Bower Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
4 ha
🎠Play🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
53.23681, -1.36192
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
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ 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
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground
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 km10 signed routes nearby · 19 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
Works Lanepublic footpath · 161 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 161 mSurface gravelPath type: track
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
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Houses on School Lane, Arkwright Town
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Wildlife to spot
12,405 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
12,405 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCarrion Crow · Kestrel · Chaffinch · Magpie · Blackbird +27
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- 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
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Barn OwlTyto alba
Bramble · Silver Birch · Pedunculate Oak · Spear Thistle · Common Bird's-foot-trefoil +91
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
- Silver BirchBetula pendula
- Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
- Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
- Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra
- Tufted VetchVicia cracca
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
12,405 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCarrion Crow · Kestrel · Chaffinch · Magpie · Blackbird +27
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- 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
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Barn OwlTyto alba
Bramble · Silver Birch · Pedunculate Oak · Spear Thistle · Common Bird's-foot-trefoil +91
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
- Silver BirchBetula pendula
- Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
- Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
- Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra
- Tufted VetchVicia cracca
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas