Croft Wood - Broadleaved woodland
2 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
52.95024, -1.45843
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 195m 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 195m 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
Named cycling route nearby: Route 54
Varies
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km18 signed routes nearby · 25 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
Centenary Way (Derbyshire)Walking route▾
Amber Valley Routeway Walk 17Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
72 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 54Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 54National Cycle Network
Derby Orbital Route 66Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 66Regional cycle route
Route 672Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 672National Cycle Network
Great Northern GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeRef Great Northern GreenwayLocal cycle route
Pennine CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 68National Cycle Network
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
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Old section of Croft Road
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Wildlife to spot
31,248 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
31,248 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds56 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Great Tit · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Long-tailed Tit · Magpie +51
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- MagpiePica pica
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
🐝Insects2 species
springautumn
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Common Darter
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
🌿Plants13 species
winterspring
2026▾
Lords-and-Ladies · Wood Anemone · Gorse · Dog's Mercury · Hogweed +8
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
- Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
- GorseUlex europaeus
- Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- RamsonsAllium ursinum
- Coltsfoot
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
31,248 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds56 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Great Tit · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Long-tailed Tit · Magpie +51
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- MagpiePica pica
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
🐝Insects2 species
springautumn
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Common Darter
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
🌿Plants13 species
winterspring
2026▾
Lords-and-Ladies · Wood Anemone · Gorse · Dog's Mercury · Hogweed +8
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
- Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
- GorseUlex europaeus
- Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- RamsonsAllium ursinum
- Coltsfoot
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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