Darley Playing Fields
36 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome36 ha
Getting here
52.93692, -1.47400
Open directionsv
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
- 🛝Playground 242m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ 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
- 🛝Playground 242m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Mallard, Woodpigeon, Magpie +69 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Mallard, Woodpigeon, Magpie +69 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Cow Parsley, Cleavers, Hogweed +53 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Cow Parsley, Cleavers, Hogweed +53 more · last seen 2026
Free
Plants — Hogweed, Hawthorn, Ramsons +9 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km18 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▾
Amber Valley Routeway Walk 17Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
98 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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Wildlife to spot
36,084 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
36,084 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMoorhen · Mallard · Black-headed Gull · Robin · Canada Goose +38
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- CootFulica atra
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- MagpiePica pica
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
7-spot Ladybird
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Hogweed · Wood Anemone · Cow Parsley · Reflexed Stonecrop · Horse-chestnut +23
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
- Reflexed StonecropPetrosedum rupestre
- Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
36,084 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMoorhen · Mallard · Black-headed Gull · Robin · Canada Goose +38
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- CootFulica atra
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- MagpiePica pica
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
7-spot Ladybird
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Hogweed · Wood Anemone · Cow Parsley · Reflexed Stonecrop · Horse-chestnut +23
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
- Reflexed StonecropPetrosedum rupestre
- Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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