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Getting here

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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
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
☕Boat Street — a good base for a longer summer day out

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
☕Boat Street — a good base for a longer summer day out

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Café

Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Canada Goose, Mute Swan, Grey Heron +73 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Canada Goose, Mute Swan, Grey Heron +73 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Large White +52 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Large White +52 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Cowslip, Dandelion, Coltsfoot +42 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Cowslip, Dandelion, Coltsfoot +42 more · last seen 2026

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic; Plants — Dandelion, Common Nettle, Red Dead-nettle +4 more foraging species

Varies

Forest walks

Moderate match

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Walking

3 signed routes nearby · 7 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Derby Nomad WayWalking route79 km

Named routeLength 79 kmRegional walking route

National Forest WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Trent Valley WayWalking route304 km

Named routeLength 304 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route

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Cycling

32 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 54Cycling route

Named routeRef 54National Cycle Network

Derby Orbital Route 66Cycling route

Named routeRef 66Regional cycle route

Great Northern GreenwayCycling route

Named routeRef Great Northern GreenwayPoint-to-pointLocal cycle route

Pennine CyclewayCycling route

Named routeRef 68National Cycle Network

Hilton Local Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Route 549Cycling route

Named routeRef 549National Cycle Network

Wildlife to spot

22,472 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

22,472 records · National Biodiversity Network

🌿

Plants125 species

winter

2026

Dandelion · Common Nettle · Cleavers · Lesser Celandine · Blackthorn +120

DandelionTaraxacum
Common NettleUrtica dioica
CleaversGalium aparine
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale
Curled DockRumex crispus
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
AshFraxinus excelsior
BrambleRubus fruticosus
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum
Rosa caninaRosa canina
HollyIlex aquifolium
ElderSambucus nigra
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
Common IvyHedera helix subsp. helix
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
Rumex crispus x obtusifolius = R. x pratensisRumex crispus x obtusifolius = R. x pratensis
White Dead-nettleLamium album
Goat WillowSalix caprea
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
BrackenPteridium aquilinum
SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
Crack-willowSalix alba x euxina = S. x fragilis
Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
Bush VetchVicia sepium
Greater PeriwinkleVinca major
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
Soft-rushJuncus effusus
Wood DockRumex sanguineus
Silver BirchBetula pendula
Common MallowMalva sylvestris
Lesser BurdockArctium minus
BulrushTypha latifolia
Festuca rubraFestuca rubra
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta x hispanica = H. x massartiana
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
Common ChickweedStellaria media
Greater PlantainPlantago major
Common SorrelRumex acetosa
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
Welted ThistleCarduus crispus
ColtsfootTussilago farfara
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
DaffodilNarcissus pseudonarcissus
DockRumex
daffodilsNarcissus
IvyHedera helix
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Hard RushJuncus inflexus
Parsley PiertAphanes arvensis
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria
Lesser Pond-sedgeCarex acutiformis
DogwoodCornus sanguinea
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Wood Forget-me-notMyosotis sylvatica
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
GorseUlex europaeus
Common SallowSalix cinerea
Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas
Great LettuceLactuca virosa
NipplewortLapsana communis
LimeTilia cordata x platyphyllos = T. x europaea
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
Wild PrivetLigustrum vulgare
Floating PennywortHydrocotyle ranunculoides
Hedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicum
Hedge BedstrawGalium album
HemlockConium maculatum
Bulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosus
Erodium cicutariumErodium cicutarium
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
Common CouchElymus repens
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum
Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum
BroomCytisus scoparius
Russian ComfreySymphytum asperum x officinale = S. x uplandicum
Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis
Caper SpurgeEuphorbia lathyris
Beaked Hawk's-beardCrepis vesicaria
Hemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocata
White CloverTrifolium repens
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
Wild CarrotDaucus carota
Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle
Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
AlderAlnus glutinosa
Stinking IrisIris foetidissima
Field MapleAcer campestre
DaisyBellis perennis
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
Water FigwortScrophularia auriculata
Greater Pond-sedgeCarex riparia
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

22,472 records · National Biodiversity Network

🌿

Plants125 species

winter

2026

Dandelion · Common Nettle · Cleavers · Lesser Celandine · Blackthorn +120

DandelionTaraxacum
Common NettleUrtica dioica
CleaversGalium aparine
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale
Curled DockRumex crispus
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
AshFraxinus excelsior
BrambleRubus fruticosus
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum
Rosa caninaRosa canina
HollyIlex aquifolium
ElderSambucus nigra
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
Common IvyHedera helix subsp. helix
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
Rumex crispus x obtusifolius = R. x pratensisRumex crispus x obtusifolius = R. x pratensis
White Dead-nettleLamium album
Goat WillowSalix caprea
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
BrackenPteridium aquilinum
SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
Crack-willowSalix alba x euxina = S. x fragilis
Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
Bush VetchVicia sepium
Greater PeriwinkleVinca major
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
Soft-rushJuncus effusus
Wood DockRumex sanguineus
Silver BirchBetula pendula
Common MallowMalva sylvestris
Lesser BurdockArctium minus
BulrushTypha latifolia
Festuca rubraFestuca rubra
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta x hispanica = H. x massartiana
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
Common ChickweedStellaria media
Greater PlantainPlantago major
Common SorrelRumex acetosa
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
Welted ThistleCarduus crispus
ColtsfootTussilago farfara
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
DaffodilNarcissus pseudonarcissus
DockRumex
daffodilsNarcissus
IvyHedera helix
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Hard RushJuncus inflexus
Parsley PiertAphanes arvensis
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria
Lesser Pond-sedgeCarex acutiformis
DogwoodCornus sanguinea
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Wood Forget-me-notMyosotis sylvatica
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
GorseUlex europaeus
Common SallowSalix cinerea
Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas
Great LettuceLactuca virosa
NipplewortLapsana communis
LimeTilia cordata x platyphyllos = T. x europaea
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
Wild PrivetLigustrum vulgare
Floating PennywortHydrocotyle ranunculoides
Hedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicum
Hedge BedstrawGalium album
HemlockConium maculatum
Bulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosus
Erodium cicutariumErodium cicutarium
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
Common CouchElymus repens
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum
Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum
BroomCytisus scoparius
Russian ComfreySymphytum asperum x officinale = S. x uplandicum
Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis
Caper SpurgeEuphorbia lathyris
Beaked Hawk's-beardCrepis vesicaria
Hemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocata
White CloverTrifolium repens
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
Wild CarrotDaucus carota
Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle
Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
AlderAlnus glutinosa
Stinking IrisIris foetidissima
Field MapleAcer campestre
DaisyBellis perennis
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
Water FigwortScrophularia auriculata
Greater Pond-sedgeCarex riparia
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium