Plan your visit
🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
52.82119, -1.42310
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦81+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Mallard
- ✦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
- 🐦81+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Mallard
- ✦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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Mallard, Robin +78 more · last seen 2026
Free
Historic site with public access; Grade II* listed building: MELBOURNE HALL
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Mallard, Robin +78 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Green Shieldbug, Red-legged Shieldbug, Welsh Chafer +36 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Good match
toilets
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Mistletoe, Common Poppy, Tansy +14 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Derby Nomad WayWalking route79 km▾
Named routeLength 79 kmRegional walking route
Red WalkWalking route3.8 km▾
Named routeLength 3.8 km
Trent Valley WayWalking route304 km▾
Named routeLength 304 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
Ivanhoe WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
National Forest WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Pool Roadpublic footpath · 459 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 459 mSurface asphaltPath type: service
FP24public footpath · 942 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 942 mPath type: footway
FP17 - Barehills Pathpublic footpath · 464 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 464 mPath type: footway
41 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cloud Trail GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeRef Cloud Trail GreenwayLocal cycle route
Route 15Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 15National Cycle Network
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route654 m▾
Named routeRef 6Length 654 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route998 m▾
Named routeRef 6Length 998 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route9 m▾
Named routeLength 9 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
The Tramway TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef The Tramway Trail
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
15,366 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
15,366 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds51 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Magpie · Woodpigeon · Robin · Mallard · Black-headed Gull +46
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Red-crested PochardNetta rufina2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Pied Shieldbug
- Pied ShieldbugTritomegas bicolor
Annual Meadow-grass · Cock's-foot · Daisy · Remote Sedge · Spear Thistle +53
- Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
- Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
- DaisyBellis perennis
- Remote SedgeCarex remota
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
- HazelCorylus avellana
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
15,366 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds51 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Magpie · Woodpigeon · Robin · Mallard · Black-headed Gull +46
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Red-crested PochardNetta rufina2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Pied Shieldbug
- Pied ShieldbugTritomegas bicolor
Annual Meadow-grass · Cock's-foot · Daisy · Remote Sedge · Spear Thistle +53
- Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
- Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
- DaisyBellis perennis
- Remote SedgeCarex remota
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
- HazelCorylus avellana
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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