Fox Covert - Broadleaved woodland
10 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome10 ha
Getting here
53.25588, -1.29281
Open directionsv
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
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ 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
- 📍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
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Broadleaved woodland — spring blossom and autumn colour
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km9 signed routes nearby · 11 public paths 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 Chaffinch TrailWalking route▾
Bentinck Roadpublic footpath · 212 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 212 mPath type: pedestrian
15 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Stockley TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Doorstep RideCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 67Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 67National Cycle Network
Clowne Branch Line GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
N/ACycling route67 m▾
Named routeLength 67 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedloose
Main RouteCycling route133 m▾
Named routeRef 67Length 133 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
2 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
7,089 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
7,089 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCommon Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐝Insects4 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Roesel's Bush-cricket · Harlequin Ladybird · Parent Bug · Birch Clubhorn
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Parent BugElasmucha grisea
- Birch ClubhornCimbex femoratus
Cow Parsley · Cat's-ear · Bramble · Greater Plantain · False Oat-grass +138
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
- Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
- Greater PlantainPlantago major
- False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
- Guelder-roseViburnum opulus
- Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
7,089 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCommon Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐝Insects4 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Roesel's Bush-cricket · Harlequin Ladybird · Parent Bug · Birch Clubhorn
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Parent BugElasmucha grisea
- Birch ClubhornCimbex femoratus
Cow Parsley · Cat's-ear · Bramble · Greater Plantain · False Oat-grass +138
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
- Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
- Greater PlantainPlantago major
- False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
- Guelder-roseViburnum opulus
- Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
