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Five Wells

📷 Dave Dunford · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Dogs welcome

Getting here

53.23629, -1.81589

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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

Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Carrion Crow, Blackbird, Wren +64 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Carrion Crow, Blackbird, Wren +64 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Insects — Red Admiral, Meadow Brown, Small Tortoiseshell +53 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Red Admiral, Meadow Brown, Small Tortoiseshell +53 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Plants — Butterbur, Bloody Crane's-bill, Maidenhair Spleenwort +113 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Butterbur, Bloody Crane's-bill, Maidenhair Spleenwort +113 more · last seen 2026

Free

Foraging

Plants — Sweet Cicely, Meadowsweet, Gooseberry +12 more foraging species

Varies

Heritage

Historic site

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
🚶

Walking

6 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
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
White Peak Loop - Link to Monsal TrailWalking route
Named route
Peak District Boundary Walk Stage 1Walking route
Named routeRegional walking route
🚴

Cycling

27 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
High Peak CyclewayCycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route
Pennine Cycleway (on road alternative)Cycling route
Named routeRef 68National Cycle Network
Buxton Cycle Route 1Cycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route
Buxton Cycle Route 5Cycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route
Pennine CyclewayCycling route
Named routeRef 68National Cycle Network
Monsal TrailCycling route
Named routeRef 680National Cycle Network
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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
🐴

Horse riding

3 public paths nearby

Public paths
Sough Lanebyway open to all traffic · 807 m
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 807 mSurface gravelPath type: track
Senners Lanerestricted byway · 680 m
Public pathrestricted bywayLength 680 mSurface dirtPath type: track
Sough Lanebyway open to all traffic · 717 m
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 717 mSurface groundPath type: track

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Five Wells Chambered Tomb

📷 Dave Dunford · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Five Wells Chambered Tomb

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

✦Lees and Dove Rakes, Booth Lee Pipes and Sterndale SoughHistoric site3.9 km→🌱Tideswell Dale Picnic AreaUrban park4.4 km→✦Maury Mine and SoughHistoric site3 km→✦Standing cross in the churchyard of St Michael and All AngelsHistoric site1.8 km→✦Lime KilnHistoric site2.7 km→✦Dimin Dale Romano-British settlement and field system, south of Taddington WoodHistoric site4.6 km→

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