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The Turtle Pond - Conservation work - Click on button:

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Award to FoAP for Butterfly Bank - Click on button:

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Bat Roosting Box Success, November 2015 - Click on button

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Higher Level Stewardship Scheme as part of Revised Managment Plan for Allestree Park Local Nature Reserve - details of meeting, November 2014 - Click on the button:

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Tributes to former Allestree Park Ranger - Click on the button:

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Elms for Butterflies - Click on button:

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Contributions to this website are most welcome:

Flora and fauna

Autumn

Summer

 Stag'horn Fungus in Big Wood, Allestree Park - by Bill Grange

Butterflies

Wild flowers

Click on 'Articles and Special Feattures' tab at top of page for many more wildlife articles

Events list September 2026

  • Thursday 24th September, Scything and Raking, 10am-2pm, meeting at  Main Avenue entrance
  • Thursday 1st October, 10:30am-2pm, Soil health tests and experiment, meeting at Main Avenue entrance
  • Thursday 8th October, Minotaur Dung Beetle habitat enhancement, 10am-2pm, meeting at Woodlands Road car park
  • Saturday 17th October, Fungi walk, 2-4pm, meeting at Woodlands Road car park (FOAP event)
  • Saturday 7th November, Be a Bison, 1-3pm, meeting at the main car park, accessible from Burley Hill (A6)
  • November TBC,  FOAP AGM at Memorial Hall, Cornhill, Allestree

Join the Friends of Allestree Park

Nature trails

Nature Trail Leaflets: Click here to see PDF versions, which can be printed out. Leaflets are also avaliable from holders at the noticeboards at the main car park and at Woodlands Lane.

Photos and videos of Allestree Park