Chee Dale
Be sure to stop when you are on the Monsal Trail to admire this beautiful reserve with a quarry and 200ft steep-sided gorge! Part of a string of nature reserves along the Monsal Trail in the Wye…
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Nature reserves
Take a look at our nature reserves. Discover where is best to bird watch, see butterflies, where is great for kids and where you can just get away from it all. Enjoy, Derbyshire is waiting for you!
Accessible nature reserves
Accessibility is really important to us. Here are the reserves we recommend for visitors with limited mobility or pushchairs.
Shocking badger trap set metres from our Deep Dale Reserve
Tim Birch live at Deep Dale Nature Reserve on 23rd Sept 2020 where a badger trap has been set just metres from a badger set on our nature reserve. Shocking and upsetting! Let your MPs know this is…
Miller's Dale Walk
Take a walk with us around the beautiful Priestcliffe Lees Nature Reserve.
The Wild Peak Rounds: Connecting Nature Reserves, One Run at a Time
The Wild Peak Rounds link a number of our nature reserves in the Peak District to create a year-round challenge for walkers and runners. Including a combination of peaks, valleys and dales and up…
Deep Dale and Topley Pike
A spectacular dale where you can admire the abundance of wild flowers. Part of a string of nature reserves along the Monsal Trail in the Wye Valley.
Miller's Dale Quarry
A disused quarry now inhabited by many unusual plants and animals. Situated along the Monsal Trail its part of a string of nature reserves along the trail and a real treat just off the beaten…
The Avenue Nature Reserves sightings report by Brian Cuttell
3 bullfinches on the feeders
Miller's Dale sighting reported by Sue Mayer
At Miller's Dale
Outdoor education gets the go ahead at one of Derbyshire’s premiere nature reserves
A new outdoor education area is set to be created at Hilton Gravel Pits Nature Reserve in the Trent Valley thanks to a £23,210 project funded by Veolia Environmental Trust through the Landfills…
Reserves Assemble! Slinter and Dunsley join Rose End and Gang Mine
Derbyshire Wildlife Trust has secured more space for nature and people thanks to funding from The National Lottery Heritage Fund.