Cromford Canal SSSI
A former working waterway, now rich in wildlife including dragonflies, grass snakes and water voles.
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Cromford Canal Audio Trail
Take a stroll along Cromford Canal and listen to our wonderful audio trail - learn all about the history, heritage and wildlife of this important site.
Cromford Canal sighting reported by Angela Slater
Cromford Canal Water Vole
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!
Trust launches appeal to complete purchase of land in Cromford
Derbyshire Wildlife Trust is delighted to have secured the purchase of an area of land with huge potential benefit for local wildlife. The land will extend an existing nature reserve; Rose End…
Accessible nature reserves
Accessibility is really important to us. Here are the reserves we recommend for visitors with limited mobility or pushchairs.
Cromford sighting reported by Jenny Emerson
Brown hare sighting
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…
New signs for show stopping reserve!
Thanks to funding from Cromford Canal and Codnor Park Reservoir group, the site is receiving two funded orientation panels to help the local community and visitors from further afield know why the…
The Avenue Nature Reserves sightings report by Brian Cuttell
3 bullfinches on the feeders
Chesterfield Canal sighting reported by Lizzie Gillespie
Chesterfield Canal between Tapton Lock and the rail station.
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…