Nature area

Allestree Park is the largest Local Nature Reserve in Derbyshire and was designated in 2002.

It forms part of a wider network of nature reserves and local wildlife sites throughout Derby using established tree lines, Burley Brook and the River Derwent as a blue green corridor.

It hosts a huge variety of wildlife habitats including several nationally important species-rich wildflower meadows, a habitat known to have declined by 97% since 1930. The magnificent meadows and large mature woodlands provide the perfect home for a wide range of common species and a few rarities. Species of note are:

• English elm trees
• Veteran pedunculate oak trees
• White letter hairstreak butterflies
• Small blue butterflies
• Harvest mice
• Brown Hare
• Adders-tongue fern
• Moonwort fern
• Lesser redpoll fungi
• Fly agaric fungi