Horninglow Common Park
5 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome5 ha
Getting here
52.82831, -1.63873
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Hobby, Peregrine, Little Ringed Plover +67 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Hobby, Peregrine, Little Ringed Plover +67 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Butterfly-bush, Red Campion, Raspberry +27 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Butterfly-bush, Red Campion, Raspberry +27 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Derby Nomad WayWalking route79 km▾
Named routeLength 79 kmRegional walking route
Trent Valley WayWalking route304 km▾
Named routeLength 304 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
The Way for the MillenniumWalking route65 km▾
Newport to Burton on Trent
Named routeLength 65 kmRegional walking route
National Forest WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
89 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 549Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 549National Cycle Network
Route 63Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 63National Cycle Network
Route 54Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 54National Cycle Network
Great Northern GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeRef Great Northern GreenwayPoint-to-pointLocal cycle route
Hilton Local Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route28 m▾
Named routeRef 63Length 28 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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10,221 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
10,221 records · National Biodiversity NetworkHobby · Peregrine · Yellow-legged Gull · Little Ringed Plover · Wigeon +7
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius
- WigeonMareca penelope
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- BitternBotaurus stellaris
- PintailAnas acuta
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis
🦌Mammals2 species
springautumn
2026▾
American Mink · Grey Squirrel
- American MinkNeovison vison
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Butterfly-bush · Common Nettle · Petty Spurge · Raspberry · Pellitory-of-the-wall +7
- Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus
- RaspberryRubus idaeus2025
- Pellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaica
- Red ValerianCentranthus ruber
- Red Dead-nettle
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
10,221 records · National Biodiversity NetworkHobby · Peregrine · Yellow-legged Gull · Little Ringed Plover · Wigeon +7
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius
- WigeonMareca penelope
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- BitternBotaurus stellaris
- PintailAnas acuta
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis
🦌Mammals2 species
springautumn
2026▾
American Mink · Grey Squirrel
- American MinkNeovison vison
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Butterfly-bush · Common Nettle · Petty Spurge · Raspberry · Pellitory-of-the-wall +7
- Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus
- RaspberryRubus idaeus2025
- Pellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaica
- Red ValerianCentranthus ruber
- Red Dead-nettle
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Lamium purpureum
Lamium purpureum
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgareSpear ThistleCirsium vulgareSowbreadCyclamen hederifolium2025SowbreadCyclamen hederifolium2025Field MapleAcer campestre2025Field MapleAcer campestre2025Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2025SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2025