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3 ha

📷 Peter Whatley · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome3 ha

Getting here

52.90217, -1.18700

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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
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🛝Playground 140m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🛝Playground 140m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingParkingPlayground

Best for

10 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Shoveler, Wigeon, Pochard +91 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Shoveler, Wigeon, Pochard +91 more · last seen 2026

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Hawthorn, Meadowsweet, Bramble +13 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Selfheal, False Oat-grass, Hawthorn +92 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Selfheal, False Oat-grass, Hawthorn +92 more · last seen 2025

Free

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground, parking

Free

Family friendly

Strong match

playground; Urban park — family destination

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

11 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

The Big TrackWalking route

Named routeRef The Big TrackLocal walking route

Skylark RouteWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Gotham Heritage TrailWalking route

Named routeRef GHT

Broxtowe Country TrailWalking route

Named route

🚴

Cycling

91 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 15Cycling route

Named routeRef 15National Cycle Network

Broxtowe Country TrailCycling route

Named routeRegional cycle route

Lenton Lane Cycle GatewayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

West Bridgford to Cotgrave (via A52)Cycling route

Named routeUk Nottinghamshire

N14 <> Colwick ParkCycling route

Named routeUk Nottingham

Trent Basin <> SneintonCycling route

Named routeUk Nottingham

Wildlife to spot

50,881 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

50,881 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds60 species

winter

2026

Wigeon · Pochard · Shoveler · House Sparrow · Lapwing +55

WigeonMareca penelope
PochardAythya ferina
ShovelerSpatula clypeata
House SparrowPasser domesticus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
CootFulica atra2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Great TitParus major2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
TealAnas crecca2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Redpoll (cabaret/flammea)Acanthis flammea cabaret/flammea2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
PintailAnas acuta
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Caspian GullLarus cachinnans2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025

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Mammals2 species

winterspring

2026

Badger · Mole

BadgerMeles meles
MoleTalpa europaea

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

50,881 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds60 species

winter

2026

Wigeon · Pochard · Shoveler · House Sparrow · Lapwing +55

WigeonMareca penelope
PochardAythya ferina
ShovelerSpatula clypeata
House SparrowPasser domesticus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
CootFulica atra2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Great TitParus major2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
TealAnas crecca2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Redpoll (cabaret/flammea)Acanthis flammea cabaret/flammea2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
PintailAnas acuta
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Caspian GullLarus cachinnans2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025

🦌

Mammals2 species

winterspring

2026

Badger · Mole

BadgerMeles meles
MoleTalpa europaea

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Peter Whatley · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Clifton - Whitegate Vale at Middlefell Way

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