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🦉Wildlife🧺Picnic🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome36 ha
Getting here
52.80229, -1.47235
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking🧺Picnic spot🚻Toilets
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, toilets, car park
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Great Tit, Blue Tit, Robin +81 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Great Tit, Blue Tit, Robin +81 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Yew, Common Nettle, Lesser Celandine +34 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Yew, Common Nettle, Lesser Celandine +34 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
toilets, picnic area
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 signed routes nearby · 35 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Derby Nomad WayWalking route79 km▾
Named routeLength 79 kmRegional walking route
Red WalkWalking route3.8 km▾
Named routeLength 3.8 km
Trent Valley WayWalking route304 km▾
Named routeLength 304 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
Ivanhoe WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
National Forest WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Box Lanepublic footpath · 49 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 49 mPath type: track
Box Lanepublic footpath · 26 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 26 mPath type: track
19 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cloud Trail GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeRef Cloud Trail GreenwayLocal cycle route
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route65 m▾
Named routeRef 6Length 65 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route4.7 km▾
Named routeRef 6Length 4.7 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route64 m▾
Named routeLength 64 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route158 m▾
Named routeLength 158 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
The Tramway TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef The Tramway Trail
Photos
Tree on a footpath, north of Clay Pit plantation
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Wildlife to spot
28,188 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
28,188 records · National Biodiversity NetworkChaffinch · Robin · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Blue Tit
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Ptinus sexpunctatus · Pine Cone Bug
- Ptinus sexpunctatusPtinus sexpunctatus
- Pine Cone BugGastrodes grossipes
Lesser Celandine · Cleavers · Cow Parsley · Garlic Mustard · White Dead-nettle +108
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
- Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
- AshFraxinus excelsior
- Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
28,188 records · National Biodiversity NetworkChaffinch · Robin · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Blue Tit
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Ptinus sexpunctatus · Pine Cone Bug
- Ptinus sexpunctatusPtinus sexpunctatus
- Pine Cone BugGastrodes grossipes
Lesser Celandine · Cleavers · Cow Parsley · Garlic Mustard · White Dead-nettle +108
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
- Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
- AshFraxinus excelsior
- Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas