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Priestcliffe Lees

✦ Ancient woodland70 ha

📷 David Martin · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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WildlifeBirdsSeasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome70 ha

Getting here

53.25426, -1.77124

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

  • ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
  • 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
  • ⛺Camping available here — summer nights at this site are worth planning around

Good to know

  • £Free to visit — no entry charge
  • 🐕Dogs welcome
  • 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Bike parkingCampsiteParking· Paid

Best for

10 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Dipper, Wren, Blue Tit +56 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Dipper, Wren, Blue Tit +56 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Common Spotted-orchid, Meadowsweet, Early-purple Orchid +177 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Chalk and limestone grassland — chalkhill blue, adonis blue and rare moths; Insects — Murky-legged Black Legionnaire, Cercopis vulnerata, Rhingia campestris +197 more · last seen 2026

Free

Foraging

Plants — Meadowsweet, Wild Marjoram, Guelder-rose +21 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Dog walks

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

5 signed routes nearby · 56 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
Limestone WayWalking route74 km

Castleton to Rocester

Named routeLength 74 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
White Peak Loop - Link to Monsal TrailWalking route
Named route
Peak District Boundary Walk Stage 1Walking route
Named routeRegional walking route
Monsal TrailWalking route
Named routeLocal walking route
Monk's Dalepublic footpath · 2.3 km
Public pathpublic footpathLength 2.3 kmPath type: footway
Tideswell Dalepublic footpath · 3 m
Public pathpublic footpathLength 3 mPath type: footway
Tideswell Dalepublic footpath · 5 m
Public pathpublic footpathLength 5 mPath type: footway
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Cycling

18 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Monsal TrailCycling route
Named routeRef 680National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route2.4 km
Named routeRef 680Length 2.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route34 m
Named routeRef 680Length 34 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route69 m
Named routeRef 680Length 69 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route709 m
Named routeRef 680Length 709 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route476 m
Named routeRef 680Length 476 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby
Great North Trail (Peak District and South Pennines)Mountain bike route130.4 km
Named routeLength 130.4 kmNational Cycle Network
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Horse riding

9 public paths nearby

Public paths
Monksdale Lanebridleway · 1.1 km
Public pathbridlewayLength 1.1 kmSurface unpavedPath type: track

Wildlife to spot

Photos

River Wye near Ravenstor

📷 David Martin · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

River Wye near Ravenstor

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

✦Lees and Dove Rakes, Booth Lee Pipes and Sterndale SoughHistoric site600 m→🌱Tideswell Dale Picnic AreaUrban park1.1 km→✦Maury Mine and SoughHistoric site600 m→✦Arbourseats Veins and Sough, Wardlow Sough, Nay Green Mine and Washing Floors, Hading Vein and Seedlow RakeHistoric site2.5 km→⛪St John the Baptist's ChurchReligious grounds2.7 km→✦Cackle Mackle and Stadford Hollow lead mines on Longstone MoorHistoric site4 km→

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