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Doll Tor Stone Circle

📷 Mark Kelly · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Dogs welcome

Getting here

53.16248, -1.64499

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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
  • 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
  • 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

  • 🐕Dogs welcome
Parking· Free

Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Robin, Wren, Carrion Crow +71 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Robin, Wren, Carrion Crow +71 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Insects — Small White, Red Admiral, Green Tiger Beetle +76 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Small White, Red Admiral, Green Tiger Beetle +76 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Plants — Bilberry, Heather, Rowan +77 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Bilberry, Heather, Rowan +77 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Plants — Bilberry, Rowan, Sweet Chestnut +11 more foraging species

Varies

Heritage

Historic site

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
🚶

Walking

8 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
Limestone WayWalking route74 km

Castleton to Rocester

Named routeLength 74 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
High Peak TrailWalking route27 km
Named routeLength 27 kmRegional walking route
Derwent Valley Heritage WayWalking route89 km
Named routeLength 89 kmRegional walking route
Roystone Grange TrailWalking route
Named routeLocal walking route
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Cycling

10 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Route 54Cycling route
Named routeRef 54National Cycle Network
White Peak LoopCycling route
Named routeRef 680National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route2.3 km
Named routeRef 680Length 2.3 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface flexsurface
Main RouteCycling route852 m
Named routeRef 680Length 852 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.8 km
Named routeRef 680Length 1.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface flexsurface
Main RouteCycling route336 m
Named routeRef 680Length 336 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Mountain biking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
High Peak TrailMountain bike route27 km
Named routeRef High Peak TrailLength 27 kmPoint-to-pointLocal cycle route
Great North Trail (Peak District and South Pennines)Mountain bike route130.4 km
Named routeLength 130.4 kmNational Cycle Network

Wildlife to spot

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Doll Tor Stone Circle

📷 Mark Kelly · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Doll Tor Stone Circle

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

🌱Peak Shopping Village Nature ReserveUrban park3.9 km→✦WHITWORTH INSTITUTEHistoric site3.5 km→🌱Whitworth ParkUrban park3.5 km→✦Bronze Age burial, ceremonial and settlement remains on Stanton Moor, and evidence for medieval, post-medieval and 19th to early 20th century activityHistoric site1 km→✦Nether Haddon medieval settlement and part of an open field system, Romano-British field system and lead mining remains, 600m south west of Haddon HallHistoric site3.3 km→✦HADDON HALLHistoric site3.5 km→

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