Plan your visit
🛝Family🦅Birds🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
53.25677, -1.91857
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦55+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Jackdaw
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕No. 6 The Square — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦55+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Jackdaw
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕No. 6 The Square — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Jackdaw, Blue Tit +52 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
Birds — Robin, Jackdaw, Blue Tit +52 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Coltsfoot, Hart's-Tongue, Yew +32 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 signed routes nearby · 20 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
Dane Valley WayWalking route66 km▾
Buxton to Northwich
Named routeLength 66 kmRegional walking route
Buxton Heritage TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Peak District Boundary Walk Stage 20Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Peak District Boundary Walk Stage 1Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Broadwalkpublic footpath · 7 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 7 mSurface asphaltPath type: pedestrian
Broadwalkpublic footpath · 228 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 228 mSurface asphaltPath type: pedestrian
Broadwalkpublic footpath · 266 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 266 mSurface asphaltPath type: pedestrian
11 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Buxton Cycle Route 2Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
High Peak CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Buxton Cycle Route 4Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Buxton Cycle Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Buxton Cycle Route 3Cycling route▾
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Buxton Cycle Route 5Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Photos
Miniature railway - Buxton Pavilion Gardens
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
62,715 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
62,715 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlue Tit · Long-tailed Tit · Jackdaw · Robin · Nuthatch +36
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- MagpiePica pica2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Great TitParus major2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog · Palmate Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
🐝Insects6 species
winterspring
2026▾
Eristalis tenax · 7-spot Ladybird · Vine Weevil · Neomyia cornicina · Varied Carpet Beetle +1
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus
- Neomyia cornicinaNeomyia cornicina
- Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci
- Trichocera regelationisTrichocera regelationis
🌿Plants18 species
winterspring
2026▾
Coltsfoot · Hart's-Tongue · Lesser Celandine · Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage · Flowering Currant +13
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium
- Flowering CurrantRibes sanguineum
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
62,715 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlue Tit · Long-tailed Tit · Jackdaw · Robin · Nuthatch +36
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- MagpiePica pica2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Great TitParus major2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog · Palmate Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
🐝Insects6 species
winterspring
2026▾
Eristalis tenax · 7-spot Ladybird · Vine Weevil · Neomyia cornicina · Varied Carpet Beetle +1
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus
- Neomyia cornicinaNeomyia cornicina
- Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci
- Trichocera regelationisTrichocera regelationis
🌿Plants18 species
winterspring
2026▾
Coltsfoot · Hart's-Tongue · Lesser Celandine · Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage · Flowering Currant +13
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium
- Flowering CurrantRibes sanguineum
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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