Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome7 ha
Getting here
53.32681, -1.85249
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦68+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Jackdaw and Chaffinch
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦68+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Jackdaw and Chaffinch
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Jackdaw, Chaffinch, Carrion Crow +65 more · last seen 2026; Lowland fens — specialist fen birds and passage waders
Free
Birds — Jackdaw, Chaffinch, Carrion Crow +65 more · last seen 2026; Lowland fens priority habitat
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small Black Ant, 7-spot Ladybird, Eristalis tenax +61 more · last seen 2026; Lowland fens — fen dragonflies and rare invertebrates
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Yarrow, Spotted Dead-nettle, Common Nettle +74 more · last seen 2026
Free
🚵Mountain biking
Good match
Named MTB route nearby: Great North Trail (Peak District and South Pennines)
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km11 signed routes nearby · 17 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Limestone WayWalking route74 km▾
Castleton to Rocester
Named routeLength 74 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
Edale Circular Walk, High PeakWalking route5.4 km▾
Low level circular walk which includes part of the Pennine Way, following streams and stone-flagged paths. Dogs must be kept on leads.
Named routeLength 5.4 kmDuration 02:00Round tripLocal walking route
Mount Famine, South Head and Brown Knoll (Ethels), High PeakWalking route10.9 km▾
Named routeLength 10.9 kmDuration 03:00Round tripLocal walking route
Peak District Boundary Walk Stage 2Walking route15.6 km▾
Named routeLength 15.6 kmRegional walking route
Mam Tor Cavedale Loop, High PeakWalking route9.5 km▾
Named routeLength 9.5 kmDuration 03:30Round tripLocal walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
High Peak CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Great North Trail (Peak District and South Pennines)Mountain bike route130.4 km▾
Named routeLength 130.4 kmNational Cycle Network
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
7,266 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
7,266 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds11 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Meadow Pipit · Swallow · House Martin · Magpie · Starling +6
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- MagpiePica pica
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2025
🐸Amphibians2 species
summer
2025▾
Smooth Newt · Common Toad
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Common ToadBufo bufo
🐝Insects5 species
wintersummer
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Scathophaga stercoraria · Tephrochlamys rufiventris · Helophilus pendulus · Batman Hoverfly
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- Tephrochlamys rufiventrisTephrochlamys rufiventris
- Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
Common Nettle · Bilberry · Foxglove · Garlic Mustard · Ivy +120
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- BilberryVaccinium myrtillus
- FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
- Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
- IvyHedera helix
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
- HollyIlex aquifolium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
7,266 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds11 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Meadow Pipit · Swallow · House Martin · Magpie · Starling +6
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- MagpiePica pica
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2025
🐸Amphibians2 species
summer
2025▾
Smooth Newt · Common Toad
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Common ToadBufo bufo
🐝Insects5 species
wintersummer
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Scathophaga stercoraria · Tephrochlamys rufiventris · Helophilus pendulus · Batman Hoverfly
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- Tephrochlamys rufiventrisTephrochlamys rufiventris
- Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
Common Nettle · Bilberry · Foxglove · Garlic Mustard · Ivy +120
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- BilberryVaccinium myrtillus
- FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
- Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
- IvyHedera helix
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
- HollyIlex aquifolium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
