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Pottery Wood - Woodland plantation

18 ha

📷 Lynne Kirton · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Plan your visit

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome18 ha

Getting here

52.81548, -1.49983

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🛝Playground 208m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ Visiting this summer

☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🛝Playground 208m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking· PaidPlayground

Best for

6 activities

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground, parking

Free

Family friendly

Strong match

playground

Free

Forest walks

Good match

Public woodland

Free

Hiking

Good match

Named hiking route nearby: National Forest Way

Free

Wildlife

Weak signal

Conifer plantation — limited but present wildlife

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Walking

8 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

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

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Cycling

24 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Cloud Trail GreenwayCycling route

Named routeRef Cloud Trail GreenwayLocal cycle route

Route 63Cycling route

Named routeRef 63National Cycle Network

Route 6Cycling route

Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route530 m

Named routeRef 6Length 530 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route1.9 km

Named routeRef 6Length 1.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route339 m

Named routeRef 6Length 339 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

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Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

The Tramway TrailMountain bike route

Named routeRef The Tramway Trail

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Horse riding

4 public paths nearby

Public paths

No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.

Wildlife to spot

21,006 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

21,006 records · National Biodiversity Network

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Plants116 species

spring

2026

Bluebell · White Dead-nettle · Ash · Cleavers · Perennial Rye-grass +111

BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta x hispanica = H. x massartiana
White Dead-nettleLamium album
AshFraxinus excelsior
CleaversGalium aparine
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
ElderSambucus nigra
Common IvyHedera helix subsp. helix
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
Common ChickweedStellaria media
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
BrambleRubus fruticosus
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale
DandelionTaraxacum
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Greater PlantainPlantago major
HollyIlex aquifolium
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum
Festuca rubraFestuca rubra
Rosa caninaRosa canina
Red CampionSilene dioica
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
Curled DockRumex crispus
Common NettleUrtica dioica
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
Field MapleAcer campestre
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Wild CherryPrunus avium
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
Hedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicum
Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis
Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum
BrackenPteridium aquilinum
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
Wild PrivetLigustrum vulgare
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra
Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
daffodilsNarcissus
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
Common SorrelRumex acetosa
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Red ValerianCentranthus ruber
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
Lesser BurdockArctium minus
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Hairy-bromeBromopsis ramosa
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum
Red CurrantRibes rubrum
Winter-cressBarbarea vulgaris
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
White CloverTrifolium repens
Sun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopia
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
Black BryonyTamus communis
Scots PinePinus sylvestris
Rumex crispus x obtusifolius = R. x pratensisRumex crispus x obtusifolius = R. x pratensis
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
LimeTilia cordata x platyphyllos = T. x europaea
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
Reflexed StonecropPetrosedum rupestre
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
Spotted Dead-nettleLamium maculatum
Common WhitlowgrassErophila verna
Ivy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifolia
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
White StonecropSedum album
Wood Forget-me-notMyosotis sylvatica
Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea
Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus
SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle
Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides
HonestyLunaria annua
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
Wood DockRumex sanguineus
FeverfewTanacetum parthenium
Common DuckweedLemna minor
Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa
Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus
Garden Grape-hyacinthMuscari armeniacum
Wood StitchwortStellaria nemorum
Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum
DaisyBellis perennis
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
Russian ComfreySymphytum asperum x officinale = S. x uplandicum
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
NipplewortLapsana communis
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
Stinking IrisIris foetidissima
BeechFagus sylvatica
Common CouchElymus repens
SowbreadCyclamen hederifolium
Soft-rushJuncus effusus
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
Welted ThistleCarduus crispus
Greater CelandineChelidonium majus
Wych ElmUlmus glabra
SnapdragonAntirrhinum majus
Silver BirchBetula pendula
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
Common MallowMalva sylvestris
Lesser PeriwinkleVinca minor
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Bulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

21,006 records · National Biodiversity Network

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Plants116 species

spring

2026

Bluebell · White Dead-nettle · Ash · Cleavers · Perennial Rye-grass +111

BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta x hispanica = H. x massartiana
White Dead-nettleLamium album
AshFraxinus excelsior
CleaversGalium aparine
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
ElderSambucus nigra
Common IvyHedera helix subsp. helix
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
Common ChickweedStellaria media
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
BrambleRubus fruticosus
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale
DandelionTaraxacum
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Greater PlantainPlantago major
HollyIlex aquifolium
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum
Festuca rubraFestuca rubra
Rosa caninaRosa canina
Red CampionSilene dioica
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
Curled DockRumex crispus
Common NettleUrtica dioica
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
Field MapleAcer campestre
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Wild CherryPrunus avium
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
Hedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicum
Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis
Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum
BrackenPteridium aquilinum
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
Wild PrivetLigustrum vulgare
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra
Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
daffodilsNarcissus
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
Common SorrelRumex acetosa
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Red ValerianCentranthus ruber
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
Lesser BurdockArctium minus
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Hairy-bromeBromopsis ramosa
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum
Red CurrantRibes rubrum
Winter-cressBarbarea vulgaris
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
White CloverTrifolium repens
Sun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopia
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
Black BryonyTamus communis
Scots PinePinus sylvestris
Rumex crispus x obtusifolius = R. x pratensisRumex crispus x obtusifolius = R. x pratensis
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
LimeTilia cordata x platyphyllos = T. x europaea
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
Reflexed StonecropPetrosedum rupestre
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
Spotted Dead-nettleLamium maculatum
Common WhitlowgrassErophila verna
Ivy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifolia
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
White StonecropSedum album
Wood Forget-me-notMyosotis sylvatica
Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea
Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus
SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle
Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides
HonestyLunaria annua
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
Wood DockRumex sanguineus
FeverfewTanacetum parthenium
Common DuckweedLemna minor
Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa
Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus
Garden Grape-hyacinthMuscari armeniacum
Wood StitchwortStellaria nemorum
Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum
DaisyBellis perennis
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
Russian ComfreySymphytum asperum x officinale = S. x uplandicum
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
NipplewortLapsana communis
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
Stinking IrisIris foetidissima
BeechFagus sylvatica
Common CouchElymus repens
SowbreadCyclamen hederifolium
Soft-rushJuncus effusus
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
Welted ThistleCarduus crispus
Greater CelandineChelidonium majus
Wych ElmUlmus glabra
SnapdragonAntirrhinum majus
Silver BirchBetula pendula
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
Common MallowMalva sylvestris
Lesser PeriwinkleVinca minor
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Bulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosus