Part of Goyt's Moss colliery, centered 220m south west of Derbyshire Bridge
19 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome19 ha
Getting here
53.24256, -1.97979
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦84+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Red Grouse (scotica) and Meadow Pipit
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦84+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Red Grouse (scotica) and Meadow Pipit
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Red Grouse (scotica), Meadow Pipit, Kestrel +81 more · last seen 2026; Blanket bog — golden plover, curlew, dunlin and merlin
Free
Birds — Red Grouse (scotica), Meadow Pipit, Kestrel +81 more · last seen 2026; Blanket bog priority habitat
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Bibio pomonae, Green Tiger Beetle, Common Red Soldier Beetle +18 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Cowberry, Royal Fern, Bog Asphodel +47 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km11 signed routes nearby · 9 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
Manifold TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Peak District Boundary Walk Stage 17Walking route16.2 km▾
Named routeLength 16.2 kmRegional walking route
Peak District Boundary Walk Stage 20Walking route▾
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Peak District Boundary Walk Stage 1Walking route▾
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11 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Buxton Cycle Route 4Cycling route▾
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Buxton Cycle Route 1Cycling route▾
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Buxton Cycle Route 3Cycling route▾
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Buxton Cycle Route 5Cycling route▾
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Cheshire CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 70Regional cycle route
High Peak CyclewayCycling route▾
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2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Grit and Gears IIMountain bike route▾
Forest BridlewayMountain bike route▾
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Photos
Derbyshire Bridge and River Goyt
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
7,766 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
7,766 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRed Grouse (scotica) · Blue Tit · Coal Tit · Kestrel · Raven +3
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
Badger
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Eristalis tenax · Marmalade Hoverfly
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Deergrass · Autumn Hawkbit · Purple Moor-grass · Tormentil · Soft-rush +119
- DeergrassTrichophorum cespitosum
- Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis
- Purple Moor-grassMolinia caerulea
- TormentilPotentilla erecta
- Soft-rushJuncus effusus
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
- Jointed RushJuncus articulatus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
7,766 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRed Grouse (scotica) · Blue Tit · Coal Tit · Kestrel · Raven +3
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
Badger
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Eristalis tenax · Marmalade Hoverfly
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Deergrass · Autumn Hawkbit · Purple Moor-grass · Tormentil · Soft-rush +119
- DeergrassTrichophorum cespitosum
- Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis
- Purple Moor-grassMolinia caerulea
- TormentilPotentilla erecta
- Soft-rushJuncus effusus
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
- Jointed RushJuncus articulatus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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