Plan your visit
🛝Family🎠Play🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome6 ha
Getting here
52.93270, -1.47712
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 Mallard and Woodpigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Derby City Cricket Cafe — 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 Mallard and Woodpigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Derby City Cricket Cafe — 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 — Mallard, Woodpigeon, Magpie +66 more · last seen 2026
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
Birds — Mallard, Woodpigeon, Magpie +66 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Cow Parsley, Cleavers, Hogweed +59 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km17 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 Routeway Walk 17Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
99 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
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Wildlife to spot
28,437 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
28,437 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMoorhen · Mallard · Black-headed Gull · Canada Goose · Robin +36
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- CootFulica atra
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- MagpiePica pica
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Harlequin Ladybird · 2-spot Ladybird
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
Hogweed · Wood Anemone · Cow Parsley · Reflexed Stonecrop · Broad-leaved Dock +23
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
- Reflexed StonecropPetrosedum rupestre
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
- Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum
- CleaversGalium aparine
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
28,437 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMoorhen · Mallard · Black-headed Gull · Canada Goose · Robin +36
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- CootFulica atra
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- MagpiePica pica
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Harlequin Ladybird · 2-spot Ladybird
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
Hogweed · Wood Anemone · Cow Parsley · Reflexed Stonecrop · Broad-leaved Dock +23
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
- Reflexed StonecropPetrosedum rupestre
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
- Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum
- CleaversGalium aparine
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
