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Public accessDogs welcome68 ha
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Thornbridge Hall is a large English country house near the village of Great Longstone in the Derbyshire Dales. It is a Grade II listed building.
Read more on Wikipedia →English country houseGrade II listed park and garden
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦73+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Jackdaw
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Thornbridge Quackers Café — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦73+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Jackdaw
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Thornbridge Quackers Café — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
☕Café🅿️Parking🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Mallard, Jackdaw, Blue Tit +70 more · last seen 2026; Lowland fens — specialist fen birds and passage waders
Free
Birds — Mallard, Jackdaw, Blue Tit +70 more · last seen 2026; Lowland fens priority habitat
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, café
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown, Common Blue +54 more · last seen 2026; Lowland fens — fen dragonflies and rare invertebrates
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 45 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Limestone WayWalking route74 km▾
Castleton to Rocester
Named routeLength 74 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
Derwent Valley Heritage WayWalking route89 km▾
Named routeLength 89 kmRegional walking route
Monsal TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Pennyunk Lanepublic footpath · 705 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 705 mSurface compactedPath type: track
Betty Lanepublic footpath · 66 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 66 mPath type: service
Little Lanepublic footpath · 411 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 411 mPath type: footway
8 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Monsal TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 680National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route2.4 km▾
Named routeRef 680Length 2.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route476 m▾
Named routeRef 680Length 476 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route484 m▾
Named routeRef 680Length 484 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route601 m▾
Named routeRef 680Length 601 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.3 km▾
Named routeRef 680Length 1.3 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
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Parkland at Thornbridge Hall
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Wildlife to spot
14,313 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
14,313 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMallard · Jackdaw · Blue Tit · Goldfinch · Little Grebe +36
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Brown Hare
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
Common Darter · Willow Emerald Damselfly · Southern Hawker · Emerald Damselfly · Migrant Hawker +5
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2025
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025
- Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2025
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Stinking Hellebore · Lords-and-Ladies · Hart's-Tongue · Lesser Celandine · Barren Strawberry +33
- Stinking HelleboreHelleborus foetidus
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis
- Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum
- Early Crocus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
14,313 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMallard · Jackdaw · Blue Tit · Goldfinch · Little Grebe +36
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Brown Hare
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
Common Darter · Willow Emerald Damselfly · Southern Hawker · Emerald Damselfly · Migrant Hawker +5
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2025
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025
- Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2025
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Stinking Hellebore · Lords-and-Ladies · Hart's-Tongue · Lesser Celandine · Barren Strawberry +33
- Stinking HelleboreHelleborus foetidus
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis
- Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum
- Early Crocus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Crocus tommasinianus
Crocus tommasinianus
Rue-leaved SaxifrageSaxifraga tridactylitesRue-leaved SaxifrageSaxifraga tridactylitesDog's MercuryMercurialis perennisDog's MercuryMercurialis perennisWall-rueAsplenium ruta-murariaWall-rueAsplenium ruta-murariaMaidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanesMaidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanesButterburPetasites hybridusButterburPetasites hybridusWhite Dead-nettleLamium album2025White Dead-nettleLamium album2025HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2025False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2025White CloverTrifolium repens2025White CloverTrifolium repens2025Welsh PoppyPapaver cambricum2025Welsh PoppyPapaver cambricum2025Yellow CorydalisPseudofumaria lutea2025Yellow CorydalisPseudofumaria lutea2025Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2025Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2025Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2025Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2025HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2025Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2025Creeping Soft-grassHolcus mollis2025Creeping Soft-grassHolcus mollis2025Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025TimothyPhleum pratense2025TimothyPhleum pratense2025Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025DandelionTaraxacum2025DandelionTaraxacum2025Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2025Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2025Common CouchElymus repens2025Common CouchElymus repens2025Giant FescueSchedonorus giganteus2025Giant FescueSchedonorus giganteus2025Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis2025Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis2025Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2025Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2025Red FescueFestuca rubra2025Red FescueFestuca rubra2025Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2025Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2025Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2025Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2025