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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome64 ha
Getting here
52.93817, -1.47819
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦71+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Woodpigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 209m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦71+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Woodpigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 209m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Mallard, Woodpigeon, Magpie +68 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Mallard, Woodpigeon, Magpie +68 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Cow Parsley, Cleavers, Hogweed +50 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km18 signed routes nearby · 4 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▾
Amber Valley Routeway Walk 17Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
97 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
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Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
38,088 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
38,088 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMoorhen · 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
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- CootFulica atra
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- MagpiePica pica
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · 2-spot Ladybird
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
🌿Plants48 species
springwinter
2026▾
Cow Parsley · Hogweed · Wood Anemone · Cherry Laurel · Reflexed Stonecrop +43
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
- Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus
- Reflexed StonecropPetrosedum rupestre
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
38,088 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMoorhen · 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
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- CootFulica atra
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- MagpiePica pica
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · 2-spot Ladybird
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
🌿Plants48 species
springwinter
2026▾
Cow Parsley · Hogweed · Wood Anemone · Cherry Laurel · Reflexed Stonecrop +43
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
- Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus
- Reflexed StonecropPetrosedum rupestre
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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Horse-chestnut
Aesculus hippocastanum
Aesculus hippocastanum
CleaversGalium aparineCleaversGalium aparineCommon RagwortJacobaea vulgarisCommon RagwortJacobaea vulgarisHollyIlex aquifoliumHollyIlex aquifoliumLesser CelandineFicaria vernaLesser CelandineFicaria vernaHonestyLunaria annuaHonestyLunaria annuaCommon Mouse-earCerastium fontanumCommon Mouse-earCerastium fontanumHawthornCrataegus monogynaHawthornCrataegus monogynaSpotted-laurelAucuba japonicaSpotted-laurelAucuba japonicaRamsonsAllium ursinumRamsonsAllium ursinumBlackthornPrunus spinosaBlackthornPrunus spinosaGarlic MustardAlliaria petiolataGarlic MustardAlliaria petiolataBeechFagus sylvaticaBeechFagus sylvaticaRaspberryRubus idaeusRaspberryRubus idaeusElderSambucus nigraElderSambucus nigraSpear ThistleCirsium vulgareSpear ThistleCirsium vulgareMind-your-own-businessSoleirolia soleiroliiMind-your-own-businessSoleirolia soleiroliiHazelCorylus avellanaHazelCorylus avellanaWood AvensGeum urbanumWood AvensGeum urbanumLords-and-LadiesArum maculatumLords-and-LadiesArum maculatumBlack-grassAlopecurus myosuroidesBlack-grassAlopecurus myosuroidesMistletoeViscum album2025MistletoeViscum album2025Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis2025Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis2025Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2025Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2025FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2025FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2025Biting StonecropSedum acre2025Biting StonecropSedum acre2025Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2025Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2025SnapdragonAntirrhinum majus2025SnapdragonAntirrhinum majus2025Three-cornered GarlicAllium triquetrum2025Three-cornered GarlicAllium triquetrum2025NipplewortLapsana communis2025NipplewortLapsana communis2025Perennial CornflowerCentaurea montana2025Perennial CornflowerCentaurea montana2025Pellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaica2025Pellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaica2025FeverfewTanacetum parthenium2025FeverfewTanacetum parthenium2025BugleAjuga reptans2025BugleAjuga reptans2025YarrowAchillea millefolium2025YarrowAchillea millefolium2025Wall BarleyHordeum murinum2025Wall BarleyHordeum murinum2025Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2025Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2025Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2025Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2025Oregon-grapeMahonia aquifolium2025Oregon-grapeMahonia aquifolium2025Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025Lamb's-earStachys byzantina2025Lamb's-earStachys byzantina2025SowbreadCyclamen hederifolium2025SowbreadCyclamen hederifolium2025