Open accessfree to visit at any reasonable time
Derby Arboretum was the first park in the country built purely for public use, given to the town in 1840 by the mill owner Joseph Strutt and laid out by the landscape designer John Claudius Loudon, with looping paths and raised mounds for views over the planting. A bronze boar statue near the entrance is a 2005 replica of the Victorian original, damaged in an air raid in 1941. It’s free to enter, open daily from early morning to evening, and a short walk from Derby station and Derby Cathedral.
