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Ash Plantation - Broadleaved woodland

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52.87105, -1.53753

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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 283m away — 8 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 283m away — 8 car parks within reach

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking· Free

Best for

6 activities

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Wildlife

Strong match

Deciduous woodland priority habitat

Free

Bird watching

Strong match

Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Forest walks

Good match

Public woodland

Free

Hiking

Good match

Named hiking route nearby: Derby Nomad Way

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby · 9 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

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Cycling

19 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

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

Pennine CyclewayCycling route

Named routeRef 68National Cycle Network

Route 549Cycling route

Named routeRef 549National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route172 m

Named routeRef 54Length 172 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

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Horse riding

4 public paths nearby

Public paths

Crow Park Waybridleway · 219 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 219 mSurface pavedPath type: service

Crow Park Waybridleway · 376 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 376 mSurface asphaltPath type: service

Crow Park Waybridleway · 39 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 39 mPath type: service

Wildlife to spot

15,008 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

15,008 records · National Biodiversity Network

🌿

Plants126 species

winter

2026

Red Dead-nettle · Smooth Sow-thistle · Ground-ivy · Dandelion · Lesser Celandine +121

Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
DandelionTaraxacum
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas
Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta
Common MallowMalva sylvestris
DaisyBellis perennis
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
HollyIlex aquifolium
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Hard RushJuncus inflexus
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria
Common IvyHedera helix subsp. helix
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
Buck's-horn PlantainPlantago coronopus
NipplewortLapsana communis
ElderSambucus nigra
Common ChickweedStellaria media
Danish ScurvygrassCochlearia danica
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
Greater PeriwinkleVinca major
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
White Dead-nettleLamium album
BrambleRubus fruticosus
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Bulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosus
AshFraxinus excelsior
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum
BulrushTypha latifolia
Common NettleUrtica dioica
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
Rosa caninaRosa canina
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
CleaversGalium aparine
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Field MapleAcer campestre
Curled DockRumex crispus
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Red ValerianCentranthus ruber2025
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta x hispanica = H. x massartiana2025
ColtsfootTussilago farfara
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
DaffodilNarcissus pseudonarcissus
BrackenPteridium aquilinum
SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale
DogwoodCornus sanguinea
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus
Common ReedPhragmites australis
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
Parsley PiertAphanes arvensis
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
Wood Forget-me-notMyosotis sylvatica
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa
Great LettuceLactuca virosa
Crack-willowSalix alba x euxina = S. x fragilis
Hedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicum
Hedge BedstrawGalium album
Silver BirchBetula pendula
Erodium cicutariumErodium cicutarium
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
Soft-rushJuncus effusus
BroomCytisus scoparius
Festuca rubraFestuca rubra
Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
Beaked Hawk's-beardCrepis vesicaria
Bush VetchVicia sepium
White CloverTrifolium repens
Wood DockRumex sanguineus
Wild CarrotDaucus carota
Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens
Lesser BurdockArctium minus
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
Common SallowSalix cinerea
GorseUlex europaeus
Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2025
Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus2025
Stinking IrisIris foetidissima2025
BeechFagus sylvatica2025
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2025
Wall CotoneasterCotoneaster horizontalis2025
Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2025
Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis2025
Ivy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifolia2025
Wild PrivetLigustrum vulgare2025
SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus2025
FeverfewTanacetum parthenium2025
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2025
Reflexed StonecropPetrosedum rupestre2025
Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea2025
TimothyPhleum pratense2025
AspenPopulus tremula2025
Great MulleinVerbascum thapsus2025
Guernsey FleabaneErigeron sumatrensis2025
Greater PlantainPlantago major2025
Common WhitlowgrassErophila verna2025
Smooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillaris2025
LilacSyringa vulgaris2025
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2025
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

15,008 records · National Biodiversity Network

🌿

Plants126 species

winter

2026

Red Dead-nettle · Smooth Sow-thistle · Ground-ivy · Dandelion · Lesser Celandine +121

Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
DandelionTaraxacum
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas
Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta
Common MallowMalva sylvestris
DaisyBellis perennis
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
HollyIlex aquifolium
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Hard RushJuncus inflexus
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria
Common IvyHedera helix subsp. helix
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
Buck's-horn PlantainPlantago coronopus
NipplewortLapsana communis
ElderSambucus nigra
Common ChickweedStellaria media
Danish ScurvygrassCochlearia danica
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
Greater PeriwinkleVinca major
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
White Dead-nettleLamium album
BrambleRubus fruticosus
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Bulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosus
AshFraxinus excelsior
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum
BulrushTypha latifolia
Common NettleUrtica dioica
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
Rosa caninaRosa canina
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
CleaversGalium aparine
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Field MapleAcer campestre
Curled DockRumex crispus
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Red ValerianCentranthus ruber2025
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta x hispanica = H. x massartiana2025
ColtsfootTussilago farfara
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
DaffodilNarcissus pseudonarcissus
BrackenPteridium aquilinum
SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale
DogwoodCornus sanguinea
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus
Common ReedPhragmites australis
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
Parsley PiertAphanes arvensis
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
Wood Forget-me-notMyosotis sylvatica
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa
Great LettuceLactuca virosa
Crack-willowSalix alba x euxina = S. x fragilis
Hedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicum
Hedge BedstrawGalium album
Silver BirchBetula pendula
Erodium cicutariumErodium cicutarium
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
Soft-rushJuncus effusus
BroomCytisus scoparius
Festuca rubraFestuca rubra
Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
Beaked Hawk's-beardCrepis vesicaria
Bush VetchVicia sepium
White CloverTrifolium repens
Wood DockRumex sanguineus
Wild CarrotDaucus carota
Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens
Lesser BurdockArctium minus
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
Common SallowSalix cinerea
GorseUlex europaeus
Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2025
Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus2025
Stinking IrisIris foetidissima2025
BeechFagus sylvatica2025
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2025
Wall CotoneasterCotoneaster horizontalis2025
Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2025
Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis2025
Ivy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifolia2025
Wild PrivetLigustrum vulgare2025
SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus2025
FeverfewTanacetum parthenium2025
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2025
Reflexed StonecropPetrosedum rupestre2025
Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea2025
TimothyPhleum pratense2025
AspenPopulus tremula2025
Great MulleinVerbascum thapsus2025
Guernsey FleabaneErigeron sumatrensis2025
Greater PlantainPlantago major2025
Common WhitlowgrassErophila verna2025
Smooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillaris2025
LilacSyringa vulgaris2025
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2025
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Richard Vince · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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