Plan your visit
🛝Family🚲Cycling🐶Dogs
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
53.25369, -1.91589
Open directionsv
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
- ☕Five Ways Cafe — 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
- ☕Five Ways Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid
🛝Family friendly
Good match
café
Free
Named cycling route nearby: Pennine Cycleway
Varies
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Named hiking route nearby: Dane Valley Way
Free
Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 signed routes nearby · 8 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
Dane Valley WayWalking route66 km▾
Buxton to Northwich
Named routeLength 66 kmRegional walking route
Buxton Heritage TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Peak District Boundary Walk Stage 20Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Peak District Boundary Walk Stage 1Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Broadwalkpublic footpath · 7 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 7 mSurface asphaltPath type: pedestrian
Broadwalkpublic footpath · 228 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 228 mSurface asphaltPath type: pedestrian
Broadwalkpublic footpath · 266 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 266 mSurface asphaltPath type: pedestrian
12 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Buxton Cycle Route 2Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
High Peak CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Buxton Cycle Route 4Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Buxton Cycle Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Buxton Cycle Route 3Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Buxton Cycle Route 5Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
61,712 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
61,712 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlue Tit · Robin · Jackdaw · Nuthatch · Long-tailed Tit +36
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- MagpiePica pica2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Great TitParus major2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog · Palmate Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
🐝Insects6 species
winterspring
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Eristalis tenax · Neomyia cornicina · Varied Carpet Beetle · Vine Weevil +1
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Neomyia cornicinaNeomyia cornicina
- Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci
- Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus
- Trichocera regelationisTrichocera regelationis
🌿Plants16 species
winterspring
2026▾
Coltsfoot · Hart's-Tongue · Lesser Celandine · Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage · Flowering Currant +11
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium
- Flowering CurrantRibes sanguineum
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
61,712 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlue Tit · Robin · Jackdaw · Nuthatch · Long-tailed Tit +36
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- MagpiePica pica2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Great TitParus major2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog · Palmate Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
🐝Insects6 species
winterspring
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Eristalis tenax · Neomyia cornicina · Varied Carpet Beetle · Vine Weevil +1
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Neomyia cornicinaNeomyia cornicina
- Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci
- Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus
- Trichocera regelationisTrichocera regelationis
🌿Plants16 species
winterspring
2026▾
Coltsfoot · Hart's-Tongue · Lesser Celandine · Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage · Flowering Currant +11
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium
- Flowering CurrantRibes sanguineum
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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