Shrunken medieval village and moated site at Thurvaston
2 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
52.93653, -1.63998
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦39+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Coot and Tufted Duck
- ✦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
- 🐦39+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Coot and Tufted Duck
- ✦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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Coot, Tufted Duck, Moorhen +36 more · last seen 2025
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
Birds — Coot, Tufted Duck, Moorhen +36 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Large White, Small Tortoiseshell +26 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Blueish Veilwort, Creeping Feather-moss, Cylindric Beard-moss +69 more · last seen 2023
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby · 17 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Derby Nomad WayWalking route79 km▾
Named routeLength 79 kmRegional walking route
Centenary Way (Derbyshire)Walking route▾
Amber Valley Routeway Walk 9Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Amber Valley Routeway Walk 1Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Royal Shrovetide Challenge Walk (down'ards)Walking route▾
Chapel Lanepublic footpath · 136 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 136 mPath type: track
7 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 54Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 54National Cycle Network
Great Northern GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeRef Great Northern GreenwayPoint-to-pointLocal cycle route
Pennine CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 68National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route11.5 km▾
Named routeRef 68Length 11.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route3.7 km▾
Named routeRef 68Length 3.7 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.2 km▾
Named routeRef 54Length 1.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
1 public path nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
3,862 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,862 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds32 species
springsummer
2025▾
Coot · Tufted Duck · Moorhen · Mute Swan · Little Grebe +27
- CootFulica atra
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2022
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2023
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2022
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2023
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2023
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
- MagpiePica pica2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2022
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2022
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2022
- SwiftApus apus2022
🦌Mammals3 species
wintersummer
2025▾
Red Fox · Badger · Raccoon
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- BadgerMeles meles
- RaccoonProcyon lotor2024
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2023▾
Common Toad
Small White · Small Tortoiseshell · Red Admiral · Painted Lady · Large White +13
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
- PeacockAglais io
Meadow Crane's-bill · Pineappleweed · Snowberry · Rosebay Willowherb · Lesser Celandine +19
- Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense
- PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2022
- SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus2019
- Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2019
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2019
- Field MapleAcer campestre
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,862 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds32 species
springsummer
2025▾
Coot · Tufted Duck · Moorhen · Mute Swan · Little Grebe +27
- CootFulica atra
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2022
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2023
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2022
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2023
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2023
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
- MagpiePica pica2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2022
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2022
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2022
- SwiftApus apus2022
🦌Mammals3 species
wintersummer
2025▾
Red Fox · Badger · Raccoon
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- BadgerMeles meles
- RaccoonProcyon lotor2024
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2023▾
Common Toad
Small White · Small Tortoiseshell · Red Admiral · Painted Lady · Large White +13
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
- PeacockAglais io
Meadow Crane's-bill · Pineappleweed · Snowberry · Rosebay Willowherb · Lesser Celandine +19
- Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense
- PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2022
- SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus2019
- Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2019
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2019
- Field MapleAcer campestre
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2019
2019
CommaPolygonia c-album2019CommaPolygonia c-album2019Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2019Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2019GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2019Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2019Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2019Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2019Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatusBox BugGonocerus acuteangulatusRingletAphantopus hyperantus2019RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019Acrossus rufipesAcrossus rufipes2019Acrossus rufipesAcrossus rufipes2019Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2019Small CopperLycaena phlaeas20192019
2019
Wild CherryPrunus avium2019Wild CherryPrunus avium2019Wych ElmUlmus glabra2019Wych ElmUlmus glabra2019Red CampionSilene dioica2019Red CampionSilene dioica2019Wood Forget-me-notMyosotis sylvatica2019Wood Forget-me-notMyosotis sylvatica2019Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2019Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2019Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2019Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2019Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2019Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2019BrambleRubus fruticosus2019BrambleRubus fruticosus2019Field-roseRosa arvensis2019Field-roseRosa arvensis2019HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2019HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2019AshFraxinus excelsior2019AshFraxinus excelsior2019Wood DockRumex sanguineus2019Wood DockRumex sanguineus2019MoschatelAdoxa moschatellina2019MoschatelAdoxa moschatellina2019RamsonsAllium ursinum2019RamsonsAllium ursinum2019HazelCorylus avellana2019HazelCorylus avellana2019HollyIlex aquifolium2019HollyIlex aquifolium2019Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2019Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2019Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2019Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2019