Broadleaved woodland near Marehay
3 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
53.02690, -1.41046
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 — 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 164m 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
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km23 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 Routeways Walk 11Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Pargate Closepublic footpath · 80 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 80 mPath type: service
Pargate Closepublic footpath · 39 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 39 mPath type: service
Pottery Lanepublic footpath · 232 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 232 mPath type: service
12 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
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Wildlife to spot
16,427 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
16,427 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
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
Red Fox
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Speckled Wood · Large White · Small White · Meadow Brown · Gatekeeper +12
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
Himalayan Balsam · Ramsons · Ground-ivy · Red Campion · Wood Avens +1
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
- RamsonsAllium ursinum
- Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
- Red CampionSilene dioica
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
- Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
16,427 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
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
Red Fox
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Speckled Wood · Large White · Small White · Meadow Brown · Gatekeeper +12
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
Himalayan Balsam · Ramsons · Ground-ivy · Red Campion · Wood Avens +1
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
- RamsonsAllium ursinum
- Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
- Red CampionSilene dioica
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
- Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2024Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2024PeacockAglais io2024PeacockAglais io2024Leopoldius signatusLeopoldius signatusLeopoldius signatusLeopoldius signatusBatman HoverflyMyathropa floreaBatman HoverflyMyathropa florea10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctataVaried Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasciVaried Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasciGlow-wormLampyris noctilucaGlow-wormLampyris noctilucaWallLasiommata megera2024WallLasiommata megera2024Events & activities nearby
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