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Darley Abbey Methodist Church

📷 Ashley Dace · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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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
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
☕Darley Deli and Co — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
☕Darley Deli and Co — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingCaféParking· FreePlaygroundToilets

Best for

12 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Mallard, Magpie +67 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Mallard, Magpie +67 more · last seen 2026

Free

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground, toilets, parking

Free

Family friendly

Strong match

playground, toilets

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Cow Parsley, Wood Anemone, Hogweed +53 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Cow Parsley, Wood Anemone, Hogweed +53 more · last seen 2026

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Hogweed, Ramsons, Hawthorn +9 more foraging species

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

19 signed routes nearby · 3 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

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Cycling

96 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

Route 672Cycling route

Named routeRef 672National Cycle Network

Great Northern GreenwayCycling route

Named routeRef Great Northern GreenwayLocal cycle route

Pennine CyclewayCycling route

Named routeRef 68National Cycle Network

Wildlife to spot

37,924 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

37,924 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds37 species

winter

2026

Moorhen · Mallard · Black-headed Gull · Mute Swan · Canada Goose +32

MoorhenGallinula chloropus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Great TitParus major
CootFulica atra
RobinErithacus rubecula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
DunnockPrunella modularis
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
RedwingTurdus iliacus
MagpiePica pica
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025

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Insects1 species

spring

2026

7-spot Ladybird

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata

🌿

Plants52 species

springwinter

2026

Wood Anemone · Hogweed · Lords-and-Ladies · Cow Parsley · Reflexed Stonecrop +47

Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Reflexed StonecropPetrosedum rupestre
RamsonsAllium ursinum
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
CleaversGalium aparine
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
HollyIlex aquifolium
Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Spotted-laurelAucuba japonica
GorseUlex europaeus
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
ColtsfootTussilago farfara
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
BeechFagus sylvatica
RaspberryRubus idaeus
ElderSambucus nigra
HonestyLunaria annua
Thale CressArabidopsis thaliana
Mind-your-own-businessSoleirolia soleirolii
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
HazelCorylus avellana
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
Black-grassAlopecurus myosuroides
MistletoeViscum album2025
Yellow CorydalisPseudofumaria lutea2025
Flowering CurrantRibes sanguineum2025
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2025
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2025
Smooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillaris2025
Hairy TareErvilia hirsuta2025
AshFraxinus excelsior2025
Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus2025
Sun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopia2025
Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis2025
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2025
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2025
Biting StonecropSedum acre2025
Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2025
SnapdragonAntirrhinum majus2025
Three-cornered GarlicAllium triquetrum2025
NipplewortLapsana communis2025
Perennial CornflowerCentaurea montana2025
Pellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaica2025
FeverfewTanacetum parthenium2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

37,924 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds37 species

winter

2026

Moorhen · Mallard · Black-headed Gull · Mute Swan · Canada Goose +32

MoorhenGallinula chloropus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Great TitParus major
CootFulica atra
RobinErithacus rubecula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
DunnockPrunella modularis
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
RedwingTurdus iliacus
MagpiePica pica
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025

🐝

Insects1 species

spring

2026

7-spot Ladybird

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata

🌿

Plants52 species

springwinter

2026

Wood Anemone · Hogweed · Lords-and-Ladies · Cow Parsley · Reflexed Stonecrop +47

Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Reflexed StonecropPetrosedum rupestre
RamsonsAllium ursinum
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
CleaversGalium aparine
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
HollyIlex aquifolium
Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Spotted-laurelAucuba japonica
GorseUlex europaeus
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
ColtsfootTussilago farfara
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
BeechFagus sylvatica
RaspberryRubus idaeus
ElderSambucus nigra
HonestyLunaria annua
Thale CressArabidopsis thaliana
Mind-your-own-businessSoleirolia soleirolii
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
HazelCorylus avellana
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
Black-grassAlopecurus myosuroides
MistletoeViscum album2025
Yellow CorydalisPseudofumaria lutea2025
Flowering CurrantRibes sanguineum2025
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2025
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2025
Smooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillaris2025
Hairy TareErvilia hirsuta2025
AshFraxinus excelsior2025
Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus2025
Sun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopia2025
Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis2025
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2025
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2025
Biting StonecropSedum acre2025
Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2025
SnapdragonAntirrhinum majus2025
Three-cornered GarlicAllium triquetrum2025
NipplewortLapsana communis2025
Perennial CornflowerCentaurea montana2025
Pellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaica2025
FeverfewTanacetum parthenium2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Ashley Dace · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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