Plan your visit
🦅Birds🛝Family🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
53.22689, -1.28893
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦64+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Magpie and Woodpigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Mason's little Café — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦64+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Magpie and Woodpigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Mason's little Café — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Magpie, Woodpigeon, Blackbird +61 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, café; Urban park — family destination
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
Birds — Magpie, Woodpigeon, Blackbird +61 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Speckled Wood, Small White, Large White +29 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km9 signed routes nearby · 32 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Chesterfield Round WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRound tripLocal walking route
Archaeological Way (old route)Walking route▾
Cuckoo WayWalking route▾
The Miners WayWalking route▾
Trans-Pennine Trail (Staveley to Chesterfield spur)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Longlandspublic footpath · 112 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 112 mPath type: residential
Dykes Closepublic footpath · 99 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 99 mPath type: residential
Darwood Lanepublic footpath · 70 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 70 mSurface gravelPath type: service
8 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Stockley TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 67Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 67National Cycle Network
Clowne Branch Line GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
N/ACycling route359 m▾
Named routeLength 359 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
N/ACycling route3.2 km▾
Named routeLength 3.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route372 m▾
Named routeRef 67Length 372 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
1 public path nearby
Public paths
Elmton Lanebridleway · 183 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 183 mSurface gravelPath type: track
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Wildlife to spot
13,765 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
13,765 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGreen Woodpecker
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
🐝Insects3 species
summerwinter
2025▾
Willow Emerald Damselfly · Red-legged Shieldbug · 7-spot Ladybird
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Red Dead-nettle · Elder · Creeping Buttercup · Common Nettle · Broad-leaved Dock +162
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- ElderSambucus nigra
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
13,765 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGreen Woodpecker
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
🐝Insects3 species
summerwinter
2025▾
Willow Emerald Damselfly · Red-legged Shieldbug · 7-spot Ladybird
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Red Dead-nettle · Elder · Creeping Buttercup · Common Nettle · Broad-leaved Dock +162
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- ElderSambucus nigra
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
