Nursery Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
4 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
53.14102, -1.50244
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 km6 signed routes nearby · 7 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
Limestone WayWalking route74 km▾
Castleton to Rocester
Named routeLength 74 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
Chesterfield Round WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRound tripLocal walking route
High Peak TrailWalking route27 km▾
Named routeLength 27 kmRegional walking route
Derwent Valley Heritage WayWalking route89 km▾
Named routeLength 89 kmRegional walking route
7 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 54Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 54National Cycle Network
White Peak LoopCycling route▾
Named routeRef 680National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route2.3 km▾
Named routeRef 680Length 2.3 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface flexsurface
Main RouteCycling route852 m▾
Named routeRef 680Length 852 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route97 m▾
Named routeRef 54Length 97 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route2.6 km▾
Named routeRef 54Length 2.6 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
High Peak TrailMountain bike route27 km▾
Named routeRef High Peak TrailLength 27 kmPoint-to-pointLocal cycle route
Photos
Grass field and woodland off Knabhall Lane
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Wildlife to spot
3,970 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,970 records · National Biodiversity NetworkYellowhammer · Carrion Crow · Skylark · Chaffinch · Linnet +14
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Stoat
Slow-worm
Glow-worm
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
Perennial Rye-grass · Common Bent · Festuca rubra · Cock's-foot · Tormentil +101
- Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
- Common BentAgrostis capillaris
- Festuca rubraFestuca rubra
- Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
- TormentilPotentilla erecta
- Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
- Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,970 records · National Biodiversity NetworkYellowhammer · Carrion Crow · Skylark · Chaffinch · Linnet +14
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Stoat
Slow-worm
Glow-worm
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
Perennial Rye-grass · Common Bent · Festuca rubra · Cock's-foot · Tormentil +101
- Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
- Common BentAgrostis capillaris
- Festuca rubraFestuca rubra
- Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
- TormentilPotentilla erecta
- Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
- Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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