Oak Park Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
✦ Ancient woodland8 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome8 ha
Getting here
53.21703, -1.60919
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
- 🅿️Calton Lees Car Park 360m 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
- 🅿️Calton Lees Car Park 360m away — 4 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 9 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Limestone WayWalking route74 km▾
Castleton to Rocester
Named routeLength 74 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
Derwent Valley Heritage WayWalking route89 km▾
Named routeLength 89 kmRegional walking route
Peak District Boundary Walk Stage 11Walking route17 km▾
Named routeLength 17 kmRegional walking route
Monsal TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Peak District Boundary Walk Stage 12Walking route10.4 km▾
Named routeLength 10.4 kmRegional walking route
6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Monsal TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 680National Cycle Network
White Peak LoopCycling route▾
Named routeRef 680National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route1.8 km▾
Named routeRef 680Length 1.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface flexsurface
Main RouteCycling route51 m▾
Named routeRef 680Length 51 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.2 km▾
Named routeRef 680Length 1.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface flexsurface
Main RouteCycling route6.1 km▾
Named routeRef 680Length 6.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
1 public path nearby
Public paths
Beeley Bar Lanebyway open to all traffic · 752 m▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 752 mSurface asphaltPath type: service
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View to Chatsworth Park from Beeley Hilltop
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Wildlife to spot
13,400 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
13,400 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMallard · Chaffinch · Robin · Jackdaw · Goldfinch +4
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- CootFulica atra
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Lesser Celandine · Dryopteris affinis · Hogweed · Male-fern · Bramble +125
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Dryopteris affinisDryopteris affinis
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
- Hard-fernBlechnum spicant
- Wood SpeedwellVeronica montana
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
13,400 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMallard · Chaffinch · Robin · Jackdaw · Goldfinch +4
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- CootFulica atra
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Lesser Celandine · Dryopteris affinis · Hogweed · Male-fern · Bramble +125
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Dryopteris affinisDryopteris affinis
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
- Hard-fernBlechnum spicant
- Wood SpeedwellVeronica montana
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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