Carr Vale Nature Reserve

Excellent for walking. Kids love it. Plenty to see if you like birds n all that nature stuff ;)

Lovely place for walking and watching the wildlife.

Lovely route for walking. Lots of dog walkers about, sometimes horses out for a ride.
Bird watching spots and some areas for fishing also

Lovely place to walk around, many small lakes to watch the herons birds ducks etc

Enjoyable time walking around this lovely wooded area. I parked at Peter Fiddler Nature Reserve Car Park. You can walk around this reserve, then on to Carr Vale Nature Reserve and then on to Carr Vale Pond. Lots of other paths to follow. Recommended.

We started in Peter Fidler nature reserve and walked into this one. Nice area, but disappointed there wasn't a circular route round the water. Also sad that on this stretch of our walk it appears that dogs need to take a break, shame they are not cleaned up after by the owners...

A few areas where you can stop and look at the birds or just rest.

If you're a twitcher, and I'm not referring to any medical condition there, and enjoy a peaceful hideaway with your spotter or binoculars then this is for you and, to be honest, I found this Derbyshire wetland nature reserve to be absolutely amazing!
A smallish (15 vehicles) car park at the end of Riverside Way, Bolsover will be your ideal spot to access both Peter Fidler nature reserve and Carr Vale before heading onwards to Stockley Trail. We did this and return to car park is around 6.75 miles.

Great place to visit we went when it was dark and loved it for taking the kids on a late night walk