Common Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
5 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome5 ha
Getting here
52.85586, -1.55516
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 94m away — 12 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 94m away — 12 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
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Broadleaved woodland — spring blossom and autumn colour
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 8 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Derby Nomad WayWalking route79 km▾
Named routeLength 79 kmRegional walking route
Trent Valley WayWalking route304 km▾
Named routeLength 304 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
National Forest WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
39 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 549Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 549National 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
Hilton Local Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Pennine CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 68National Cycle Network
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Wildlife to spot
17,114 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
17,114 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds8 species
winterspring
2026▾
Goldcrest · Robin · Blue Tit · Blackbird · Oystercatcher +3
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
Dandelion · Blackthorn · Bramble · Lesser Celandine · Common Ivy +92
- DandelionTaraxacum
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Common IvyHedera helix subsp. helix
- ElderSambucus nigra
- Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
17,114 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds8 species
winterspring
2026▾
Goldcrest · Robin · Blue Tit · Blackbird · Oystercatcher +3
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
Dandelion · Blackthorn · Bramble · Lesser Celandine · Common Ivy +92
- DandelionTaraxacum
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Common IvyHedera helix subsp. helix
- ElderSambucus nigra
- Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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