Broadleaved woodland near Markham Vale
7 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome7 ha
Getting here
53.24007, -1.32189
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
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
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 km9 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Chesterfield Round WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRound tripLocal walking route
Archaeological Way (old route)Walking route▾
Cuckoo WayWalking route▾
Barlborough Heritage TrailWalking route▾
The Miners WayWalking route▾
37 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Stockley TrailCycling 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
Clowne Branch Line GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route133 m▾
Named routeRef 67Length 133 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
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Wildlife to spot
38,744 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
38,744 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCormorant · Teal · Lapwing · Grey Heron · Little Stint +28
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- TealAnas crecca
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great TitParus major
- CootFulica atra
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
🐝Insects4 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Willow Emerald Damselfly · Common Darter · Parent Bug · Birch Clubhorn
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Parent BugElasmucha grisea
- Birch ClubhornCimbex femoratus
Wood Dock · Cow Parsley · Hedge Woundwort · Cock's-foot · Dandelion +97
- Wood DockRumex sanguineus
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
- Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
- Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
- DandelionTaraxacum
- Bush VetchVicia sepium
- Soft-rushJuncus effusus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
38,744 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCormorant · Teal · Lapwing · Grey Heron · Little Stint +28
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- TealAnas crecca
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great TitParus major
- CootFulica atra
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
🐝Insects4 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Willow Emerald Damselfly · Common Darter · Parent Bug · Birch Clubhorn
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Parent BugElasmucha grisea
- Birch ClubhornCimbex femoratus
Wood Dock · Cow Parsley · Hedge Woundwort · Cock's-foot · Dandelion +97
- Wood DockRumex sanguineus
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
- Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
- Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
- DandelionTaraxacum
- Bush VetchVicia sepium
- Soft-rushJuncus effusus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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