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Sawmills Recreation Ground

📷 Alan Murray-Rust · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessDogs welcome

Getting here

53.06571, -1.45807

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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
⚽Playing fields is at its best in summer here
🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
⚽Playing fields is at its best in summer here
🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Playground

Best for

10 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Playing fields

Very strong match

Playing field

Free

Bird watching

Strong match

Birds — Magpie, Blue Tit, Woodpigeon +45 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Magpie, Blue Tit, Woodpigeon +45 more · last seen 2025

Free

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground

Free

Family friendly

Strong match

playground; Playing field

Free

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

13 signed routes nearby · 39 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

High Peak TrailWalking route27 km

Named routeLength 27 kmRegional walking route

Derwent Valley Heritage WayWalking route89 km

Named routeLength 89 kmRegional walking route

Amber Valley Routeways Walk 11Walking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Amber Valley Routeway Walk 14Walking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Brickyard Roadpublic footpath · 14 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 14 mPath type: service

Cromford Canalpublic footpath · 39 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 39 mPath type: footway

🚴

Cycling

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 54Cycling route

Named routeRef 54National Cycle Network

Ripley GreenwayCycling route

Named routeRef Ripley GreenwayLocal cycle route

🚵

Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

High Peak TrailMountain bike route27 km

Named routeRef High Peak TrailLength 27 kmPoint-to-pointLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

30,607 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

30,607 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds25 species

winter

2025

Greenfinch · Magpie · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Great Tit +20

GreenfinchChloris chloris
MagpiePica pica
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Great TitParus major
RobinErithacus rubecula
DunnockPrunella modularis
JackdawColoeus monedula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
RookCorvus frugilegus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
BuzzardButeo buteo
Coal TitPeriparus ater
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs

🦌

Mammals2 species

winter

2025

Mole · Grey Squirrel

MoleTalpa europaea
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🐝

Insects1 species

spring

2026

Dark-edged Bee-fly

Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major

🌿

Plants1 species

winter

2026

Lesser Celandine

Lesser CelandineFicaria verna

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

30,607 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds25 species

winter

2025

Greenfinch · Magpie · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Great Tit +20

GreenfinchChloris chloris
MagpiePica pica
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Great TitParus major
RobinErithacus rubecula
DunnockPrunella modularis
JackdawColoeus monedula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
RookCorvus frugilegus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
BuzzardButeo buteo
Coal TitPeriparus ater
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs

🦌

Mammals2 species

winter

2025

Mole · Grey Squirrel

MoleTalpa europaea
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🐝

Insects1 species

spring

2026

Dark-edged Bee-fly

Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major

🌿

Plants1 species

winter

2026

Lesser Celandine

Lesser CelandineFicaria verna

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Alan Murray-Rust · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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