Grassmoor Country Park
65 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome65 ha
Getting here
53.20319, -1.38713
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦37+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Shoveler and Wigeon
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 348m away — 3 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦37+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Shoveler and Wigeon
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 348m away — 3 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Shoveler, Wigeon, Magpie +34 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Shoveler, Wigeon, Magpie +34 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Common Fleabane, White Clover, Common Nettle +121 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Named cycling route nearby: Route 67
Varies
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km13 signed routes nearby · 38 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Chesterfield Round WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRound tripLocal walking route
Cuckoo WayWalking route▾
South Chesterfield WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
The Welly Walk, HardwickWalking route4 km▾
Wellies not essential!
Named routeLength 4 kmDuration 01:30Round tripLocal walking route
Trans-Pennine Trail (Staveley to Chesterfield spur)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Five Pits Trailpublic footpath · 131 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 131 mPath type: bridleway
Gill Lanepublic footpath · 337 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 337 mSurface gravelPath type: track
Five Pits Trailpublic footpath · 678 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 678 mSurface compactedPath type: bridleway
52 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 5Local cycle route
Rother Valley WashlandsCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
LCN 3Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 3Local cycle route
Route 67Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 67National Cycle Network
N/ACycling route4 m▾
Named routeLength 4 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface other
N/ACycling route548 m▾
Named routeLength 548 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
5 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
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Wildlife to spot
32,939 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
32,939 records · National Biodiversity NetworkShoveler · Wigeon · Magpie · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow +32
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- WigeonMareca penelope
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- GadwallMareca strepera
- TealAnas crecca
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- PochardAythya ferina
🐝Insects3 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Western Conifer Seed Bug · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Dasysyrphus albostriatus
- Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Dasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatus
Common Fleabane · White Clover · Common Nettle · Black Medick · Selfheal +119
- Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica
- White CloverTrifolium repens
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- Black MedickMedicago lupulina
- SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
- Silver BirchBetula pendula
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
32,939 records · National Biodiversity NetworkShoveler · Wigeon · Magpie · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow +32
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- WigeonMareca penelope
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- GadwallMareca strepera
- TealAnas crecca
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- PochardAythya ferina
🐝Insects3 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Western Conifer Seed Bug · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Dasysyrphus albostriatus
- Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Dasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatus
Common Fleabane · White Clover · Common Nettle · Black Medick · Selfheal +119
- Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica
- White CloverTrifolium repens
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- Black MedickMedicago lupulina
- SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
- Silver BirchBetula pendula
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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