🌞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
Good to know
£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome
Best for
6 activities
🐶
Dog walks
Strong match
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦋
Insect spotting
Strong match
Lowland meadows — marbled white, meadow brown and pollinating insects
Free
🦉
Wildlife
Strong match
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅
Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🌿
Foraging
Good match
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🌲
Forest walks
Good match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km
🚶
Walking
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10 signed routes nearby · 20 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Limestone WayWalking route74 km▾
Castleton to Rocester
Named routeLength 74 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
Walk from Dovedale to Milldale, DovedaleWalking route5 km▾
Named routeLength 5 kmDuration 03:00Point-to-pointLocal walking route
Manifold TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Weaver WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Ilam Park to Dovedale Stepping Stones Trail, Ilam ParkWalking route2.4 km▾
Not suitable for pushchairs.
Accessibility: https://nt.global.ssl.fastly.net/binaries/content/assets/website/national/regions/peak-district-derbyshire/places/ilam-park-dovedale-and-the-white-peak/pdf/230525-property-access-statement---ilam-park.pdf
Named routeLength 2.4 kmDuration 01:00Point-to-pointLocal walking route
🚴
Cycling
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27 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 547Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 547National Cycle Network
Pennine CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 68National Cycle Network
Alternative RouteCycling route3.3 km▾
Named routeRef 547Length 3.3 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Alternative RouteCycling route809 m▾
Named routeRef 547Length 809 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Alternative RouteCycling route2.3 km▾
Named routeRef 547Length 2.3 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route450 m▾
Named routeRef 68Length 450 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
🚵
Mountain biking
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1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Tissington TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Tissington TrailPoint-to-pointLocal cycle route
