Plan your visit
🦅Birds🎠Play🛝Family
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome42 ha
Getting here
52.93214, -1.46240
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦44+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Robin
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 253m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦44+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Robin
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 253m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Magpie +41 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Magpie +41 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Magpie +41 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Magpie +41 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Mistletoe, Spotted-laurel, Cherry Laurel +9 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Mistletoe, Spotted-laurel, Cherry Laurel +9 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km15 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
96 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 54Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 54National Cycle Network
Derby Orbital Route 66Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 66Regional 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
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
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Wildlife to spot
29,328 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
29,328 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Robin · Magpie · Blackbird · Great Tit +39
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
🌿Plants12 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Mistletoe · Spotted-laurel · Cherry Laurel · Hazel · Wood Avens +7
- MistletoeViscum album2025
- Spotted-laurelAucuba japonica
- Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus
- HazelCorylus avellana
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
29,328 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Robin · Magpie · Blackbird · Great Tit +39
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
🌿Plants12 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Mistletoe · Spotted-laurel · Cherry Laurel · Hazel · Wood Avens +7
- MistletoeViscum album2025
- Spotted-laurelAucuba japonica
- Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus
- HazelCorylus avellana
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Hawthorn
Hawthorn
Crataegus monogyna
Crataegus monogyna
Black-grassAlopecurus myosuroidesBlack-grassAlopecurus myosuroidesShepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2025Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2025Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2025Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2025Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus2025Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus2025Fool's ParsleyAethusa cynapium2025Fool's ParsleyAethusa cynapium2025Events & activities nearby
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