Grin Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
53.24635, -1.93218
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
- 🅿️Grin Low Car Park 232m away — 8 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
- 🅿️Grin Low Car Park 232m away — 8 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
Named hiking route nearby: Dane Valley Way
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 signed routes nearby · 16 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
White Peak Loop - Link to Monsal TrailWalking route▾
Peak District Boundary Walk Stage 20Walking route▾
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Peak District Boundary Walk Stage 1Walking route▾
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Buxton Ring of Trees WalkWalking route▾
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10 signed routes nearby
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High Peak CyclewayCycling route▾
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Buxton Cycle Route 4Cycling route▾
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Buxton Cycle Route 1Cycling route▾
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Buxton Cycle Route 3Cycling route▾
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Buxton Cycle Route 5Cycling route▾
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Buxton Cycle Route 2Cycling route▾
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Wildlife to spot
34,603 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
34,603 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlue Tit · Magpie · Nuthatch · Long-tailed Tit · Jackdaw +31
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Grey Squirrel · Domestic Dog · Mole
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Domestic DogCanis lupus subsp. familiaris
- MoleTalpa europaea
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects4 species
springwinter
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Eristalis tenax · Neomyia cornicina · Black Clock
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Neomyia cornicinaNeomyia cornicina
- Black ClockPterostichus madidus2025
🌿Plants12 species
winterspring
2026▾
Hart's-Tongue · Lesser Celandine · Common Ragwort · Gooseberry · Scots Pine +7
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
- GooseberryRibes uva-crispa
- Scots PinePinus sylvestris
- YewTaxus baccata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
34,603 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlue Tit · Magpie · Nuthatch · Long-tailed Tit · Jackdaw +31
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Grey Squirrel · Domestic Dog · Mole
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Domestic DogCanis lupus subsp. familiaris
- MoleTalpa europaea
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects4 species
springwinter
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Eristalis tenax · Neomyia cornicina · Black Clock
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Neomyia cornicinaNeomyia cornicina
- Black ClockPterostichus madidus2025
🌿Plants12 species
winterspring
2026▾
Hart's-Tongue · Lesser Celandine · Common Ragwort · Gooseberry · Scots Pine +7
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
- GooseberryRibes uva-crispa
- Scots PinePinus sylvestris
- YewTaxus baccata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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