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🛝Family🧺Picnic🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome73 ha
Getting here
52.89283, -1.39416
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
Best for
9 activities🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets; Country park — designed for family visits
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
café, toilets, car park; Country park — good for group day out
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Dogs allowed — country park
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km12 signed routes nearby · 13 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▾
52 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Derby Orbital Route 66Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 66Regional cycle route
Pennine CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 68National Cycle Network
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
Cloud Trail GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeRef Cloud Trail GreenwayLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route20 m▾
Named routeRef 6Length 20 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route655 m▾
Named routeRef 6Length 655 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
15 public paths nearby
Public paths
Elvaston Lanebridleway · 72 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 72 mSurface unpavedPath type: track
Bedford Drivebridleway · 610 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 610 mPath type: track
Elvaston Lanebridleway · 374 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 374 mSurface unpavedPath type: track
Photos
15 photos from nearby open sources
Peacock topiary at Elvaston Castle
Photos
Peacock topiary at Elvaston Castle
✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
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Wildlife to spot
21,788 records from NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
21,788 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds41 species
autumnwinter
2026Robin · Nuthatch · Long-tailed Tit · House Sparrow · Blackbird
+36 more speciesHide species list
All 41 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- CootFulica atra2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Great TitParus major
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Goat Willow · Reed Canary-grass · Broad-leaved Dock · Bulrush · Brooklime
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All 90 plants recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Goat WillowSalix caprea
- Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea2025
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2025
- BulrushTypha latifolia2025
- BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
21,788 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds41 species
autumnwinter
2026Robin · Nuthatch · Long-tailed Tit · House Sparrow · Blackbird
+36 more speciesHide species list
All 41 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- CootFulica atra2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Great TitParus major
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Goat Willow · Reed Canary-grass · Broad-leaved Dock · Bulrush · Brooklime
+85 more speciesHide species list
All 90 plants recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Goat WillowSalix caprea
- Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea2025
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2025
- BulrushTypha latifolia2025
- BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Alder
Alder
Alnus glutinosa2025
Alnus glutinosa2025
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025DandelionTaraxacum2025DandelionTaraxacum2025Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2025Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2025Festuca rubraFestuca rubra2025Festuca rubraFestuca rubra2025Great LettuceLactuca virosa2025Great LettuceLactuca virosa2025Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2025Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2025Wood DockRumex sanguineus2025Wood DockRumex sanguineus2025ElderSambucus nigra2025ElderSambucus nigra2025Curled DockRumex crispus2025Curled DockRumex crispus2025CleaversGalium aparine2025CleaversGalium aparine2025Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2025Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2025SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2025Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2025HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2025MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2025Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2025Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2025Branched Bur-reedSparganium erectum2025Branched Bur-reedSparganium erectum2025False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2025False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2025TansyTanacetum vulgare2025TansyTanacetum vulgare2025Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2025Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2025Lesser CelandineFicaria vernaLesser CelandineFicaria vernaEastern SowbreadCyclamen coumEastern SowbreadCyclamen coumMistletoeViscum albumMistletoeViscum albumSmooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2025Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2025Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025Common ChickweedStellaria media2025Common ChickweedStellaria media2025Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2025Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2025Common SallowSalix cinerea2025Common SallowSalix cinerea2025Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025Wall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis2025Wall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis2025Reed Sweet-grassGlyceria maxima2025Reed Sweet-grassGlyceria maxima2025BeechFagus sylvatica2025BeechFagus sylvatica2025Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2025Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2025Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2025Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2025Wild PrivetLigustrum vulgare2025Wild PrivetLigustrum vulgare2025Lesser BurdockArctium minus2025Lesser BurdockArctium minus2025Field-roseRosa arvensis2025Field-roseRosa arvensis2025DewberryRubus caesius2025DewberryRubus caesius2025SilverweedPotentilla anserina2025SilverweedPotentilla anserina2025Great Yellow-cressRorippa amphibia2025Great Yellow-cressRorippa amphibia2025Water FigwortScrophularia auriculata2025Water FigwortScrophularia auriculata2025Common CouchElymus repens2025Common CouchElymus repens2025Lady-fernAthyrium filix-femina2025Lady-fernAthyrium filix-femina2025White Dead-nettleLamium album2025White Dead-nettleLamium album2025Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2025Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2025Field MapleAcer campestre2025Field MapleAcer campestre2025DogwoodCornus sanguinea2025DogwoodCornus sanguinea2025Red CampionSilene dioica2025Red CampionSilene dioica2025Water ChickweedStellaria aquatica2025Water ChickweedStellaria aquatica2025Soft-rushJuncus effusus2025Soft-rushJuncus effusus2025Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2025Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2025Hard RushJuncus inflexus2025Hard RushJuncus inflexus2025Norway MapleAcer platanoides2025Norway MapleAcer platanoides2025Bilbao FleabaneErigeron floribundus2025Bilbao FleabaneErigeron floribundus2025Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2025Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2025MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2025MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2025Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2025Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2025HazelCorylus avellana2025HazelCorylus avellana2025TimothyPhleum pratense2025TimothyPhleum pratense2025BuckthornRhamnus cathartica2025BuckthornRhamnus cathartica2025BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025Remote SedgeCarex remota2025Remote SedgeCarex remota2025Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2025Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2025White CloverTrifolium repens2025White CloverTrifolium repens2025Bearded CouchElymus caninus2025Bearded CouchElymus caninus2025Sun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopia2025Sun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopia2025Rosa caninaRosa canina2025Rosa caninaRosa canina2025Celery-leaved ButtercupRanunculus sceleratus2025Celery-leaved ButtercupRanunculus sceleratus2025BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2025BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2025Wych ElmUlmus glabra2025Wych ElmUlmus glabra2025Common MallowMalva sylvestris2025Common MallowMalva sylvestris2025Fool's Water-CressHelosciadium nodiflorum2025Fool's Water-CressHelosciadium nodiflorum2025Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2025Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2025Crack-willowSalix alba x euxina = S. x fragilis2025Crack-willowSalix alba x euxina = S. x fragilis2025AshFraxinus excelsior2025AshFraxinus excelsior2025GroundselSenecio vulgaris2025GroundselSenecio vulgaris2025Russian ComfreySymphytum asperum x officinale = S. x uplandicum2025Russian ComfreySymphytum asperum x officinale = S. x uplandicum2025Water-StarwortCallitriche2025Water-StarwortCallitriche2025BrambleRubus fruticosus2025BrambleRubus fruticosus2025Greater PlantainPlantago major2025Greater PlantainPlantago major2025Salix caprea x cinerea = S. x reichardtiiSalix caprea x cinerea = S. x reichardtii2025Salix caprea x cinerea = S. x reichardtiiSalix caprea x cinerea = S. x reichardtii2025Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2025Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2025Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025