Abbott's Rough Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
3 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
52.97890, -1.42399
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
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ 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
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £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
Named hiking route nearby: Derby Nomad Way
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km27 signed routes nearby · 13 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 Routeways Walk 11Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
The Croftpublic footpath · 240 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 240 mSurface gravelPath type: service
27 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
Route 67Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 67National Cycle Network
N/ACycling route102 m▾
Named routeLength 102 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Photos
Brackely Gate Road Junction
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Wildlife to spot
10,115 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
10,115 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds21 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Jackdaw · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Carrion Crow +16
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
Badger
False Oat-grass · Rowan · Field-rose · Barren Brome · Blackthorn +117
- False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
- RowanSorbus aucuparia
- Field-roseRosa arvensis
- Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
10,115 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds21 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Jackdaw · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Carrion Crow +16
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
Badger
False Oat-grass · Rowan · Field-rose · Barren Brome · Blackthorn +117
- False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
- RowanSorbus aucuparia
- Field-roseRosa arvensis
- Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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