Viking barrow cemetery in Heath Wood
4 ha
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Free entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
52.82943, -1.49393
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦97+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Carrion Crow
- ✦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
- 🐦97+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Carrion Crow
- ✦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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Robin +94 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Robin +94 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Small-flowered Crane's-bill, Chicory · last seen 2025; Plants — Small-flowered Crane's-bill, Chicory · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Derby Nomad WayWalking route79 km▾
Named routeLength 79 kmRegional walking route
Red WalkWalking route3.8 km▾
Named routeLength 3.8 km
Trent Valley WayWalking route304 km▾
Named routeLength 304 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
Ivanhoe WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
National Forest WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
18 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cloud Trail GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeRef Cloud Trail GreenwayLocal cycle route
Derby Orbital Route 66Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 66Regional cycle route
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route65 m▾
Named routeRef 6Length 65 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route464 m▾
Named routeRef 6Length 464 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1 km▾
Named routeRef 6Length 1 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
The Tramway TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef The Tramway Trail
1 public path nearby
Public paths
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Photos
The footpath through Heath Wood
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Wildlife to spot
17,028 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
17,028 records · National Biodiversity NetworkSong Thrush · Cormorant · Woodpigeon · Black-headed Gull · Blue Tit +16
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Slavonian GrebePodiceps auritus
- CootFulica atra
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- RavenCorvus corax
Broad-leaved Dock · Ribwort Plantain · Yarrow · Common Sorrel · Common Chickweed +98
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
- YarrowAchillea millefolium
- Common SorrelRumex acetosa
- Common ChickweedStellaria media
- DandelionTaraxacum
- ElderSambucus nigra
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
17,028 records · National Biodiversity NetworkSong Thrush · Cormorant · Woodpigeon · Black-headed Gull · Blue Tit +16
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Slavonian GrebePodiceps auritus
- CootFulica atra
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- RavenCorvus corax
Broad-leaved Dock · Ribwort Plantain · Yarrow · Common Sorrel · Common Chickweed +98
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
- YarrowAchillea millefolium
- Common SorrelRumex acetosa
- Common ChickweedStellaria media
- DandelionTaraxacum
- ElderSambucus nigra
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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