Pond Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
53.23601, -1.34765
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
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ 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
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £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
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km9 signed routes nearby · 6 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Chesterfield Round WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRound tripLocal walking route
Cuckoo WayWalking route▾
Barlborough Heritage TrailWalking route▾
The Miners WayWalking route▾
Trans-Pennine Trail (Staveley to Chesterfield spur)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Longcourse Lanepublic footpath · 285 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 285 mPath type: service
Longcourse Lanepublic footpath · 4 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 4 mPath type: service
Longcourse Lanepublic footpath · 498 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 498 mPath type: service
83 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
Doorstep RideCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
LCN 3Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 3Local cycle route
Route 67Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 67National Cycle Network
Photos
Staveley Road Junction with Chesterfield Road (A632)
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Wildlife to spot
20,448 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
20,448 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Great Tit · Long-tailed Tit · Carrion Crow · Kestrel +26
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Common Darter
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Curled Dock · Gorse · Bramble · Silver Birch · Glaucous Sedge +90
- Curled DockRumex crispus
- GorseUlex europaeus
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
- Silver BirchBetula pendula
- Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca
- Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra
- Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
20,448 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Great Tit · Long-tailed Tit · Carrion Crow · Kestrel +26
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Common Darter
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Curled Dock · Gorse · Bramble · Silver Birch · Glaucous Sedge +90
- Curled DockRumex crispus
- GorseUlex europaeus
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
- Silver BirchBetula pendula
- Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca
- Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra
- Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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