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🦅Birds🛝Family🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome49 ha
Getting here
52.92592, -1.43200
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦91+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Carrion Crow
- ☀️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
- 🐦91+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Carrion Crow
- ☀️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🚻Toilets
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Carrion Crow, Magpie +88 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
Birds — Blackbird, Carrion Crow, Magpie +88 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
playground, toilets, parking
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km16 signed routes nearby · 1 public path 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
Centenary Way (Derbyshire)Walking route▾
Erewash Circular Route 13Walking route▾
89 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
Photos
Children's paddling pool, Chaddesden Park
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
16,295 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
16,295 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGoldfinch · Wren · Robin · Magpie · Blackbird +39
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great TitParus major
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Ribwort Plantain · Mistletoe · Garlic Mustard · Hart's-Tongue · Watercress +50
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
- MistletoeViscum album2025
- Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2025
- WatercressNasturtium officinale2025
- Giant BlackberryRubus armeniacus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
16,295 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGoldfinch · Wren · Robin · Magpie · Blackbird +39
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great TitParus major
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Ribwort Plantain · Mistletoe · Garlic Mustard · Hart's-Tongue · Watercress +50
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
- MistletoeViscum album2025
- Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2025
- WatercressNasturtium officinale2025
- Giant BlackberryRubus armeniacus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2025Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2025Wild CherryPrunus avium2025Wild CherryPrunus avium2025Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2025Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2025Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum2025Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum2025HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2025Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2025Common ChickweedStellaria media2025Common ChickweedStellaria media2025Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2025Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2025Euphorbia amygdaloides subsp. robbiaeEuphorbia amygdaloides subsp. robbiae2025Euphorbia amygdaloides subsp. robbiaeEuphorbia amygdaloides subsp. robbiae2025YarrowAchillea millefolium2025YarrowAchillea millefolium2025Wall CotoneasterCotoneaster horizontalis2025Wall CotoneasterCotoneaster horizontalis2025HazelCorylus avellana2025HazelCorylus avellana2025DandelionTaraxacum2025DandelionTaraxacum2025Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2025Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2025Wall BarleyHordeum murinum2025Wall BarleyHordeum murinum2025ElderSambucus nigra2025ElderSambucus nigra2025Hedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicum2025Hedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicum2025Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2025Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2025Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2025Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2025Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2025Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2025Biting StonecropSedum acre2025Biting StonecropSedum acre2025False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2025False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2025GroundselSenecio vulgaris2025GroundselSenecio vulgaris2025Silver BirchBetula pendula2025Silver BirchBetula pendula2025Fat-henChenopodium album2025Fat-henChenopodium album2025Norway MapleAcer platanoides2025Norway MapleAcer platanoides2025Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2025Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2025Oregon-grapeMahonia aquifolium2025Oregon-grapeMahonia aquifolium2025Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca2025Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca2025Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2025Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2025White Dead-nettleLamium album2025White Dead-nettleLamium album2025Crack-willowSalix alba x euxina = S. x fragilis2025Crack-willowSalix alba x euxina = S. x fragilis2025Cappadocian MapleAcer cappadocicum2025Cappadocian MapleAcer cappadocicum2025Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2025Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2025Common NettleUrtica dioica2025Common NettleUrtica dioica2025SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025BrambleRubus fruticosus2025BrambleRubus fruticosus2025Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2025Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2025Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis2025Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis2025Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025Black MedickMedicago lupulina2025Black MedickMedicago lupulina2025Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2025Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2025Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2025Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2025Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea2025Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea2025White CloverTrifolium repens2025White CloverTrifolium repens2025Fool's ParsleyAethusa cynapium2025Fool's ParsleyAethusa cynapium2025