Denby Dam Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
5 ha
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🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome5 ha
Getting here
53.02411, -1.39809
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 381m away — 2 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 381m away — 2 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 km23 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
Centenary Way (Derbyshire)Walking route▾
Amber Valley Routeways Walk 11Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Amber Valley Routeways Walk 20Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
15 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Broxtowe Country TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Ripley GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeRef Ripley GreenwayLocal cycle route
Route 67Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 67National Cycle Network
Erewash Valley TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
N/ACycling route102 m▾
Named routeLength 102 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route6 m▾
Named routeLength 6 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
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Wildlife to spot
11,867 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
11,867 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2026▾
Chaffinch · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Robin · Goldfinch +35
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
Red Fox
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2025▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Speckled Wood · Large White · Small White · Gatekeeper · Green-veined White +10
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
🌿Plants9 species
springautumn
2025▾
Aspen · Himalayan Balsam · Ground-ivy · Guelder-rose · Wild Teasel +4
- AspenPopulus tremula
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
- Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
- Guelder-roseViburnum opulus
- Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum
- Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
11,867 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2026▾
Chaffinch · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Robin · Goldfinch +35
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
Red Fox
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2025▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Speckled Wood · Large White · Small White · Gatekeeper · Green-veined White +10
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
🌿Plants9 species
springautumn
2025▾
Aspen · Himalayan Balsam · Ground-ivy · Guelder-rose · Wild Teasel +4
- AspenPopulus tremula
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
- Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
- Guelder-roseViburnum opulus
- Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum
- Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Brooklime
Brooklime
Veronica beccabunga2024
Veronica beccabunga2024
Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris2024Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris2024Spiraea alba var. latifoliaSpiraea alba var. latifolia2024Spiraea alba var. latifoliaSpiraea alba var. latifolia2024Events & activities nearby
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