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🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
53.11584, -1.44791
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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
- 🛝Playground 224m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ 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
- 🛝Playground 224m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Robin +90 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Robin +90 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — Glow-worm, Migrant Hawker · last seen 2025; Insects — Glow-worm, Migrant Hawker · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 signed routes nearby · 27 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
Derwent Valley Heritage WayWalking route89 km▾
Named routeLength 89 kmRegional walking route
South Chesterfield WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Amber Valley Routeways Walk 12Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Cromford Canal FootpathWalking route▾
Slack Lanepublic footpath · 439 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 439 mSurface gravelPath type: service
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Wildlife to spot
11,219 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
11,219 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Carrion Crow · Robin · Woodpigeon · Mallard +43
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MagpiePica pica
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- TealAnas crecca
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Mergus merganser merganserMergus merganser merganser
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- CootFulica atra
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- GadwallMareca strepera
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- RavenCorvus corax
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- DunnockPrunella modularis
Brown Hare
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Festuca rubra · Great Willowherb · Bugle · Centaurea nigra · Garlic Mustard +87
- Festuca rubraFestuca rubra
- Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
- BugleAjuga reptans
- Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra
- Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
- BeechFagus sylvatica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
11,219 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Carrion Crow · Robin · Woodpigeon · Mallard +43
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MagpiePica pica
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- TealAnas crecca
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Mergus merganser merganserMergus merganser merganser
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- CootFulica atra
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- GadwallMareca strepera
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- RavenCorvus corax
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- DunnockPrunella modularis
Brown Hare
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Festuca rubra · Great Willowherb · Bugle · Centaurea nigra · Garlic Mustard +87
- Festuca rubraFestuca rubra
- Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
- BugleAjuga reptans
- Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra
- Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
- BeechFagus sylvatica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas