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✦ Historic site
Carsington Pasture, Nickalum, Perserverance, West Head, Break Hollow and other small mines and medieval field boundaries
78 ha
Getting here
53.08247, -1.63612
Best for
4 activitiesHeritage
Free86%Historic site with public access
Wildlife
Free75%Ancient woodland
Dog walks
Free72%Dogs allowed with public access
Mountain biking
Varies72%Named MTB route nearby: Great North Trail (Peak District and South Pennines)
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km🚶
Walking
33
10 named nearby · 23 public paths
Named routePublic access
🚴
Cycling
33
33 named nearby
Named route
🚵
Mountain biking
3
3 named nearby
Named route
Named routes and paths nearby
Midshires Way · Walking370 km
Limestone Way · Walking74 km
High Peak Trail · Walking27 km
Derwent Valley Heritage Way · Walking89 km
Alternative Route · Cycling
Alternative Route · Cycling
Mining Lane · public footpath
About this historic site
Scheduled Monument
Wildlife to spot
Photos
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🌱 Visiting this spring
- 🌸Ancient woodlands are famous for bluebell carpets in April and May — one of Britain's most spectacular wildflower displays
- 🐦Prime nesting season — listen for woodpecker drumming, warbler song and the first cuckoos from April
- 🦌Roe deer are active before the leaf canopy closes in — dawn and dusk are best
✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
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Nearby places
Useful places within 5 km
✦Middleton Top winding engine house, wheels and wheel-pitHistoric site3.4 km→🌱Stoney WoodUrban park4.1 km→✦Railway embankment N of WirksworthHistoric site4.7 km→💧Carsington WaterReservoir2.5 km→✦Romano-British settlement and field system at Rainster RocksHistoric site2.7 km→✦Black Rakes, Welshmans Venture and Bondog Hole Mines, and Merry Tom and Thumper Sitch LevelsHistoric site3 km→