Wheeldonmill Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
53.26020, -1.42316
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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
- ☕Crossroads Cafe — a good base for a longer summer 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
- ☕Crossroads Cafe — a good base for a longer summer day out
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking☕Café🅿️Parking
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 km12 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths 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▾
69 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
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silvatica2024Large BindweedCalystegia silvatica2024Garden Lady's-mantleAlchemilla mollis2024Garden Lady's-mantleAlchemilla mollis2024Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus2024Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus2024American WillowherbEpilobium ciliatum2024American WillowherbEpilobium ciliatum2024Black-grassAlopecurus myosuroides2024Black-grassAlopecurus myosuroides2024SnapdragonAntirrhinum majus2024SnapdragonAntirrhinum majus2024Creeping Soft-grassHolcus mollis2024Creeping Soft-grassHolcus mollis2024Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor2024Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor2024RowanSorbus aucuparia2024RowanSorbus aucuparia2024Field PansyViola arvensis2024Field PansyViola arvensis2024White CampionSilene latifolia2024White CampionSilene latifolia2024Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2024Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2024Italian Rye-grassLolium multiflorum2024Italian Rye-grassLolium multiflorum2024Goat WillowSalix caprea2024Goat WillowSalix caprea2024RadishRaphanus raphanistrum2024RadishRaphanus raphanistrum2024Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2024Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2024Rock Crane's-billGeranium macrorrhizum2024Rock Crane's-billGeranium macrorrhizum2024Alsike CloverTrifolium hybridum2024Alsike CloverTrifolium hybridum2024CharlockSinapis arvensis2024CharlockSinapis arvensis2024Polygonum avicularePolygonum aviculare2024Polygonum avicularePolygonum aviculare2024Shaggy SoldierGalinsoga quadriradiata2024Shaggy SoldierGalinsoga quadriradiata2024Scarlet PimpernelLysimachia arvensis2024Scarlet PimpernelLysimachia arvensis2024Phleum pratensePhleum pratense2024Phleum pratensePhleum pratense2024Kidney VetchAnthyllis vulneraria2024Kidney VetchAnthyllis vulneraria2024Smaller Cat's-tailPhleum bertolonii2024Smaller Cat's-tailPhleum bertolonii2024Swedish WhitebeamSorbus intermedia2024Swedish WhitebeamSorbus intermedia2024Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2024Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2024Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus2024Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus2024Narrow-leaved RagwortSenecio inaequidens2024Narrow-leaved RagwortSenecio inaequidens2024Common WhitlowgrassErophila verna2024Common WhitlowgrassErophila verna2024Sticky GroundselSenecio viscosus2024Sticky GroundselSenecio viscosus2024Keeled-fruited CornsaladValerianella carinata2024Keeled-fruited CornsaladValerianella carinata2024Annual Wall-rocketDiplotaxis muralis2024Annual Wall-rocketDiplotaxis muralis2024Sheep's SorrelRumex acetosella2024Sheep's SorrelRumex acetosella2024Black SpleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrum2024Black SpleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrum2024Common FigwortScrophularia nodosa2024Common FigwortScrophularia nodosa2024Thale CressArabidopsis thaliana2024Thale CressArabidopsis thaliana2024KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare2024KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare2024Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2024Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2024Prickly LettuceLactuca serriola2024Prickly LettuceLactuca serriola2024Henbit Dead-nettleLamium amplexicaule2024Henbit Dead-nettleLamium amplexicaule2024Danish ScurvygrassCochlearia danica2024Danish ScurvygrassCochlearia danica2024Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2024Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2024Traveller's-joyClematis vitalba2024Traveller's-joyClematis vitalba2024Fig-leaved GoosefootChenopodium ficifolium2024Fig-leaved GoosefootChenopodium ficifolium2024Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2024Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2024Procumbent Yellow-sorrelOxalis corniculata2024Procumbent Yellow-sorrelOxalis corniculata2024HemlockConium maculatum2024HemlockConium maculatum2024Water FigwortScrophularia auriculata2024Water FigwortScrophularia auriculata2024Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis2024Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis2024Sagina apetalaSagina apetala2024Sagina apetalaSagina apetala2024BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2024BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2024Greater CelandineChelidonium majus2024Greater CelandineChelidonium majus2024Erophila vernaErophila verna2024Erophila vernaErophila verna2024Hedge BedstrawGalium album2024Hedge BedstrawGalium album2024GorseUlex europaeus2024GorseUlex europaeus2024Goat's-beardTragopogon pratensis2024Goat's-beardTragopogon pratensis2024Adria BellflowerCampanula portenschlagiana2024Adria BellflowerCampanula portenschlagiana2024Wood DockRumex sanguineus2024Wood DockRumex sanguineus2024Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum2024Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum2024Beaked Hawk's-beardCrepis vesicaria2024Beaked Hawk's-beardCrepis vesicaria2024Bilbao FleabaneErigeron floribundus2024Bilbao FleabaneErigeron floribundus2024Fern-grassCatapodium rigidum2024Fern-grassCatapodium rigidum2024Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2024Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2024PignutConopodium majus2024PignutConopodium majus2024Pellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaica2024Pellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaica2024daffodilsNarcissus2024daffodilsNarcissus2024Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2024Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2024Rosa caninaRosa canina2024Rosa caninaRosa canina2024Dryopteris affinisDryopteris affinis2024Dryopteris affinisDryopteris affinis2024Smooth TareErvum tetraspermum2024Smooth TareErvum tetraspermum2024Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa2024Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa2024Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2024Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2024Bush VetchVicia sepium2024Bush VetchVicia sepium2024WoodruffGalium odoratum2024WoodruffGalium odoratum2024Rue-leaved SaxifrageSaxifraga tridactylites2024Rue-leaved SaxifrageSaxifraga tridactylites2024AlderAlnus glutinosa2024AlderAlnus glutinosa2024Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2024Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2024Norway MapleAcer platanoides2024Norway MapleAcer platanoides2024Erodium cicutariumErodium cicutarium2024Erodium cicutariumErodium cicutarium2024Common ChickweedStellaria media2024Common ChickweedStellaria media2024Great LettuceLactuca virosa2024Great LettuceLactuca virosa2024Common CornsaladValerianella locusta2024Common CornsaladValerianella locusta2024Winter-cressBarbarea vulgaris2024Winter-cressBarbarea vulgaris2024Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2024Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2024Hawkweed OxtonguePicris hieracioides2024Hawkweed OxtonguePicris hieracioides2024Wild PlumPrunus domestica2024Wild PlumPrunus domestica2024Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle2024Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle2024Dipsacus fullonumDipsacus fullonum2024Dipsacus fullonumDipsacus fullonum2024Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2023Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2023Events & activities nearby
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