Shentall Memorial Gardens
Plan your visit
🛝Family🎠Play🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
53.23600, -1.43314
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦72+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Magpie and Woodpigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Peacock Coffee Lounge — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦72+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Magpie and Woodpigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Peacock Coffee Lounge — 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
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Magpie, Woodpigeon, Blackbird +69 more · last seen 2026
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
Birds — Magpie, Woodpigeon, Blackbird +69 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Tree Bumblebee, Early Bumblebee, Harlequin Ladybird +29 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km10 signed routes nearby · 11 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Chesterfield Round WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRound tripLocal walking route
Cuckoo WayWalking route▾
South Chesterfield WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Trans-Pennine Trail (Staveley to Chesterfield spur)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Whittington and the HandleysWalking route▾
Irongatepublic footpath · 81 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 81 mSurface paving_stonesPath type: footway
Sowters Rowpublic footpath · 4 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 4 mSurface paving_stonesPath type: footway
Sowters Rowpublic footpath · 4 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 4 mSurface paving_stonesPath type: footway
75 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 5Local cycle route
Rother Valley WashlandsCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
LCN 3Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 3Local cycle route
Route 67Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 67National Cycle Network
N/ACycling route4 m▾
Named routeLength 4 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface other
N/ACycling route548 m▾
Named routeLength 548 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Promenade above Shentall Memorial Gardens
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Wildlife to spot
31,229 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
31,229 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Magpie · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Common Gull · Carrion Crow +40
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Willow TitPoecile montanus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Red Fox · Brown Rat
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
🐝Insects3 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Harlequin Ladybird · Hornet Hoverfly · Dock Bug
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
Coastal Redwood · Ivy-leaved Toadflax · Japanese Knotweed · Field Maple · Scentless Mayweed +37
- Coastal RedwoodSequoia sempervirens
- Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis2025
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2025
- Field MapleAcer campestre2025
- Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum2025
- Wall BarleyHordeum murinum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
31,229 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Magpie · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Common Gull · Carrion Crow +40
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Willow TitPoecile montanus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Red Fox · Brown Rat
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
🐝Insects3 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Harlequin Ladybird · Hornet Hoverfly · Dock Bug
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
Coastal Redwood · Ivy-leaved Toadflax · Japanese Knotweed · Field Maple · Scentless Mayweed +37
- Coastal RedwoodSequoia sempervirens
- Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis2025
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2025
- Field MapleAcer campestre2025
- Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum2025
- Wall BarleyHordeum murinum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
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NipplewortLapsana communis2025NipplewortLapsana communis2025Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2025Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2025Greater PlantainPlantago major2025Greater PlantainPlantago major2025Guernsey FleabaneErigeron sumatrensis2025Guernsey FleabaneErigeron sumatrensis2025IvyHedera helix2025IvyHedera helix2025BorageBorago officinalis2025BorageBorago officinalis2025Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2025Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2025Oxford RagwortSenecio squalidus2025Oxford RagwortSenecio squalidus2025Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2025Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2025ColtsfootTussilago farfara2025ColtsfootTussilago farfara2025Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens2025Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens2025Common FumitoryFumaria officinalis2025Common FumitoryFumaria officinalis2025Common PoppyPapaver rhoeas2025Common PoppyPapaver rhoeas2025Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025Wild CherryPrunus avium2025Wild CherryPrunus avium2025Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025CleaversGalium aparine2025CleaversGalium aparine2025BrambleRubus fruticosus2025BrambleRubus fruticosus2025OatAvena sativa2025OatAvena sativa2025False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2025False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2025Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2025Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2025MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2025MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2025Pale PersicariaPersicaria lapathifolia2025Pale PersicariaPersicaria lapathifolia2025Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025Water BentPolypogon viridis2025Water BentPolypogon viridis2025Wall LettuceMycelis muralis2025Wall LettuceMycelis muralis2025PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2025PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2025Ribbed MelilotMelilotus officinalis2025Ribbed MelilotMelilotus officinalis2025Many-Seeded GoosefootLipandra polysperma2025Many-Seeded GoosefootLipandra polysperma2025BrackenPteridium aquilinum2025BrackenPteridium aquilinum2025Red CampionSilene dioica2025Red CampionSilene dioica2025Sweet AlisonLobularia maritima2025Sweet AlisonLobularia maritima2025Fat-henChenopodium album2025Fat-henChenopodium album2025Red FescueFestuca rubra2025Red FescueFestuca rubra2025Prickly LettuceLactuca serriola2025Prickly LettuceLactuca serriola2025Sticky GroundselSenecio viscosus2025Sticky GroundselSenecio viscosus2025