✦Heritage🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
53.14244, -1.53274
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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
- ✦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
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- ✦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
Historic site with public access
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 signed routes nearby · 32 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
Chesterfield Round WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRound tripLocal walking route
High Peak TrailWalking route27 km▾
Named routeLength 27 kmRegional walking route
Derwent Valley Heritage WayWalking route89 km▾
Named routeLength 89 kmRegional walking route
Bull Lanepublic footpath · 53 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 53 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
8 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 54Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 54National Cycle Network
White Peak LoopCycling route▾
Named routeRef 680National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route2.3 km▾
Named routeRef 680Length 2.3 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface flexsurface
Main RouteCycling route852 m▾
Named routeRef 680Length 852 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.8 km▾
Named routeRef 680Length 1.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface flexsurface
Main RouteCycling route336 m▾
Named routeRef 680Length 336 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
High Peak TrailMountain bike route27 km▾
Named routeRef High Peak TrailLength 27 kmPoint-to-pointLocal cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
13,858 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
13,858 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds28 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Jackdaw · Woodpigeon · Robin · Mallard · Blue Tit +23
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MagpiePica pica
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- RavenCorvus corax
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Great TitParus major
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- SwiftApus apus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Grey Squirrel · Bat
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- BatChiroptera
Slow-worm
🐝Insects3 species
springautumn
2026▾
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Harlequin Ladybird · Green Shieldbug
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
Common Ragwort · Centaurea nigra · Ribwort Plantain · Common Bent · Hawthorn +94
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
- Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
- Common BentAgrostis capillaris
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
- Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
13,858 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds28 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Jackdaw · Woodpigeon · Robin · Mallard · Blue Tit +23
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MagpiePica pica
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- RavenCorvus corax
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Great TitParus major
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- SwiftApus apus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Grey Squirrel · Bat
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- BatChiroptera
Slow-worm
🐝Insects3 species
springautumn
2026▾
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Harlequin Ladybird · Green Shieldbug
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
Common Ragwort · Centaurea nigra · Ribwort Plantain · Common Bent · Hawthorn +94
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
- Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
- Common BentAgrostis capillaris
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
- Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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