Plan your visit
🛝Family🎠Play🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
52.94269, -1.47627
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦69+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Magpie
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Mosaic at the Mills — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦69+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Magpie
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Mosaic at the Mills — 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🚻Toilets
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Robin +66 more · last seen 2026
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Robin +66 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Green-veined White, Speckled Wood, Gatekeeper +46 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km19 signed routes nearby · 3 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
Derby Nomad WayWalking route79 km▾
Named routeLength 79 kmRegional walking route
Derwent Valley Heritage WayWalking route89 km▾
Named routeLength 89 kmRegional walking route
Centenary Way (Derbyshire)Walking route▾
Amber Valley Routeway Walk 17Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
95 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 54Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 54National Cycle Network
Derby Orbital Route 66Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 66Regional cycle route
Great Northern GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeRef Great Northern GreenwayPoint-to-pointLocal cycle route
Route 672Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 672National Cycle Network
Great Northern GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeRef Great Northern GreenwayLocal cycle route
Pennine CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 68National Cycle Network
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Events & activities nearby
Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
Wildlife to spot
29,789 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
29,789 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGreat Tit · Woodpigeon · Robin · Blue Tit · Long-tailed Tit +43
- Great TitParus major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- MagpiePica pica
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
7-spot Ladybird
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
🌿Plants66 species
springwinter
2026▾
Wood Anemone · Hogweed · Cow Parsley · Lords-and-Ladies · Holly +61
- Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
29,789 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGreat Tit · Woodpigeon · Robin · Blue Tit · Long-tailed Tit +43
- Great TitParus major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- MagpiePica pica
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
7-spot Ladybird
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
🌿Plants66 species
springwinter
2026▾
Wood Anemone · Hogweed · Cow Parsley · Lords-and-Ladies · Holly +61
- Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Reflexed Stonecrop
Reflexed Stonecrop
Petrosedum rupestre
Petrosedum rupestre
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifoliusBroad-leaved DockRumex obtusifoliusHorse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanumHorse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanumCleaversGalium aparineCleaversGalium aparineCommon RagwortJacobaea vulgarisCommon RagwortJacobaea vulgarisLesser CelandineFicaria vernaLesser CelandineFicaria vernaHonestyLunaria annuaHonestyLunaria annuaCommon Mouse-earCerastium fontanumCommon Mouse-earCerastium fontanumHawthornCrataegus monogynaHawthornCrataegus monogynaSpotted-laurelAucuba japonicaSpotted-laurelAucuba japonicaGorseUlex europaeusGorseUlex europaeusDog's MercuryMercurialis perennisDog's MercuryMercurialis perennisRamsonsAllium ursinumRamsonsAllium ursinumColtsfootTussilago farfaraColtsfootTussilago farfaraBlackthornPrunus spinosaBlackthornPrunus spinosaGarlic MustardAlliaria petiolataGarlic MustardAlliaria petiolataBeechFagus sylvaticaBeechFagus sylvaticaRaspberryRubus idaeusRaspberryRubus idaeusElderSambucus nigraElderSambucus nigraSpear ThistleCirsium vulgareSpear ThistleCirsium vulgareThale CressArabidopsis thalianaThale CressArabidopsis thalianaMind-your-own-businessSoleirolia soleiroliiMind-your-own-businessSoleirolia soleiroliiHazelCorylus avellanaHazelCorylus avellanaWood AvensGeum urbanumWood AvensGeum urbanumBlack-grassAlopecurus myosuroidesBlack-grassAlopecurus myosuroidesMistletoeViscum album2025MistletoeViscum album2025Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis2025Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis2025Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2025Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2025FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2025FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2025Biting StonecropSedum acre2025Biting StonecropSedum acre2025Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2025Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2025SnapdragonAntirrhinum majus2025SnapdragonAntirrhinum majus2025Three-cornered GarlicAllium triquetrum2025Three-cornered GarlicAllium triquetrum2025NipplewortLapsana communis2025NipplewortLapsana communis2025Perennial CornflowerCentaurea montana2025Perennial CornflowerCentaurea montana2025Pellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaica2025Pellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaica2025FeverfewTanacetum parthenium2025FeverfewTanacetum parthenium2025BugleAjuga reptans2025BugleAjuga reptans2025YarrowAchillea millefolium2025YarrowAchillea millefolium2025Wall BarleyHordeum murinum2025Wall BarleyHordeum murinum2025Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2025Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2025Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2025Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2025Oregon-grapeMahonia aquifolium2025Oregon-grapeMahonia aquifolium2025Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025Lamb's-earStachys byzantina2025Lamb's-earStachys byzantina2025SowbreadCyclamen hederifolium2025SowbreadCyclamen hederifolium2025SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus2025SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus2025Love-in-a-mistNigella damascena2025Love-in-a-mistNigella damascena2025Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025Crack-willowSalix alba x euxina = S. x fragilis2025Crack-willowSalix alba x euxina = S. x fragilis2025Water BentPolypogon viridis2025Water BentPolypogon viridis2025Yellow CorydalisPseudofumaria lutea2025Yellow CorydalisPseudofumaria lutea2025Flowering CurrantRibes sanguineum2025Flowering CurrantRibes sanguineum2025Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2025Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2025Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2025Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2025Smooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillaris2025Smooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillaris2025Hairy TareErvilia hirsuta2025Hairy TareErvilia hirsuta2025AshFraxinus excelsior2025AshFraxinus excelsior2025Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus2025Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus2025Sun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopia2025Sun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopia2025