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The Church House

📷 Malcolm Neal · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome

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52.89482, -1.55765

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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
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Great Tit, Robin +59 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Great Tit, Robin +59 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Bluebell, Himalayan Balsam, Sand-hill Screw-moss +139 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Bluebell, Himalayan Balsam, Sand-hill Screw-moss +139 more · last seen 2026

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Great Scented Liverwort, Elder, Bulrush +10 more foraging species

Varies

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Small White, Peacock, Red Admiral +44 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Small White, Peacock, Red Admiral +44 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

5 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Derby Nomad WayWalking route79 km

Named routeLength 79 kmRegional walking route

Amber Valley Routeway Walk 17Walking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Amber Valley Routeway Walk 9Walking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Trent Valley WayWalking route304 km

Named routeLength 304 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route

Bonnie Prince Charlie WalkWalking route28 km

Named routeLength 28 kmLocal walking route

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Cycling

45 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 54Cycling route

Named routeRef 54National Cycle Network

Derby Orbital Route 66Cycling route

Named routeRef 66Regional cycle route

Great Northern GreenwayCycling route

Named routeRef Great Northern GreenwayPoint-to-pointLocal cycle route

Pennine CyclewayCycling route

Named routeRef 68National Cycle Network

Hilton Local Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Route 549Cycling route

Named routeRef 549National Cycle Network

Wildlife to spot

14,168 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

14,168 records · National Biodiversity Network

🦌

Mammals1 species

summer

2025

Rabbit

RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus

🐝

Insects4 species

autumn

2025

Cabbage Bug · Hawthorn Shieldbug · Hairy Shieldbug · Migrant Hawker

Cabbage BugEurydema (Eurydema) oleracea
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta

🌿

Plants134 species

summerwinter

2026

Nipplewort · Red Dead-nettle · Bramble · Greater Plantain · Ash +129

NipplewortLapsana communis2025
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
BrambleRubus fruticosus2025
Greater PlantainPlantago major2025
AshFraxinus excelsior2025
Common IvyHedera helix subsp. helix2025
BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025
Rosa caninaRosa canina2025
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2025
Common NettleUrtica dioica2025
CleaversGalium aparine2025
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2025
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2025
Stinking IrisIris foetidissima2025
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2025
DandelionTaraxacum2025
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2025
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2025
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta x hispanica = H. x massartiana2025
Field MapleAcer campestre2025
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2025
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2025
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2025
GroundselSenecio vulgaris2025
TimothyPhleum pratense2025
White Dead-nettleLamium album2025
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025
Curled DockRumex crispus2025
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2025
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025
HollyIlex aquifolium2025
Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis2025
White CloverTrifolium repens2025
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2025
Festuca rubraFestuca rubra2025
Fat-henChenopodium album2025
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2025
YarrowAchillea millefolium2025
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2025
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025
ElderSambucus nigra2025
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2025
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2025
FritillaryFritillaria meleagris
DaisyBellis perennis2025
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum2025
Greater PeriwinkleVinca major2025
Red ValerianCentranthus ruber2025
Wild PrivetLigustrum vulgare2025
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025
Danish ScurvygrassCochlearia danica2025
SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus2025
FeverfewTanacetum parthenium2025
Reflexed StonecropPetrosedum rupestre2025
Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum2025
Common ChickweedStellaria media2025
Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea2025
Bulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosus2025
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2025
AspenPopulus tremula2025
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2025
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025
Great MulleinVerbascum thapsus2025
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2025
Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta2025
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2025
Common WhitlowgrassErophila verna2025
Smooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillaris2025
LilacSyringa vulgaris2025
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2025
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2025
Hard RushJuncus inflexus2025
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2025
Wood DockRumex sanguineus2025
Narrow-leaved RagwortSenecio inaequidens2025
Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025
Hairy TareErvilia hirsuta2025
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2025
Common SallowSalix cinerea2025
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2025
Turkey OakQuercus cerris2025
Evening PrimroseOenothera2025
Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum2025
Common SorrelRumex acetosa2025
Hedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicum2025
Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus2025
Silver BirchBetula pendula2025
AlderAlnus glutinosa2025
Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea2025
Oxford RagwortSenecio squalidus2025
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2025
Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis2025
Water FigwortScrophularia auriculata2025
BulrushTypha latifolia2025
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2025
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2025
Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2025
Burnet RoseRosa spinosissima2025
Black-bindweedFallopia convolvulus2025
Amphibious BistortPersicaria amphibia2025
Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2025
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2025
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2025
Large BindweedCalystegia silvatica2025
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2025
Pale PersicariaPersicaria lapathifolia2025
Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus2025
Common CouchElymus repens2025
Polygonum avicularePolygonum aviculare2025
Wild ParsnipPastinaca sativa2025
Common BentAgrostis capillaris2025
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2025
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2025
Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis2025
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2025
RedshankPersicaria maculosa2025
AppleMalus domestica2025
Giant BlackberryRubus armeniacus2025
Crack-willowSalix alba x euxina = S. x fragilis2025
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2025
Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum2025
Salix fragilisSalix fragilis2025
Black BryonyTamus communis2025
False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum2025
AgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoria2025
Common OracheAtriplex patula2025
Wild CherryPrunus avium2025
RaspberryRubus idaeus2025
Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

14,168 records · National Biodiversity Network

🦌

Mammals1 species

summer

2025

Rabbit

RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus

🐝

Insects4 species

autumn

2025

Cabbage Bug · Hawthorn Shieldbug · Hairy Shieldbug · Migrant Hawker

Cabbage BugEurydema (Eurydema) oleracea
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta

🌿

Plants134 species

summerwinter

2026

Nipplewort · Red Dead-nettle · Bramble · Greater Plantain · Ash +129

NipplewortLapsana communis2025
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
BrambleRubus fruticosus2025
Greater PlantainPlantago major2025
AshFraxinus excelsior2025
Common IvyHedera helix subsp. helix2025
BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025
Rosa caninaRosa canina2025
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2025
Common NettleUrtica dioica2025
CleaversGalium aparine2025
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2025
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2025
Stinking IrisIris foetidissima2025
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2025
DandelionTaraxacum2025
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2025
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2025
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta x hispanica = H. x massartiana2025
Field MapleAcer campestre2025
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2025
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2025
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2025
GroundselSenecio vulgaris2025
TimothyPhleum pratense2025
White Dead-nettleLamium album2025
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025
Curled DockRumex crispus2025
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2025
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025
HollyIlex aquifolium2025
Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis2025
White CloverTrifolium repens2025
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2025
Festuca rubraFestuca rubra2025
Fat-henChenopodium album2025
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2025
YarrowAchillea millefolium2025
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2025
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025
ElderSambucus nigra2025
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2025
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2025
FritillaryFritillaria meleagris
DaisyBellis perennis2025
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum2025
Greater PeriwinkleVinca major2025
Red ValerianCentranthus ruber2025
Wild PrivetLigustrum vulgare2025
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025
Danish ScurvygrassCochlearia danica2025
SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus2025
FeverfewTanacetum parthenium2025
Reflexed StonecropPetrosedum rupestre2025
Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum2025
Common ChickweedStellaria media2025
Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea2025
Bulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosus2025
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2025
AspenPopulus tremula2025
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2025
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025
Great MulleinVerbascum thapsus2025
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2025
Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta2025
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2025
Common WhitlowgrassErophila verna2025
Smooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillaris2025
LilacSyringa vulgaris2025
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2025
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2025
Hard RushJuncus inflexus2025
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2025
Wood DockRumex sanguineus2025
Narrow-leaved RagwortSenecio inaequidens2025
Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025
Hairy TareErvilia hirsuta2025
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2025
Common SallowSalix cinerea2025
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2025
Turkey OakQuercus cerris2025
Evening PrimroseOenothera2025
Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum2025
Common SorrelRumex acetosa2025
Hedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicum2025
Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus2025
Silver BirchBetula pendula2025
AlderAlnus glutinosa2025
Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea2025
Oxford RagwortSenecio squalidus2025
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2025
Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis2025
Water FigwortScrophularia auriculata2025
BulrushTypha latifolia2025
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2025
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2025
Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2025
Burnet RoseRosa spinosissima2025
Black-bindweedFallopia convolvulus2025
Amphibious BistortPersicaria amphibia2025
Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2025
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2025
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2025
Large BindweedCalystegia silvatica2025
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2025
Pale PersicariaPersicaria lapathifolia2025
Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus2025
Common CouchElymus repens2025
Polygonum avicularePolygonum aviculare2025
Wild ParsnipPastinaca sativa2025
Common BentAgrostis capillaris2025
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2025
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2025
Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis2025
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2025
RedshankPersicaria maculosa2025
AppleMalus domestica2025
Giant BlackberryRubus armeniacus2025
Crack-willowSalix alba x euxina = S. x fragilis2025
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2025
Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum2025
Salix fragilisSalix fragilis2025
Black BryonyTamus communis2025
False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum2025
AgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoria2025
Common OracheAtriplex patula2025
Wild CherryPrunus avium2025
RaspberryRubus idaeus2025
Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 Malcolm Neal · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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