Wrang Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
25 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome25 ha
Getting here
53.19643, -1.35181
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking nearby — easy to reach by car
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking nearby — easy to reach by car
- £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 km13 signed routes nearby · 12 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
The Welly Walk, HardwickWalking route4 km▾
Wellies not essential!
Named routeLength 4 kmDuration 01:30Round tripLocal walking route
Trans-Pennine Trail (Staveley to Chesterfield spur)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Five Pits Trailpublic footpath · 509 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 509 mSurface gravelPath type: track
Five Pits Trailpublic footpath · 493 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 493 mSurface gravelPath type: bridleway
Five Pits Trailpublic footpath · 42 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 42 mSurface gravelPath type: bridleway
30 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 5Local cycle route
Stockley TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal 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
Teversal TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
1 public path nearby
Public paths
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Photos
The Five Pits Trail near Williamthorpe Ponds
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Wildlife to spot
17,408 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
17,408 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Cormorant · Robin · Grey Wagtail · Grey Heron · Teal +35
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Hawkweed · Devil's-bit Scabious · Canadian Fleabane · Red Clover · Fox-and-cubs +97
- HawkweedHieracium
- Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis
- Canadian FleabaneErigeron canadensis
- Red CloverTrifolium pratense
- Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca
- Annual PearlwortSagina apetala
- False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
17,408 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Cormorant · Robin · Grey Wagtail · Grey Heron · Teal +35
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Hawkweed · Devil's-bit Scabious · Canadian Fleabane · Red Clover · Fox-and-cubs +97
- HawkweedHieracium
- Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis
- Canadian FleabaneErigeron canadensis
- Red CloverTrifolium pratense
- Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca
- Annual PearlwortSagina apetala
- False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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