Plan your visit
🎠Play🛝Family🐶Dogs
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
53.07231, -1.46757
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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
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 285m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 285m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Urban park — open green space
Free
Named hiking route nearby: Cromford Canal Footpath; Named hiking route nearby: Cromford Canal Footpath
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km11 signed routes nearby · 34 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
Derwent Valley Heritage WayWalking route89 km▾
Named routeLength 89 kmRegional walking route
Amber Valley Routeway Walk 14Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Amber Valley Routeways Walk 12Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Kirkham Lanepublic footpath · 138 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 138 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
Top Hagg Lanepublic footpath · 94 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 94 mSurface dirtPath type: track
Top Hagg Lanepublic footpath · 22 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 22 mSurface dirtPath type: service
3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 54Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 54National Cycle Network
Ripley GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeRef Ripley GreenwayLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route2.6 km▾
Named routeRef 54Length 2.6 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
High Peak TrailMountain bike route27 km▾
Named routeRef High Peak TrailLength 27 kmPoint-to-pointLocal cycle route
1 public path nearby
Public paths
Top Hagg Lanerestricted byway · 74 m▾
Public pathrestricted bywayLength 74 mSurface gravelPath type: service
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Wildlife to spot
25,281 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
25,281 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Blackbird · Blue Tit · Dunnock · House Sparrow · Great Tit +41
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MagpiePica pica
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- SwiftApus apus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
Grey Squirrel · Rabbit
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
Large Scabious Mining Bee · 7-spot Ladybird · 10-spot Ladybird · Red Ant · Myrmica scabrinodis +1
- Large Scabious Mining BeeAndrena hattorfiana
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
- Red AntMyrmica rubra
- Myrmica scabrinodisMyrmica scabrinodis
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
American Skunk-cabbage · Lesser Celandine · Crimson Flax · Himalayan Balsam · Marsh Woundwort +4
- American Skunk-cabbageLysichiton americanus
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Crimson FlaxLinum grandiflorum2025
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025
- Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris2025
- Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
25,281 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Blackbird · Blue Tit · Dunnock · House Sparrow · Great Tit +41
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MagpiePica pica
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- SwiftApus apus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
Grey Squirrel · Rabbit
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
Large Scabious Mining Bee · 7-spot Ladybird · 10-spot Ladybird · Red Ant · Myrmica scabrinodis +1
- Large Scabious Mining BeeAndrena hattorfiana
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
- Red AntMyrmica rubra
- Myrmica scabrinodisMyrmica scabrinodis
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
American Skunk-cabbage · Lesser Celandine · Crimson Flax · Himalayan Balsam · Marsh Woundwort +4
- American Skunk-cabbageLysichiton americanus
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Crimson FlaxLinum grandiflorum2025
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025
- Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris2025
- Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Sweet CicelyMyrrhis odorata2025Sweet CicelyMyrrhis odorata2025White Dead-nettleLamium album2025White Dead-nettleLamium album2025Welsh PoppyPapaver cambricum2025Welsh PoppyPapaver cambricum2025