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Litton Memorial Playing Field

📷 Martin Speck · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Getting here

53.27455, -1.75794

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

  • 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
  • ⚽Playing fields is at its best in summer here
  • ☕The Old Smithy — a good base for a longer summer day out

Good to know

  • 🐕Dogs welcome
CaféParking

Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Robin, Chaffinch, Jackdaw +71 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Robin, Chaffinch, Jackdaw +71 more · last seen 2026

Free

Playing fields

Playing field

Free

Insect spotting

Insects — Speckled Wood, Peacock, Brown Argus +74 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Speckled Wood, Peacock, Brown Argus +74 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Plants — Meadow Crane's-bill, Lesser Celandine, Mouse-ear-hawkweed +156 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Meadow Crane's-bill, Lesser Celandine, Mouse-ear-hawkweed +156 more · last seen 2026

Free

Foraging

Plants — Mouse-ear-hawkweed, Blackthorn, Guelder-rose +22 more foraging species

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

6 signed routes nearby · 8 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Midshires WayWalking route370 km

Multi-use trail links the Ridgeway National Trail with the Trans Pennine Trail

Named routeLength 370 kmRegional walking route
Limestone WayWalking route74 km

Castleton to Rocester

Named routeLength 74 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
White Peak Loop - Link to Monsal TrailWalking route
Named route
Peak District Boundary Walk Stage 2Walking route15.6 km
Named routeLength 15.6 kmRegional walking route
Peak District Boundary Walk Stage 1Walking route
Named routeRegional walking route
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Cycling

18 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Monsal TrailCycling route
Named routeRef 680National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route2.4 km
Named routeRef 680Length 2.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route34 m
Named routeRef 680Length 34 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route69 m
Named routeRef 680Length 69 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route709 m
Named routeRef 680Length 709 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route476 m
Named routeRef 680Length 476 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby
Great North Trail (Peak District and South Pennines)Mountain bike route130.4 km
Named routeLength 130.4 kmNational Cycle Network

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Christ Church at Litton

📷 Martin Speck · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Christ Church at Litton

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🌱Tideswell Dale Picnic AreaUrban park1.4 km→✦Lees and Dove Rakes, Booth Lee Pipes and Sterndale SoughHistoric site2.6 km→⛪St John the Baptist's ChurchReligious grounds1.1 km→✦Arbourseats Veins and Sough, Wardlow Sough, Nay Green Mine and Washing Floors, Hading Vein and Seedlow RakeHistoric site1.2 km→✦Maury Mine and SoughHistoric site2.8 km→✦Cackle Mackle and Stadford Hollow lead mines on Longstone MoorHistoric site3.3 km→

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