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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
🐄Summer visits here combine well with a walk along nearby trails — the animals are most active in the morning.
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐄Summer visits here combine well with a walk along nearby trails — the animals are most active in the morning.
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

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 — Shoveler, Wigeon, Woodpigeon +61 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Shoveler, Wigeon, Woodpigeon +61 more · last seen 2025

Free

Farm visits

Strong match

Farm shop

Varies

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Western Honey Bee, Common Carder Bee, White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workers +35 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Western Honey Bee, Common Carder Bee, White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workers +35 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Fox-and-cubs, Hogweed, Common Mouse-ear +12 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Fox-and-cubs, Hogweed, Common Mouse-ear +12 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

20 signed routes nearby · 7 public paths 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

Named route

Amber Valley Routeway Walk 17Walking route

Named routeLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

18 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

Main RouteCycling route389 m

Named routeRef 54Length 389 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route945 m

Named routeRef 54Length 945 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

10,497 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

10,497 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds3 species

autumnwinter

2025

Shoveler · Wigeon · Pochard

ShovelerSpatula clypeata
WigeonMareca penelope
PochardAythya ferina

🐝

Insects4 species

summer

2025

Rhododendron Leafhopper · Meadow Grasshopper · Common Green Grasshopper · Lesser Marsh Grasshopper

Rhododendron LeafhopperGraphocephala fennahi
Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus
Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus
Lesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatus

🌿

Plants129 species

summerautumn

2025

Rosa canina · Ground-elder · Elder · Common Ragwort · Holly +124

Rosa caninaRosa canina
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria
ElderSambucus nigra
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
HollyIlex aquifolium
AshFraxinus excelsior
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
Common IvyHedera helix subsp. helix
Wood DockRumex sanguineus
AlderAlnus glutinosa
Goat WillowSalix caprea
HazelCorylus avellana
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum
Red CampionSilene dioica
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
Water MintMentha aquatica
White CloverTrifolium repens
Wych ElmUlmus glabra
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
YewTaxus baccata
White Dead-nettleLamium album
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
Sweet VioletViola odorata
Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides
Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus
Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca
Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria
English ElmUlmus procera
Snow-in-summerCerastium tomentosum
Wall LettuceMycelis muralis
Common Dog-violetViola riviniana
CleaversGalium aparine
Common ChickweedStellaria media
Wall CotoneasterCotoneaster horizontalis
Soft-rushJuncus effusus
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
Argentinian VervainVerbena bonariensis
HonestyLunaria annua
Common NettleUrtica dioica
Biting StonecropSedum acre
Festuca rubraFestuca rubra
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Californian PoppyEschscholzia californica
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
Oregon-grapeMahonia aquifolium
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
White MelilotMelilotus albus
Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula
Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis
FeverfewTanacetum parthenium
Trailing BellflowerCampanula poscharskyana
SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus
BrambleRubus fruticosus
DandelionTaraxacum
Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum
Greater PlantainPlantago major
Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
NipplewortLapsana communis
ColumbineAquilegia vulgaris
Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes
LimeTilia cordata x platyphyllos = T. x europaea
Stinking HelleboreHelleborus foetidus
Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
Love-in-a-mistNigella damascena
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
Thale CressArabidopsis thaliana
Yellow CorydalisPseudofumaria lutea
AubretiaAubrieta deltoidea
NasturtiumTropaeolum majus
Evening PrimroseOenothera
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Caucasian-StonecropPhedimus spurius
Mind-your-own-businessSoleirolia soleirolii
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Garden PrivetLigustrum ovalifolium
Pellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaica
Adria BellflowerCampanula portenschlagiana
Water BentPolypogon viridis
Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
Water FigwortScrophularia auriculata
BulrushTypha latifolia
AppleMalus domestica
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
Great BindweedCalystegia sepium subsp. sepium
ColtsfootTussilago farfara
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
Common CouchElymus repens
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus
Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
Water Forget-me-notMyosotis scorpioides
Bush VetchVicia sepium
GypsywortLycopus europaeus
HornbeamCarpinus betulus
Turkey OakQuercus cerris
Silver BirchBetula pendula
Remote SedgeCarex remota
Salix fragilisSalix fragilis
Curled DockRumex crispus
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
Field MapleAcer campestre
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense
Polygonum avicularePolygonum aviculare
Yellow Water-lilyNuphar lutea
SilverweedPotentilla anserina
Wild CherryPrunus avium
WatercressNasturtium officinale

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

10,497 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds3 species

autumnwinter

2025

Shoveler · Wigeon · Pochard

ShovelerSpatula clypeata
WigeonMareca penelope
PochardAythya ferina

🐝

Insects4 species

summer

2025

Rhododendron Leafhopper · Meadow Grasshopper · Common Green Grasshopper · Lesser Marsh Grasshopper

Rhododendron LeafhopperGraphocephala fennahi
Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus
Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus
Lesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatus

🌿

Plants129 species

summerautumn

2025

Rosa canina · Ground-elder · Elder · Common Ragwort · Holly +124

Rosa caninaRosa canina
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria
ElderSambucus nigra
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
HollyIlex aquifolium
AshFraxinus excelsior
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
Common IvyHedera helix subsp. helix
Wood DockRumex sanguineus
AlderAlnus glutinosa
Goat WillowSalix caprea
HazelCorylus avellana
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum
Red CampionSilene dioica
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
Water MintMentha aquatica
White CloverTrifolium repens
Wych ElmUlmus glabra
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
YewTaxus baccata
White Dead-nettleLamium album
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
Sweet VioletViola odorata
Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides
Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus
Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca
Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria
English ElmUlmus procera
Snow-in-summerCerastium tomentosum
Wall LettuceMycelis muralis
Common Dog-violetViola riviniana
CleaversGalium aparine
Common ChickweedStellaria media
Wall CotoneasterCotoneaster horizontalis
Soft-rushJuncus effusus
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
Argentinian VervainVerbena bonariensis
HonestyLunaria annua
Common NettleUrtica dioica
Biting StonecropSedum acre
Festuca rubraFestuca rubra
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Californian PoppyEschscholzia californica
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
Oregon-grapeMahonia aquifolium
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
White MelilotMelilotus albus
Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula
Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis
FeverfewTanacetum parthenium
Trailing BellflowerCampanula poscharskyana
SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus
BrambleRubus fruticosus
DandelionTaraxacum
Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum
Greater PlantainPlantago major
Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
NipplewortLapsana communis
ColumbineAquilegia vulgaris
Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes
LimeTilia cordata x platyphyllos = T. x europaea
Stinking HelleboreHelleborus foetidus
Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
Love-in-a-mistNigella damascena
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
Thale CressArabidopsis thaliana
Yellow CorydalisPseudofumaria lutea
AubretiaAubrieta deltoidea
NasturtiumTropaeolum majus
Evening PrimroseOenothera
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Caucasian-StonecropPhedimus spurius
Mind-your-own-businessSoleirolia soleirolii
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Garden PrivetLigustrum ovalifolium
Pellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaica
Adria BellflowerCampanula portenschlagiana
Water BentPolypogon viridis
Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
Water FigwortScrophularia auriculata
BulrushTypha latifolia
AppleMalus domestica
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
Great BindweedCalystegia sepium subsp. sepium
ColtsfootTussilago farfara
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
Common CouchElymus repens
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus
Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
Water Forget-me-notMyosotis scorpioides
Bush VetchVicia sepium
GypsywortLycopus europaeus
HornbeamCarpinus betulus
Turkey OakQuercus cerris
Silver BirchBetula pendula
Remote SedgeCarex remota
Salix fragilisSalix fragilis
Curled DockRumex crispus
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
Field MapleAcer campestre
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense
Polygonum avicularePolygonum aviculare
Yellow Water-lilyNuphar lutea
SilverweedPotentilla anserina
Wild CherryPrunus avium
WatercressNasturtium officinale

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Peter Barr · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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