Grin Low and Buxton Country Park Picnic Site and Car Park
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🧺Picnic
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
53.24461, -1.92875
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦58+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Jackdaw and Robin
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦58+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Jackdaw and Robin
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Jackdaw, Robin, Magpie +55 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Jackdaw, Robin, Magpie +55 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
picnic area, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Eristalis tenax, 7-spot Ladybird, Helophilus pendulus +38 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Grass-of-Parnassus, Common Ragwort, Devil's-bit Scabious +57 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 signed routes nearby · 17 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
White Peak Loop - Link to Monsal TrailWalking route▾
Peak District Boundary Walk Stage 20Walking route▾
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Peak District Boundary Walk Stage 1Walking route▾
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Buxton Ring of Trees WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
11 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
High Peak CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Buxton Cycle Route 4Cycling route▾
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Buxton Cycle Route 1Cycling route▾
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Buxton Cycle Route 3Cycling route▾
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Buxton Cycle Route 5Cycling route▾
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Buxton Cycle Route 2Cycling route▾
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Toilet block, Grin Low and Buxton Country Park car park
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Wildlife to spot
38,405 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
38,405 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlue Tit · Magpie · Nuthatch · Long-tailed Tit · Mallard +31
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Grey Squirrel · Domestic Dog · Mole
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Domestic DogCanis lupus subsp. familiaris
- MoleTalpa europaea
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects4 species
springwinter
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Eristalis tenax · Neomyia cornicina · Black Clock
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Neomyia cornicinaNeomyia cornicina
- Black ClockPterostichus madidus2025
🌿Plants12 species
winterspring
2026▾
Hart's-Tongue · Common Ragwort · Gooseberry · Scots Pine · Yew +7
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
- GooseberryRibes uva-crispa
- Scots PinePinus sylvestris
- YewTaxus baccata
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara
- Primrose
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
38,405 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlue Tit · Magpie · Nuthatch · Long-tailed Tit · Mallard +31
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Grey Squirrel · Domestic Dog · Mole
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Domestic DogCanis lupus subsp. familiaris
- MoleTalpa europaea
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects4 species
springwinter
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Eristalis tenax · Neomyia cornicina · Black Clock
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Neomyia cornicinaNeomyia cornicina
- Black ClockPterostichus madidus2025
🌿Plants12 species
winterspring
2026▾
Hart's-Tongue · Common Ragwort · Gooseberry · Scots Pine · Yew +7
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
- GooseberryRibes uva-crispa
- Scots PinePinus sylvestris
- YewTaxus baccata
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara
- Primrose
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Primula vulgaris
Primula vulgaris
Green HelleboreHelleborus viridisGreen HelleboreHelleborus viridisLesser CelandineFicaria vernaLesser CelandineFicaria vernaRed ValerianCentranthus ruberRed ValerianCentranthus ruberAnnual Meadow-grassPoa annuaAnnual Meadow-grassPoa annuaArabis procurrensArabis procurrensArabis procurrensArabis procurrens