Townfield Spinney - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
53.24194, -1.44156
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
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🧺Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🧺Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground
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
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km11 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Chesterfield Round WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRound tripLocal walking route
Cuckoo WayWalking route▾
South Chesterfield WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Trans-Pennine Trail (Staveley to Chesterfield spur)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Dronfield Rotary WalkWalking route▾
72 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 5Local cycle route
Rother Valley WashlandsCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
LCN 3Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 3Local cycle route
Route 67Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 67National Cycle Network
N/ACycling route4 m▾
Named routeLength 4 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface other
N/ACycling route548 m▾
Named routeLength 548 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Photos
Entrance to Clubmill Reservoir House and Clubmill Terrace houses
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Wildlife to spot
33,261 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
33,261 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Blackbird · Carrion Crow · Common Gull +42
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Willow TitPoecile montanus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Red Fox · Brown Rat · Hedgehog
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
🐝Insects4 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Harlequin Ladybird · Hornet Hoverfly · Dock Bug · 7-spot Ladybird
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Coastal Redwood · Ivy-leaved Toadflax · Japanese Knotweed · Greater Plantain · Oregon-grape +6
- Coastal RedwoodSequoia sempervirens
- Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis2025
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2025
- Greater PlantainPlantago major2025
- Oregon-grapeMahonia aquifolium2025
- Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
33,261 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Blackbird · Carrion Crow · Common Gull +42
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Willow TitPoecile montanus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Red Fox · Brown Rat · Hedgehog
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
🐝Insects4 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Harlequin Ladybird · Hornet Hoverfly · Dock Bug · 7-spot Ladybird
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Coastal Redwood · Ivy-leaved Toadflax · Japanese Knotweed · Greater Plantain · Oregon-grape +6
- Coastal RedwoodSequoia sempervirens
- Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis2025
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2025
- Greater PlantainPlantago major2025
- Oregon-grapeMahonia aquifolium2025
- Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2025SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2025NipplewortLapsana communis2025NipplewortLapsana communis2025CornflowerCentaurea cyanus2025CornflowerCentaurea cyanus2025MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2025MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2025Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2025Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2025