Hardwick Estate Gardens
5 ha
Plan your visit
🧺Picnic🦅Birds🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome5 ha
Getting here
53.16805, -1.30883
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦80+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Wren
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦80+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Wren
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🧺Picnic spot🚻Toilets
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, café, toilets; Urban park — open green space
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Wren, Woodpigeon +77 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Robin, Wren, Woodpigeon +77 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Grade I listed building: HARDWICK HALL
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
café, toilets, picnic area; Urban park — family destination
Free
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km14 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Chesterfield Round WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRound tripLocal walking route
Archaeological Way (old route)Walking route▾
The Welly Walk, HardwickWalking route4 km▾
Wellies not essential!
Named routeLength 4 kmDuration 01:30Round tripLocal walking route
Meden TrailWalking route▾
Skegby TrailWalking route▾
13 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Stockley TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Skegby TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 67Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 67National Cycle Network
Teversal TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route72 m▾
Named routeRef 67Length 72 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route23 m▾
Named routeRef 67Length 23 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Photos
In the gardens of Hardwick Hall
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Wildlife to spot
33,275 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
33,275 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Coot · Blackbird · Carrion Crow · Robin · Wren +42
- CootFulica atra
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
🌿Plants16 species
winterspring
2026▾
Bluebell · Wood Anemone · Lesser Celandine · Dog's Mercury · Snowdrop +11
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
- Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
- SnowdropGalanthus
- DandelionTaraxacum
- Salmonberry
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
33,275 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Coot · Blackbird · Carrion Crow · Robin · Wren +42
- CootFulica atra
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
🌿Plants16 species
winterspring
2026▾
Bluebell · Wood Anemone · Lesser Celandine · Dog's Mercury · Snowdrop +11
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
- Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
- SnowdropGalanthus
- DandelionTaraxacum
- Salmonberry
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Rubus spectabilis
Rubus spectabilis
Early Dog-violetViola reichenbachianaEarly Dog-violetViola reichenbachianaRamsonsAllium ursinumRamsonsAllium ursinumPrimrosePrimula vulgarisPrimrosePrimula vulgarisFritillaria imperialisFritillaria imperialisFritillaria imperialisFritillaria imperialisNarcissus pseudonarcissusNarcissus pseudonarcissusNarcissus pseudonarcissusNarcissus pseudonarcissusOpposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifoliumOpposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifoliumWinter AconiteEranthis hyemalisWinter AconiteEranthis hyemalisHart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendriumHart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendriumSowbreadCyclamen hederifolium2025SowbreadCyclamen hederifolium2025