Stainsby Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
7 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome7 ha
Getting here
53.17692, -1.33042
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
- 🅿️Parking 58m away — 6 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
- 🅿️Parking 58m away — 6 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
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Broadleaved woodland — spring blossom and autumn colour
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km11 signed routes nearby · 13 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Chesterfield Round WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRound tripLocal walking route
Archaeological Way (old route)Walking route▾
The Welly Walk, HardwickWalking route4 km▾
Wellies not essential!
Named routeLength 4 kmDuration 01:30Round tripLocal walking route
The Oak Walk, HardwickWalking route5.6 km▾
Dogs on leads in the park.
Named routeLength 5.6 kmDuration 02:00Round tripLocal walking route
The Sculpture Trail, HardwickWalking route5.3 km▾
Discover the craftmanship of the Hardwick Masons as you follow the new sculptures along the trail. Dogs on leads in the park.
Named routeLength 5.3 kmDuration 01:30Round tripLocal walking route
20 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Stockley TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Skegby TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 67Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 67National Cycle Network
Teversal TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route72 m▾
Named routeRef 67Length 72 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route76 m▾
Named routeRef 67Length 76 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
19,273 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
19,273 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Canada Goose · Robin · Wren · Coot · Great Tit +44
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- CootFulica atra
- Great TitParus major2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
🌿Plants14 species
winterspring
2026▾
Bluebell · Wood Anemone · Lesser Celandine · Snowdrop · Dandelion +9
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
- Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- SnowdropGalanthus
- DandelionTaraxacum
- SalmonberryRubus spectabilis
- Ramsons
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
19,273 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Canada Goose · Robin · Wren · Coot · Great Tit +44
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- CootFulica atra
- Great TitParus major2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
🌿Plants14 species
winterspring
2026▾
Bluebell · Wood Anemone · Lesser Celandine · Snowdrop · Dandelion +9
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
- Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- SnowdropGalanthus
- DandelionTaraxacum
- SalmonberryRubus spectabilis
- Ramsons
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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