Coronation Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
2 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife〰Water
Free entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
52.89975, -1.41525
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
- 🥾Walking is best here in early morning in summer — quiet trails and good light before the heat
- 🐕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
- 🥾Walking is best here in early morning in summer — quiet trails and good light before the heat
- 🐕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
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Grazing marsh — lapwing, redshank, snipe and wintering wildfowl
Free
Coastal and floodplain grazing marsh priority habitat
Free
〰Waterside walks
Good match
Grazing marsh and ditches — waterside walking
Varies
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km13 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Midshires WayWalking route370 km▾
Multi-use trail links the Ridgeway National Trail with the Trans Pennine Trail
Named routeLength 370 kmRegional walking route
Derby Nomad WayWalking route79 km▾
Named routeLength 79 kmRegional walking route
Derwent Valley Heritage WayWalking route89 km▾
Named routeLength 89 kmRegional walking route
Erewash Circular Route 4Walking route▾
Erewash Circular Route 13Walking route▾
87 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 54Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 54National Cycle Network
Derby Orbital Route 66Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 66Regional cycle route
Route 672Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 672National Cycle Network
Great Northern GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeRef Great Northern GreenwayLocal cycle route
Pennine CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 68National Cycle Network
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
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Wildlife to spot
21,254 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
21,254 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Robin · House Sparrow · Great Tit · Carrion Crow · Mallard +39
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Great TitParus major
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Mole
Dock Bug · Banded Demoiselle · Marmalade Hoverfly · 7-spot Ladybird · Willow Emerald Damselfly +34
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Cuckoo-Spit Insect
🌿Plants44 species
springsummer
2026▾
Daisy · Horse-chestnut · Lesser Celandine · Guelder-rose · Common Ragwort +39
- DaisyBellis perennis
- Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2025
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
21,254 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Robin · House Sparrow · Great Tit · Carrion Crow · Mallard +39
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Great TitParus major
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Mole
Dock Bug · Banded Demoiselle · Marmalade Hoverfly · 7-spot Ladybird · Willow Emerald Damselfly +34
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Cuckoo-Spit Insect
🌿Plants44 species
springsummer
2026▾
Daisy · Horse-chestnut · Lesser Celandine · Guelder-rose · Common Ragwort +39
- DaisyBellis perennis
- Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2025
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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Philaenus spumarius
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