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South Ave Recn Ground (War Meml)

2 ha

📷 Francis Dolman · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha

Getting here

52.91958, -1.40138

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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
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
☕Wicker Basket Café — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
☕Wicker Basket Café — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingCaféParkingPlayground

Best for

9 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Robin, Woodpigeon, Goldfinch +76 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Robin, Woodpigeon, Goldfinch +76 more · last seen 2026

Free

Family friendly

Strong match

playground, café; Urban park — family destination

Free

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground, café, parking

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Small White, Large White, Peacock +51 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Small White, Large White, Peacock +51 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Meadow Crane's-bill, Red Valerian, Trifolium incarnatum +100 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Meadow Crane's-bill, Red Valerian, Trifolium incarnatum +100 more · last seen 2026

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

18 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

Erewash Circular Route 4Walking route

Named route

Erewash Circular Route 13Walking route

Named route

🚴

Cycling

80 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

Wildlife to spot

11,017 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

11,017 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds11 species

springautumn

2026

Kestrel · Robin · Goldfinch · Collared Dove · Great Tit +6

KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Great TitParus major
DunnockPrunella modularis
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025

🌿

Plants128 species

autumn

2026

Creeping Buttercup · Garlic Mustard · Wood Avens · False Oat-grass · Common Nettle +123

Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2025
Common NettleUrtica dioica2025
GroundselSenecio vulgaris2025
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2025
Silver BirchBetula pendula2025
Common IvyHedera helix subsp. helix2025
HazelCorylus avellana2025
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2025
HollyIlex aquifolium2025
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2025
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2025
YarrowAchillea millefolium2025
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2025
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025
BrambleRubus fruticosus2025
ElderSambucus nigra2025
CleaversGalium aparine2025
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025
Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025
AshFraxinus excelsior2025
Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2025
AlderAlnus glutinosa2025
White CloverTrifolium repens2025
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2025
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2025
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2025
DandelionTaraxacum2025
Greater PlantainPlantago major2025
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2025
Field MapleAcer campestre2025
Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus2025
Rosa caninaRosa canina2025
BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025
White Dead-nettleLamium album2025
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2025
DaisyBellis perennis2025
RowanSorbus aucuparia2025
Fat-henChenopodium album2025
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2025
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2025
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2025
Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis2025
Festuca rubraFestuca rubra2025
BeechFagus sylvatica2025
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2025
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2025
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2025
Wall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis2025
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2025
BuckthornRhamnus cathartica2025
Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea2025
Meadow BarleyHordeum secalinum2025
Scots PinePinus sylvestris2025
Common BentAgrostis capillaris2025
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025
Tufted VetchVicia cracca2025
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2025
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2025
Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum2025
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2025
Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2025
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2025
Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum2025
MontbretiaCrocosmia aurea x pottsii = C. x crocosmiiflora2025
Wild CherryPrunus avium2025
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2025
Wood DockRumex sanguineus2025
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2025
Bay WillowSalix pentandra2025
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2025
BulrushTypha latifolia2025
BuckwheatFagopyrum esculentum2025
Scorpion WeedPhacelia tanacetifolia2025
TutsanHypericum androsaemum2025
Common VetchVicia sativa2025
Russian ComfreySymphytum asperum x officinale = S. x uplandicum2025
Crack-willowSalix alba x euxina = S. x fragilis2025
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2025
LilacSyringa vulgaris2025
Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis2025
CowslipPrimula veris2025
Hard RushJuncus inflexus2025
Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis2025
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2025
Crimson CloverTrifolium incarnatum subsp. incarnatum2025
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2025
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2025
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum2025
Shaggy SoldierGalinsoga quadriradiata2025
Common ChickweedStellaria media2025
Stinking IrisIris foetidissima2025
Quaking-grassBriza media2025
RedshankPersicaria maculosa2025
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2025
Soft-rushJuncus effusus2025
Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta2025
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2025
DogwoodCornus sanguinea2025
TimothyPhleum pratense2025
Black-grassAlopecurus myosuroides2025
Thale CressArabidopsis thaliana2025
New Zealand PigmyweedCrassula helmsii2025
Smooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillaris2025
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2025
WatercressNasturtium officinale2025
Hedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicum2025
Giant BlackberryRubus armeniacus2025
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025
FeverfewTanacetum parthenium2025
Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa2025
Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis2025
Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2025
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2025
Red ValerianCentranthus ruber2025
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2025
Common CouchElymus repens2025
Red CurrantRibes rubrum2025
NipplewortLapsana communis2025
Polygonum avicularePolygonum aviculare2025
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2025
Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

11,017 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds11 species

springautumn

2026

Kestrel · Robin · Goldfinch · Collared Dove · Great Tit +6

KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Great TitParus major
DunnockPrunella modularis
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025

🌿

Plants128 species

autumn

2026

Creeping Buttercup · Garlic Mustard · Wood Avens · False Oat-grass · Common Nettle +123

Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2025
Common NettleUrtica dioica2025
GroundselSenecio vulgaris2025
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2025
Silver BirchBetula pendula2025
Common IvyHedera helix subsp. helix2025
HazelCorylus avellana2025
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2025
HollyIlex aquifolium2025
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2025
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2025
YarrowAchillea millefolium2025
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2025
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025
BrambleRubus fruticosus2025
ElderSambucus nigra2025
CleaversGalium aparine2025
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025
Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025
AshFraxinus excelsior2025
Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2025
AlderAlnus glutinosa2025
White CloverTrifolium repens2025
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2025
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2025
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2025
DandelionTaraxacum2025
Greater PlantainPlantago major2025
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2025
Field MapleAcer campestre2025
Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus2025
Rosa caninaRosa canina2025
BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025
White Dead-nettleLamium album2025
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2025
DaisyBellis perennis2025
RowanSorbus aucuparia2025
Fat-henChenopodium album2025
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2025
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2025
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2025
Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis2025
Festuca rubraFestuca rubra2025
BeechFagus sylvatica2025
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2025
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2025
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2025
Wall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis2025
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2025
BuckthornRhamnus cathartica2025
Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea2025
Meadow BarleyHordeum secalinum2025
Scots PinePinus sylvestris2025
Common BentAgrostis capillaris2025
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025
Tufted VetchVicia cracca2025
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2025
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2025
Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum2025
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2025
Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2025
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2025
Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum2025
MontbretiaCrocosmia aurea x pottsii = C. x crocosmiiflora2025
Wild CherryPrunus avium2025
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2025
Wood DockRumex sanguineus2025
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2025
Bay WillowSalix pentandra2025
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2025
BulrushTypha latifolia2025
BuckwheatFagopyrum esculentum2025
Scorpion WeedPhacelia tanacetifolia2025
TutsanHypericum androsaemum2025
Common VetchVicia sativa2025
Russian ComfreySymphytum asperum x officinale = S. x uplandicum2025
Crack-willowSalix alba x euxina = S. x fragilis2025
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2025
LilacSyringa vulgaris2025
Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis2025
CowslipPrimula veris2025
Hard RushJuncus inflexus2025
Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis2025
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2025
Crimson CloverTrifolium incarnatum subsp. incarnatum2025
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2025
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2025
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum2025
Shaggy SoldierGalinsoga quadriradiata2025
Common ChickweedStellaria media2025
Stinking IrisIris foetidissima2025
Quaking-grassBriza media2025
RedshankPersicaria maculosa2025
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2025
Soft-rushJuncus effusus2025
Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta2025
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2025
DogwoodCornus sanguinea2025
TimothyPhleum pratense2025
Black-grassAlopecurus myosuroides2025
Thale CressArabidopsis thaliana2025
New Zealand PigmyweedCrassula helmsii2025
Smooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillaris2025
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2025
WatercressNasturtium officinale2025
Hedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicum2025
Giant BlackberryRubus armeniacus2025
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025
FeverfewTanacetum parthenium2025
Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa2025
Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis2025
Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2025
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2025
Red ValerianCentranthus ruber2025
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2025
Common CouchElymus repens2025
Red CurrantRibes rubrum2025
NipplewortLapsana communis2025
Polygonum avicularePolygonum aviculare2025
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2025
Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum2025