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Getting here
53.23765, -1.90615
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦55+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Blackbird
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦55+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Blackbird
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Blackbird, Jackdaw +52 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Blue Tit, Blackbird, Jackdaw +52 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Helophilus pendulus, Eristalis tenax +109 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Grass-of-Parnassus, Frog Orchid, Cuckooflower +141 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km10 signed routes nearby · 6 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
White Peak Loop - Link to Monsal TrailWalking route▾
Peak District Boundary Walk Stage 20Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Peak District Boundary Walk Stage 1Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
20 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
High Peak CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Pennine Cycleway (on road alternative)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 68National Cycle Network
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
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Great North Trail (Peak District and South Pennines)Mountain bike route130.4 km▾
Named routeLength 130.4 kmNational Cycle Network
Photos
Foundation stone, St James' Church, Harpur Hill
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
25,232 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
25,232 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds33 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Blue Tit · Magpie · Jackdaw · Nuthatch · Robin +28
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Eristalis tenax · Helophilus pendulus · Sericomyia silentis · 7-spot Ladybird · Dryomyza anilis +23
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025
- Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Dryomyza anilisDryomyza anilis2025
- Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii
Hart's-Tongue · Grass-of-Parnassus · Scots Pine · Coltsfoot · Green Hellebore +20
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
- Grass-of-ParnassusParnassia palustris2025
- Scots PinePinus sylvestris
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara
- Green HelleboreHelleborus viridis
- Winter AconiteEranthis hyemalis
- Annual Meadow-grass
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
25,232 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds33 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Blue Tit · Magpie · Jackdaw · Nuthatch · Robin +28
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Eristalis tenax · Helophilus pendulus · Sericomyia silentis · 7-spot Ladybird · Dryomyza anilis +23
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025
- Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Dryomyza anilisDryomyza anilis2025
- Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii
Hart's-Tongue · Grass-of-Parnassus · Scots Pine · Coltsfoot · Green Hellebore +20
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
- Grass-of-ParnassusParnassia palustris2025
- Scots PinePinus sylvestris
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara
- Green HelleboreHelleborus viridis
- Winter AconiteEranthis hyemalis
- Annual Meadow-grass
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Epistrophe grossulariaeEpistrophe grossulariae2025Epistrophe grossulariaeEpistrophe grossulariae2025Xylota segnisXylota segnis2025Xylota segnisXylota segnis2025Populicerus populiPopulicerus populi2025Populicerus populiPopulicerus populi2025Neomyia cornicinaNeomyia cornicinaNeomyia cornicinaNeomyia cornicinaBlack ClockPterostichus madidus2025Black ClockPterostichus madidus2025Drosophila immigransDrosophila immigrans2025Drosophila immigransDrosophila immigrans2025Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2025Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2025Syrphus torvusSyrphus torvus2025Syrphus torvusSyrphus torvus2025EristalisEristalis2025EristalisEristalis2025Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus2025Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus2025Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2025Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2025Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana2025Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana2025Kite-tailed RobberflyMachimus atricapillus2025Kite-tailed RobberflyMachimus atricapillus2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025SyrphusSyrphus2025SyrphusSyrphus2025Valenzuela flavidusValenzuela flavidus2025Valenzuela flavidusValenzuela flavidus2025Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025Twin-spot CenturionSargus bipunctatus2025Twin-spot CenturionSargus bipunctatus2025Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025Poa annua
Poa annua
Arabis procurrensArabis procurrensArabis procurrensArabis procurrensYewTaxus baccata2025YewTaxus baccata2025Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2025Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2025Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis2025Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis2025Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2025Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2025Common NettleUrtica dioica2025Common NettleUrtica dioica2025Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025HarebellCampanula rotundifolia2025HarebellCampanula rotundifolia2025Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum2025Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum2025Downy BirchBetula pubescens2025Downy BirchBetula pubescens2025FeverfewTanacetum parthenium2025FeverfewTanacetum parthenium2025Hairy SedgeCarex hirta2025Hairy SedgeCarex hirta2025BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga2025BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga2025Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2025Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2025Stellaria mediaStellaria media2025Stellaria mediaStellaria media2025Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria2025Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria2025Small-leaved LimeTilia cordata2025Small-leaved LimeTilia cordata2025