Plan your visit
🦅Birds🎠Play🛝Family
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
53.27222, -1.75386
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦74+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Chaffinch
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕The Old Smithy — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦74+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Chaffinch
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕The Old Smithy — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Chaffinch, Jackdaw +71 more · last seen 2026
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, café
Free
Birds — Robin, Chaffinch, Jackdaw +71 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Speckled Wood, Syrphus, Brown Argus +72 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Butterbur, Lesser Celandine, Mouse-ear-hawkweed +164 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby · 10 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
Peak District Boundary Walk Stage 1Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Monsal TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
16 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 route709 m▾
Named routeRef 680Length 709 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route476 m▾
Named routeRef 680Length 476 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route484 m▾
Named routeRef 680Length 484 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
25,994 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
25,994 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGrey Heron · Long-tailed Tit · Wren · Dipper · Moorhen +24
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Syrphus · 7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird
- SyrphusSyrphus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Hazel · Cleavers · Hawthorn · Mouse-ear-hawkweed · Bitter-vetch +103
- HazelCorylus avellana
- CleaversGalium aparine
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- Mouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarum2025
- Bitter-vetchLathyrus linifolius
- Greater PlantainPlantago major
- Wych ElmUlmus glabra
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
25,994 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGrey Heron · Long-tailed Tit · Wren · Dipper · Moorhen +24
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Syrphus · 7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird
- SyrphusSyrphus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Hazel · Cleavers · Hawthorn · Mouse-ear-hawkweed · Bitter-vetch +103
- HazelCorylus avellana
- CleaversGalium aparine
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- Mouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarum2025
- Bitter-vetchLathyrus linifolius
- Greater PlantainPlantago major
- Wych ElmUlmus glabra
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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