370 km

Multi-use trail links the Ridgeway National Trail with the Trans Pennine Trail

Named routeLength 370 kmRegional walking route
Derby Nomad WayWalking route79 km
Named routeLength 79 kmRegional walking route
Derwent Valley Heritage WayWalking route89 km
Named routeLength 89 kmRegional walking route
Trent Valley WayWalking route304 km
Named routeLength 304 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
Erewash Valley TrailWalking route
Named routeLocal walking route
Airport Trailpublic footpath · 79 m
Public pathpublic footpathLength 79 mSurface groundPath type: footway
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Cycling

33 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Erewash Valley TrailCycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route
Cloud Trail GreenwayCycling route
Named routeRef Cloud Trail GreenwayLocal cycle route
Clifton <> KegworthCycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 15Cycling route
Named routeRef 15National Cycle Network
Hathern <> KegworthCycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route
East Midlands AirportCycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

Photos

View towards Castle Donington

📷 Mat Fascione · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

View towards Castle Donington

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

🌱The GreenUrban park4.7 km→🌱Bentley Road ParkUrban park1.5 km→🌱Highfields HedgesUrban park2.3 km→✦Hemington ChapelHistoric site1.3 km→✦Iron Age settlement and cursus, with other air photographic marks, SE of Aston-on-TrentHistoric site3.6 km→✦Roman villa and enclosures N of Ratcliffe LaneHistoric site4.2 km→

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