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Hob Hurst's House

📷 Neil Theasby · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Getting here

53.21943, -1.57100

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦93+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Carrion Crow and Pheasant
✦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

🐦93+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Carrion Crow and Pheasant
✦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

4 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Carrion Crow, Pheasant, Wren +90 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Carrion Crow, Pheasant, Wren +90 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Eupeodes · last seen 2025; Insects — Eupeodes · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

5 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Chesterfield Round WalkWalking route

Named routeRound tripLocal walking route

Derwent Valley Heritage WayWalking route89 km

Named routeLength 89 kmRegional walking route

Peak District Boundary Walk Stage 11Walking route17 km

Named routeLength 17 kmRegional walking route

Linacre and Cordwell Valleys Circular WalkWalking route

Named routeRound tripLocal walking route

Peak District Boundary Walk Stage 12Walking route10.4 km

Named routeLength 10.4 kmRegional walking route

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Cycling

4 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

White Peak LoopCycling route

Named routeRef 680National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route1.8 km

Named routeRef 680Length 1.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface flexsurface

Main RouteCycling route51 m

Named routeRef 680Length 51 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route1.2 km

Named routeRef 680Length 1.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface flexsurface

Wildlife to spot

15,388 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

15,388 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds60 species

autumnwinter

2025

Carrion Crow · Blue Tit · Pheasant · Robin · Wren +55

Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
RobinErithacus rubecula
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
MagpiePica pica
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
RavenCorvus corax
JackdawColoeus monedula
NuthatchSitta europaea
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
RedwingTurdus iliacus
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
DunnockPrunella modularis
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
TealAnas crecca
Great TitParus major
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
JayGarrulus glandarius
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
GoosanderMergus merganser
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
RookCorvus frugilegus
CootFulica atra
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica
LinnetLinaria cannabina
BramblingFringilla montifringilla
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
LapwingVanellus vanellus
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
House SparrowPasser domesticus
SiskinSpinus spinus
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Greylag GooseAnser anser
SwallowHirundo rustica
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe

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Mammals1 species

autumn

2025

Badger

BadgerMeles meles

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

15,388 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds60 species

autumnwinter

2025

Carrion Crow · Blue Tit · Pheasant · Robin · Wren +55

Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
RobinErithacus rubecula
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
MagpiePica pica
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
RavenCorvus corax
JackdawColoeus monedula
NuthatchSitta europaea
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
RedwingTurdus iliacus
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
DunnockPrunella modularis
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
TealAnas crecca
Great TitParus major
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
JayGarrulus glandarius
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
GoosanderMergus merganser
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
RookCorvus frugilegus
CootFulica atra
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica
LinnetLinaria cannabina
BramblingFringilla montifringilla
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
LapwingVanellus vanellus
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
House SparrowPasser domesticus
SiskinSpinus spinus
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Greylag GooseAnser anser
SwallowHirundo rustica
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe

🦌

Mammals1 species

autumn

2025

Badger

BadgerMeles meles

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Neil Theasby · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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