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✦Heritage🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessDogs welcome82 ha
Getting here
53.17189, -1.55794
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- ✦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
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- ✦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
Historic site with public access
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 signed routes nearby · 8 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Limestone WayWalking route74 km▾
Castleton to Rocester
Named routeLength 74 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
Chesterfield Round WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRound tripLocal walking route
Derwent Valley Heritage WayWalking route89 km▾
Named routeLength 89 kmRegional walking route
South Chesterfield WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Peak District Boundary Walk Stage 13Walking route16 km▾
Named routeLength 16 kmRegional walking route
8 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
White Peak LoopCycling route▾
Named routeRef 680National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route2.3 km▾
Named routeRef 680Length 2.3 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface flexsurface
Main RouteCycling route852 m▾
Named routeRef 680Length 852 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.8 km▾
Named routeRef 680Length 1.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface flexsurface
Main RouteCycling route336 m▾
Named routeRef 680Length 336 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route785 m▾
Named routeRef 680Length 785 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
3 public paths nearby
Public paths
Back Lanebridleway · 612 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 612 mSurface gravelPath type: track
Back Lanebyway open to all traffic · 177 m▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 177 mSurface asphaltPath type: service
Butcher's Lanebyway open to all traffic · 268 m▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 268 mSurface asphaltPath type: service
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Wildlife to spot
21,721 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
21,721 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds37 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Chaffinch · Great Tit · Nuthatch · Robin · Woodpigeon +32
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great TitParus major
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- RavenCorvus corax
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
22-spot Ladybird · Mesembrina meridiana · 7-spot Ladybird · Tipula paludosa · Common Darter +1
- 22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
- Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Tipula paludosaTipula paludosa
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Volucella inanisVolucella inanis
Raspberry · Meadow Buttercup · Creeping Bent · Cat's-ear · Common Centaury +99
- RaspberryRubus idaeus
- Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
- Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
- Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
- Common CentauryCentaurium erythraea
- TormentilPotentilla erecta
- Fairy FlaxLinum catharticum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
21,721 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds37 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Chaffinch · Great Tit · Nuthatch · Robin · Woodpigeon +32
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great TitParus major
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- RavenCorvus corax
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
22-spot Ladybird · Mesembrina meridiana · 7-spot Ladybird · Tipula paludosa · Common Darter +1
- 22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
- Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Tipula paludosaTipula paludosa
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Volucella inanisVolucella inanis
Raspberry · Meadow Buttercup · Creeping Bent · Cat's-ear · Common Centaury +99
- RaspberryRubus idaeus
- Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
- Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
- Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
- Common CentauryCentaurium erythraea
- TormentilPotentilla erecta
- Fairy FlaxLinum catharticum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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