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🌳Ancient🦅Birds💜Bluebells
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome469 ha
Getting here
53.17130, -1.30539
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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 Wren and Robin
- 💜Bluebell walks is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦80+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Wren and Robin
- 💜Bluebell walks is at its best in summer here
- 🐕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
🌳Ancient woodland
Very strong match
Ancient woodland — continuous woodland since before 1600
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Wren, Robin, Woodpigeon +77 more · last seen 2026; Ancient woodland — owls, woodpeckers, warblers
Free
💜Bluebell walks
Very strong match
Ancient woodland — native bluebell habitat
Free
✦Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: HARDWICK HALL; Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Dog's Mercury, Bluebell, Wood Anemone +34 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Wren, Robin, Woodpigeon +77 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km13 signed routes nearby · 29 public paths 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▾
12 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
10 public paths nearby
Public paths
Spring Lanebridleway · 228 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 228 mPath type: bridleway
Photos
Hardwick Park - Road Junction
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
33,776 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
33,776 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Blackbird · Carrion Crow · Robin · Magpie · Wren +42
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- CootFulica atra
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Great TitParus major2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- 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
33,776 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Blackbird · Carrion Crow · Robin · Magpie · Wren +42
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- CootFulica atra
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Great TitParus major2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- 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 hederifolium2025Events & activities nearby
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