Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome20 ha
Getting here
52.94333, -1.42959
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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 Blue Tit and Robin
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦74+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Robin
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Robin, Great Tit +71 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Blue Tit, Robin, Great Tit +71 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Large White, Speckled Wood, Small White +32 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km22 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
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 Routeways Walk 20Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
84 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 54Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 54National Cycle Network
Derby Orbital Route 66Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 66Regional 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
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
17,562 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
17,562 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds37 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Jackdaw · Carrion Crow · Goldfinch · Robin · Magpie +32
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Hogweed · Lords-and-Ladies · Mistletoe · Wood Anemone · Gorse +135
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
- MistletoeViscum album2025
- Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
- GorseUlex europaeus
- Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
- RamsonsAllium ursinum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
17,562 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds37 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Jackdaw · Carrion Crow · Goldfinch · Robin · Magpie +32
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Hogweed · Lords-and-Ladies · Mistletoe · Wood Anemone · Gorse +135
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
- MistletoeViscum album2025
- Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
- GorseUlex europaeus
- Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
- RamsonsAllium ursinum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
