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Parkhall Country Park

14 ha

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome14 ha

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52.99961, -2.09907

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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
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Park Hall Country Park 11m away — 6 car parks within reach

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Park Hall Country Park 11m away — 6 car parks within reach

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

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8 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Blackbird, Magpie, Robin +87 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blackbird, Magpie, Robin +87 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Lowland heathland — silver-studded blue and heath fritillary butterflies; Insects — Common Darter, Migrant Hawker, 7-spot Ladybird +5 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Mushroom foraging

Good match

Fungi — Beech Milkcap, Purple Brittlegill, Waxy Crust · last seen 2024; Fungi — Beech Milkcap, Purple Brittlegill, Waxy Crust · last seen 2024

Varies

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Trent Valley WayWalking route304 km

Named routeLength 304 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

27 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

National Cycle Network Route 5Cycling route

Named routeRef 5National Cycle Network

National Route 550Cycling route

Named routeRef 550National Cycle Network

Route 55Cycling route

Named routeRef 55National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route553 m

Named routeRef 550Length 553 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route1.8 km

Named routeRef 5Length 1.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route226 m

Named routeRef 550Length 226 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface pavementslabs

Wildlife to spot

15,660 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

15,660 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds44 species

autumnwinter

2026

Jay · Long-tailed Tit · Blackbird · Carrion Crow · Chaffinch +39

JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
MagpiePica pica2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Great TitParus major2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
CootFulica atra2025
Willow TitPoecile montanus2025

🌿

Plants1 species

winter

2026

Elder

ElderSambucus nigra

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

15,660 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds44 species

autumnwinter

2026

Jay · Long-tailed Tit · Blackbird · Carrion Crow · Chaffinch +39

JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
MagpiePica pica2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Great TitParus major2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
CootFulica atra2025
Willow TitPoecile montanus2025

🌿

Plants1 species

winter

2026

Elder

ElderSambucus nigra

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Stu JP · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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