Falling Pit Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
52.86228, -1.68384
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
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ 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
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking🅿️Parking🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Grazing marsh — lapwing, redshank, snipe and wintering wildfowl
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground
Free
〰Waterside walks
Good match
Grazing marsh and ditches — waterside walking
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Derby Nomad WayWalking route79 km▾
Named routeLength 79 kmRegional walking route
37 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 54Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 54National Cycle Network
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
Route 549Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 549National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route210 m▾
Named routeRef 54Length 210 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
4,736 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,736 records · National Biodiversity NetworkPied Wagtail · Magpie · Black-headed Gull · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon +16
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- MagpiePica pica
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
Soprano Pipistrelle
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🌿Plants139 species
wintersummer
2026▾
Bluebell · Fool's Parsley · White Clover · Creeping Thistle · Smooth Sow-thistle +134
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta x hispanica = H. x massartiana
- Fool's ParsleyAethusa cynapium
- White CloverTrifolium repens
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
- Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
- HonestyLunaria annua
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,736 records · National Biodiversity NetworkPied Wagtail · Magpie · Black-headed Gull · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon +16
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- MagpiePica pica
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
Soprano Pipistrelle
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🌿Plants139 species
wintersummer
2026▾
Bluebell · Fool's Parsley · White Clover · Creeping Thistle · Smooth Sow-thistle +134
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta x hispanica = H. x massartiana
- Fool's ParsleyAethusa cynapium
- White CloverTrifolium repens
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
- Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
- HonestyLunaria annua
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
