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Gothic Temple

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Dogs welcome

Getting here

52.97254, -1.52680

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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
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕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

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Canada Goose, Coot, Jackdaw +70 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Canada Goose, Coot, Jackdaw +70 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic; Plants — Pedunculate Oak, Beech, Sessile Oak

Varies

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Meadow Grasshopper, Lesser Marsh Grasshopper, Common Green Grasshopper +11 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Meadow Grasshopper, Lesser Marsh Grasshopper, Common Green Grasshopper +11 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Pedunculate Oak, Beech, Broad Buckler-fern +8 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Pedunculate Oak, Beech, Broad Buckler-fern +8 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

16 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

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

🚴

Cycling

24 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 54Cycling route

Named routeRef 54National Cycle Network

Derby Orbital Route 66Cycling route

Named routeRef 66Regional cycle route

Route 672Cycling route

Named routeRef 672National Cycle Network

Great Northern GreenwayCycling route

Named routeRef Great Northern GreenwayLocal cycle route

Main RouteCycling route49 m

Named routeRef 54Length 49 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route389 m

Named routeRef 54Length 389 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

23,492 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

23,492 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds55 species

winter

2025

Carrion Crow · Canada Goose · Black-headed Gull · Coot · Blue Tit +50

Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
CootFulica atra
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
JackdawColoeus monedula
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
RobinErithacus rubecula
NuthatchSitta europaea
Great TitParus major
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
GoosanderMergus merganser
MagpiePica pica
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Coal TitPeriparus ater
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Common GullLarus canus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
TealAnas crecca
GadwallMareca strepera
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
JayGarrulus glandarius
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
RavenCorvus corax
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
RookCorvus frugilegus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
DunnockPrunella modularis
GreenfinchChloris chloris

🦌

Mammals1 species

winter

2025

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🌿

Plants1 species

winter

2025

Mind-your-own-business

Mind-your-own-businessSoleirolia soleirolii

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

23,492 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds55 species

winter

2025

Carrion Crow · Canada Goose · Black-headed Gull · Coot · Blue Tit +50

Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
CootFulica atra
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
JackdawColoeus monedula
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
RobinErithacus rubecula
NuthatchSitta europaea
Great TitParus major
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
GoosanderMergus merganser
MagpiePica pica
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Coal TitPeriparus ater
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Common GullLarus canus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
TealAnas crecca
GadwallMareca strepera
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
JayGarrulus glandarius
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
RavenCorvus corax
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
RookCorvus frugilegus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
DunnockPrunella modularis
GreenfinchChloris chloris

🦌

Mammals1 species

winter

2025

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🌿

Plants1 species

winter

2025

Mind-your-own-business

Mind-your-own-businessSoleirolia soleirolii

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Rob Howl · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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