Denby Dam Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
9 ha
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🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome9 ha
Getting here
53.01570, -1.41722
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞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 164m away — 10 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 164m away — 10 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
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Broadleaved woodland — spring blossom and autumn colour
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km25 signed routes nearby · 39 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
Park Hall Roadpublic footpath · 249 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 249 mPath type: unclassified
Pottery Lanepublic footpath · 123 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 123 mSurface dirtPath type: track
Pottery Lanepublic footpath · 58 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 58 mSurface gravelPath type: track
9 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Ripley GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeRef Ripley GreenwayLocal cycle route
Route 67Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 67National Cycle Network
N/ACycling route102 m▾
Named routeLength 102 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route6 m▾
Named routeLength 6 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route1.2 km▾
Named routeRef 67Length 1.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
N/ACycling route88 m▾
Named routeLength 88 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
6 public paths nearby
Public paths
Lady Lanebridleway · 53 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 53 mSurface asphaltPath type: track
Lady Lanebridleway · 956 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 956 mSurface gravelPath type: bridleway
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Wildlife to spot
7,481 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
7,481 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCollared Dove · Robin · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · House Sparrow +23
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- MagpiePica pica
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- CootFulica atra
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
🦌Mammals3 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Badger · Fallow Deer · Red Fox
- BadgerMeles meles
- Fallow DeerDama dama
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024
Gatekeeper · Meadow Brown · Large White · Speckled Wood · Small White +17
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
🌿Plants9 species
springsummer
2026▾
Blackthorn · Red Valerian · Common Mallow · Himalayan Balsam · Ramsons +4
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
- Red ValerianCentranthus ruber2025
- Common MallowMalva sylvestris2025
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025
- RamsonsAllium ursinum2025
- Ground-ivy
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
7,481 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCollared Dove · Robin · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · House Sparrow +23
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- MagpiePica pica
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- CootFulica atra
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
🦌Mammals3 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Badger · Fallow Deer · Red Fox
- BadgerMeles meles
- Fallow DeerDama dama
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024
Gatekeeper · Meadow Brown · Large White · Speckled Wood · Small White +17
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
🌿Plants9 species
springsummer
2026▾
Blackthorn · Red Valerian · Common Mallow · Himalayan Balsam · Ramsons +4
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
- Red ValerianCentranthus ruber2025
- Common MallowMalva sylvestris2025
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025
- RamsonsAllium ursinum2025
- Ground-ivy
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024PeacockAglais io2024PeacockAglais io2024Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2024Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2024Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2024Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2024Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2024Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2024Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024Batman HoverflyMyathropa floreaBatman HoverflyMyathropa florea10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctataVaried Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasciVaried Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasciGlow-wormLampyris noctilucaGlow-wormLampyris noctilucaDock BugCoreus marginatusDock BugCoreus marginatusWallLasiommata megera2024WallLasiommata megera2024Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2024Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2024BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024Glechoma hederacea2025
Glechoma hederacea2025
Red CampionSilene dioica2025Red CampionSilene dioica2025Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2025Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2025Events & activities nearby
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