Broadleaved woodland near Long Eaton
2 ha
🛝Family🎠Play🧺Picnic
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
52.89781, -1.28305
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
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕West Perk Café — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕West Perk Café — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km21 signed routes nearby · 6 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
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▾
63 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Broxtowe Country TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Clifton <> KegworthCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
Route 67Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 67National Cycle Network
Route 15Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 15National Cycle Network
Erewash Valley TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
57,520 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
57,520 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGrey Heron · Little Egret · Kingfisher · Mallard · Long-tailed Tit +33
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- Motacilla cinerea cinereaMotacilla cinerea cinerea2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
- MerlinFalco columbarius2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Otter
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- OtterLutra lutra
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Migrant Hawker · Willow Emerald Damselfly · Common Darter · Common Wasp · Western Honey Bee +11
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2025
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
- Common WaspVespula vulgaris2025
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2025
- HornetVespa crabro
Ragweed · Snowberry · Petty Spurge · White Campion · Hart's-Tongue +1
- RagweedAmbrosia artemisiifolia
- SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus
- Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus
- White CampionSilene latifolia
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
- White PoplarPopulus alba
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
57,520 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGrey Heron · Little Egret · Kingfisher · Mallard · Long-tailed Tit +33
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- Motacilla cinerea cinereaMotacilla cinerea cinerea2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
- MerlinFalco columbarius2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Otter
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- OtterLutra lutra
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Migrant Hawker · Willow Emerald Damselfly · Common Darter · Common Wasp · Western Honey Bee +11
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2025
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
- Common WaspVespula vulgaris2025
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2025
- HornetVespa crabro
Ragweed · Snowberry · Petty Spurge · White Campion · Hart's-Tongue +1
- RagweedAmbrosia artemisiifolia
- SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus
- Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus
- White CampionSilene latifolia
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
- White PoplarPopulus alba
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025Dock BugCoreus marginatus20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctataBrown HawkerAeshna grandis2025Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025Strawberry-blossom WeevilAnthonomus rubi2025Strawberry-blossom WeevilAnthonomus rubi2025Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025Events & activities nearby
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