Ireton Rough - Broadleaved woodland
4 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
52.98613, -1.52976
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
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km19 signed routes nearby · 2 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
15 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
Main RouteCycling route389 m▾
Named routeRef 54Length 389 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route945 m▾
Named routeRef 54Length 945 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
6,936 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
6,936 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Pheasant · Robin · Carrion Crow · Blue Tit · Great Tit +40
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MagpiePica pica
- RavenCorvus corax
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
Brown Hare
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
Rhododendron Leafhopper · Meadow Grasshopper · Lesser Marsh Grasshopper · Cicadella viridis
- Rhododendron LeafhopperGraphocephala fennahi
- Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus
- Lesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatus
- Cicadella viridisCicadella viridis
Horse-chestnut · Red Campion · Water Mint · Pedunculate Oak · Goat Willow +45
- Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum
- Red CampionSilene dioica
- Water MintMentha aquatica
- Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
- Goat WillowSalix caprea
- Water Forget-me-notMyosotis scorpioides
- Bush VetchVicia sepium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
6,936 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Pheasant · Robin · Carrion Crow · Blue Tit · Great Tit +40
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MagpiePica pica
- RavenCorvus corax
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
Brown Hare
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
Rhododendron Leafhopper · Meadow Grasshopper · Lesser Marsh Grasshopper · Cicadella viridis
- Rhododendron LeafhopperGraphocephala fennahi
- Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus
- Lesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatus
- Cicadella viridisCicadella viridis
Horse-chestnut · Red Campion · Water Mint · Pedunculate Oak · Goat Willow +45
- Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum
- Red CampionSilene dioica
- Water MintMentha aquatica
- Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
- Goat WillowSalix caprea
- Water Forget-me-notMyosotis scorpioides
- Bush VetchVicia sepium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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