Danebower Colliery ventilation chimney
0 ha
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🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
53.22632, -1.98706
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦67+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Meadow Pipit and Red Grouse (scotica)
- ✦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
- 🐦67+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Meadow Pipit and Red Grouse (scotica)
- ✦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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Meadow Pipit, Red Grouse (scotica), Curlew +64 more · last seen 2026
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
Birds — Meadow Pipit, Red Grouse (scotica), Curlew +64 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Common Nettle, Crested Dog's-tail, Marsh Thistle +42 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Bibio pomonae, Migrant Hawker, Carabus arvensis +10 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km11 signed routes nearby · 9 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
Manifold TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Peak District Boundary Walk Stage 17Walking route16.2 km▾
Named routeLength 16.2 kmRegional walking route
Peak District Boundary Walk Stage 20Walking route▾
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Peak District Boundary Walk Stage 1Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
8 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Buxton Cycle Route 4Cycling route▾
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Buxton Cycle Route 1Cycling route▾
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Buxton Cycle Route 3Cycling route▾
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Buxton Cycle Route 5Cycling route▾
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Cheshire CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 70Regional cycle route
High Peak CyclewayCycling route▾
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2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Grit and Gears IIMountain bike route▾
Forest BridlewayMountain bike route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
1 public path nearby
Public paths
Danebower Hollowbridleway · 2.4 km▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 2.4 kmSurface gravelPath type: bridleway
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Danebower Colliery Ventilation Chimney & headwaters of River Dane
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Wildlife to spot
10,231 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
10,231 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds32 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Kestrel · Red Grouse (scotica) · Meadow Pipit · Carrion Crow · Blue Tit +27
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummer
2026▾
Red Deer · Badger · Brown Hare
- Red DeerCervus elaphus
- BadgerMeles meles
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Bibio pomonae · Sphaerophoria · Melanostoma mellinum
- Bibio pomonaeBibio pomonae
- SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria
- Melanostoma mellinumMelanostoma mellinum
Deergrass · Bog Asphodel · Common Sorrel · Broad-leaved Willowherb · Bracken +88
- DeergrassTrichophorum cespitosum
- Bog AsphodelNarthecium ossifragum
- Common SorrelRumex acetosa
- Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum
- BrackenPteridium aquilinum
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
- Common SallowSalix cinerea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
10,231 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds32 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Kestrel · Red Grouse (scotica) · Meadow Pipit · Carrion Crow · Blue Tit +27
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummer
2026▾
Red Deer · Badger · Brown Hare
- Red DeerCervus elaphus
- BadgerMeles meles
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Bibio pomonae · Sphaerophoria · Melanostoma mellinum
- Bibio pomonaeBibio pomonae
- SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria
- Melanostoma mellinumMelanostoma mellinum
Deergrass · Bog Asphodel · Common Sorrel · Broad-leaved Willowherb · Bracken +88
- DeergrassTrichophorum cespitosum
- Bog AsphodelNarthecium ossifragum
- Common SorrelRumex acetosa
- Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum
- BrackenPteridium aquilinum
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
- Common SallowSalix cinerea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas