Westfield Brake - Broadleaved woodland
15 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome15 ha
Getting here
51.66351, -2.31604
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking on site — 2 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking on site — 2 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Broadleaved woodland — spring blossom and autumn colour
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km10 signed routes nearby · 10 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Monarch's WayWalking route990 km▾
approximate route of Charles II's escape
Named routeRef MWLength 990 kmRegional walking route
Newark Park Pink TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRound tripLocal walking route
Newark Park Purple TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRound tripLocal walking route
Wotton-under-Edge Cotswold Gateway Route 2Walking route8 km▾
Named routeRef WGR2Length 8 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Cotswold WayWalking route164 km▾
Named routeRef CWLength 164 kmNational walking route
1 public path nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
7,505 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
7,505 records · National Biodiversity NetworkStock Dove · Woodpigeon · Kestrel · Jackdaw · Rook +17
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Common GullLarus canus
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great TitParus major
- RavenCorvus corax
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- SwallowHirundo rustica
🐝Insects2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Glow-worm · Dark-edged Bee-fly
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Hawkweed · Common Gromwell · Angular Solomon's-seal · Clustered Dock · Yellow-rattle +162
- HawkweedHieracium
- Common GromwellLithospermum officinale
- Angular Solomon's-sealPolygonatum odoratum
- Clustered DockRumex conglomeratus
- Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor
- Flattened Meadow-grassPoa compressa
- Nettle-leaved BellflowerCampanula trachelium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
7,505 records · National Biodiversity NetworkStock Dove · Woodpigeon · Kestrel · Jackdaw · Rook +17
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Common GullLarus canus
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great TitParus major
- RavenCorvus corax
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- SwallowHirundo rustica
🐝Insects2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Glow-worm · Dark-edged Bee-fly
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Hawkweed · Common Gromwell · Angular Solomon's-seal · Clustered Dock · Yellow-rattle +162
- HawkweedHieracium
- Common GromwellLithospermum officinale
- Angular Solomon's-sealPolygonatum odoratum
- Clustered DockRumex conglomeratus
- Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor
- Flattened Meadow-grassPoa compressa
- Nettle-leaved BellflowerCampanula trachelium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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