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Whippendell Park

2 ha

📷 Ian Calderwood · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha

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52.92696, -1.53965

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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 on site — 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 on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

ParkingPlayground

Best for

10 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, Blackbird, Skylark +48 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Skylark +48 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Dog's Mercury, Wild Teasel, Bush Vetch +90 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Dog's Mercury, Wild Teasel, Bush Vetch +90 more · last seen 2025

Free

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground, parking

Free

Family friendly

Strong match

playground; Urban park — family destination

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

12 signed routes nearby · 7 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Derby Nomad WayWalking route79 km

Named routeLength 79 kmRegional walking route

Derwent Valley Heritage WayWalking route89 km

Named routeLength 89 kmRegional walking route

Centenary Way (Derbyshire)Walking route

Named route

Amber Valley Routeway Walk 17Walking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Amber Valley Routeway Walk 9Walking route

Named routeLocal walking route

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Cycling

67 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

Route 6Cycling route

Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network

Route 549Cycling route

Named routeRef 549National Cycle Network

Wildlife to spot

33,124 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

33,124 records · National Biodiversity Network

🌿

Plants119 species

winter

2025

Cut-leaved Crane's-bill · Common Ragwort · Hogweed · False Oat-grass · Common Ivy +114

Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
Common IvyHedera helix subsp. helix
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
DandelionTaraxacum
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
ElderSambucus nigra
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
Common NettleUrtica dioica
AshFraxinus excelsior
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
CleaversGalium aparine
Common CouchElymus repens
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale
Rosa caninaRosa canina
Common ChickweedStellaria media
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
HollyIlex aquifolium
Festuca rubraFestuca rubra
TimothyPhleum pratense
DaisyBellis perennis
NipplewortLapsana communis
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
Red ValerianCentranthus ruber
Bush VetchVicia sepium
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata
Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus
WeldReseda luteola
BrambleRubus fruticosus
Wood DockRumex sanguineus
Hard RushJuncus inflexus
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Field MapleAcer campestre
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta
Guernsey FleabaneErigeron sumatrensis
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
HazelCorylus avellana
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
Soft-rushJuncus effusus
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
Greater PeriwinkleVinca major
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
YewTaxus baccata
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria
Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea
Common Dog-violetViola riviniana
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
AlderAlnus glutinosa
Red CampionSilene dioica
FringecupsTellima grandiflora
Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum
White CloverTrifolium repens
Wild PrivetLigustrum vulgare
Evening PrimroseOenothera
Perennial CornflowerCentaurea montana
Wood Forget-me-notMyosotis sylvatica
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
Himalayan CotoneasterCotoneaster simonsii
Great MulleinVerbascum thapsus
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
Great LettuceLactuca virosa
Black BryonyTamus communis
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta x hispanica = H. x massartiana
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
Danish ScurvygrassCochlearia danica
SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus
Eastern SowbreadCyclamen coum
Mind-your-own-businessSoleirolia soleirolii
White Dead-nettleLamium album
Garden PrivetLigustrum ovalifolium
Water FigwortScrophularia auriculata
Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris
Common SorrelRumex acetosa
Common MallowMalva sylvestris
RhododendronRhododendron ponticum
BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra
Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea
Giant FescueSchedonorus giganteus
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
CharlockSinapis arvensis
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
Caper SpurgeEuphorbia lathyris
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
Greater PlantainPlantago major
Snow-in-summerCerastium tomentosum
BrackenPteridium aquilinum
daffodilsNarcissus
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
Soft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferum
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

33,124 records · National Biodiversity Network

🌿

Plants119 species

winter

2025

Cut-leaved Crane's-bill · Common Ragwort · Hogweed · False Oat-grass · Common Ivy +114

Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
Common IvyHedera helix subsp. helix
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
DandelionTaraxacum
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
ElderSambucus nigra
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
Common NettleUrtica dioica
AshFraxinus excelsior
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
CleaversGalium aparine
Common CouchElymus repens
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale
Rosa caninaRosa canina
Common ChickweedStellaria media
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
HollyIlex aquifolium
Festuca rubraFestuca rubra
TimothyPhleum pratense
DaisyBellis perennis
NipplewortLapsana communis
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
Red ValerianCentranthus ruber
Bush VetchVicia sepium
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata
Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus
WeldReseda luteola
BrambleRubus fruticosus
Wood DockRumex sanguineus
Hard RushJuncus inflexus
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Field MapleAcer campestre
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta
Guernsey FleabaneErigeron sumatrensis
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
HazelCorylus avellana
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
Soft-rushJuncus effusus
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
Greater PeriwinkleVinca major
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
YewTaxus baccata
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria
Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea
Common Dog-violetViola riviniana
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
AlderAlnus glutinosa
Red CampionSilene dioica
FringecupsTellima grandiflora
Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum
White CloverTrifolium repens
Wild PrivetLigustrum vulgare
Evening PrimroseOenothera
Perennial CornflowerCentaurea montana
Wood Forget-me-notMyosotis sylvatica
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
Himalayan CotoneasterCotoneaster simonsii
Great MulleinVerbascum thapsus
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
Great LettuceLactuca virosa
Black BryonyTamus communis
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta x hispanica = H. x massartiana
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
Danish ScurvygrassCochlearia danica
SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus
Eastern SowbreadCyclamen coum
Mind-your-own-businessSoleirolia soleirolii
White Dead-nettleLamium album
Garden PrivetLigustrum ovalifolium
Water FigwortScrophularia auriculata
Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris
Common SorrelRumex acetosa
Common MallowMalva sylvestris
RhododendronRhododendron ponticum
BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra
Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea
Giant FescueSchedonorus giganteus
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
CharlockSinapis arvensis
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
Caper SpurgeEuphorbia lathyris
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
Greater PlantainPlantago major
Snow-in-summerCerastium tomentosum
BrackenPteridium aquilinum
daffodilsNarcissus
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
Soft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferum
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Ian Calderwood · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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