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Chilwell and Toton Cemetery

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome

Getting here

52.91606, -1.24339

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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
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking 241m away — 10 car parks within reach

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking 241m away — 10 car parks within reach

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Tufted Duck, Robin, Coot +71 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Tufted Duck, Robin, Coot +71 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Duckweed Weevil, Green Shieldbug, Acalyptus carpini +3 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Duckweed Weevil, Green Shieldbug, Acalyptus carpini +3 more · last seen 2026

Free

Heritage

Moderate match

Cemetery — local history and memorials

Free

Cycling

Moderate match

Named cycling route nearby: Erewash Valley Trail

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

15 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Midshires WayWalking route370 km

Multi-use trail links the Ridgeway National Trail with the Trans Pennine Trail

Named routeLength 370 kmRegional walking route

The Big TrackWalking route

Named routeRef The Big TrackLocal walking route

Derby Nomad WayWalking route79 km

Named routeLength 79 kmRegional walking route

Erewash Circular Walk 2Walking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Erewash Circular Walk 20Walking route

Named routeLocal walking route

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Cycling

117 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Broxtowe Country TrailCycling route

Named routeRegional cycle route

Lenton Lane Cycle GatewayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Lenton Abbey <> City CentreCycling route

Named routeRef N3Regional cycle route

Clifton <> City CentreCycling route

Named routeRef N1Regional cycle route

Lilac GroveCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Boots (Visitors)Cycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

98,255 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

98,255 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds77 species

autumnwinter

2026

Tufted Duck · Robin · Coot · Black-headed Gull · Mallard +72

Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
RobinErithacus rubecula
CootFulica atra
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Great TitParus major
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
MagpiePica pica2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
BlackbirdTurdus merula
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
GadwallMareca strepera
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
TealAnas crecca
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
ScaupAythya marila2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Caspian GullLarus cachinnans2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Green-winged TealAnas carolinensis2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
Motacilla cinerea cinereaMotacilla cinerea cinerea2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025

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Mammals3 species

winter

2025

Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat · Red Fox

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Brown RatRattus norvegicus
Red FoxVulpes vulpes

🐝

Insects6 species

winter

2026

Duckweed Weevil · Green Shieldbug · Acalyptus carpini · Microvelia (Microvelia) reticulata · Plea minutissima +1

Duckweed WeevilTanysphyrus lemnae2025
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Acalyptus carpiniAcalyptus carpini2025
Microvelia (Microvelia) reticulataMicrovelia (Microvelia) reticulata2025
Plea minutissimaPlea minutissima2025
Toothed PondskaterGerris (Gerris) odontogaster2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

98,255 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds77 species

autumnwinter

2026

Tufted Duck · Robin · Coot · Black-headed Gull · Mallard +72

Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
RobinErithacus rubecula
CootFulica atra
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Great TitParus major
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
MagpiePica pica2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
BlackbirdTurdus merula
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
GadwallMareca strepera
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
TealAnas crecca
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
ScaupAythya marila2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Caspian GullLarus cachinnans2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Green-winged TealAnas carolinensis2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
Motacilla cinerea cinereaMotacilla cinerea cinerea2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025

🦌

Mammals3 species

winter

2025

Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat · Red Fox

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Brown RatRattus norvegicus
Red FoxVulpes vulpes

🐝

Insects6 species

winter

2026

Duckweed Weevil · Green Shieldbug · Acalyptus carpini · Microvelia (Microvelia) reticulata · Plea minutissima +1

Duckweed WeevilTanysphyrus lemnae2025
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Acalyptus carpiniAcalyptus carpini2025
Microvelia (Microvelia) reticulataMicrovelia (Microvelia) reticulata2025
Plea minutissimaPlea minutissima2025
Toothed PondskaterGerris (Gerris) odontogaster2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Oxymoron · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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