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The Brake - Broadleaved woodland

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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
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
☕The Brookfield — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
☕The Brookfield — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingCaféParkingPlaygroundToilets

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11 activities

Family friendly

Very strong match

playground, café, toilets

Free

Playgrounds

Very strong match

playground, toilets, café, parking

Free

Picnic day out

Strong match

café, toilets, car park

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Wildlife

Strong match

Deciduous woodland priority habitat

Free

Bird watching

Strong match

Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

8 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Gloucestershire WayWalking route161 km

Named routeLength 161 kmRegional walking route

Severn Way (3) Worcester to BristolWalking route153 km

Named routeRef SW (3)Length 153 kmRegional walking route

Cotswold WayWalking route164 km

Named routeRef CWLength 164 kmNational walking route

Wysis WayWalking route88.5 km

Long distance footpath forming a link between the Thames and the Wye

Named routeRef WYSLength 88.5 kmRegional walking route

Cheltenham Circular FootpathWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

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Cycling

71 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 41Cycling route

Named routeRef 41National Cycle Network

Gloucestershire Cycle SpineCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Route 6Cycling route

Named routeRef 6Local cycle route

Main RouteCycling route283 m

Named routeRef 41Length 283 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route437 m

Named routeRef 41Length 437 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route232 m

Named routeRef 41Length 232 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

16,791 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

16,791 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds54 species

springsummerautumn

2026

Lesser Black-backed Gull · Woodpigeon · Robin · Blackbird · Buzzard +49

Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
RobinErithacus rubecula
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
MagpiePica pica2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
SwiftApus apus2022
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2023
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
Great TitParus major2022
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2022
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
RavenCorvus corax2023
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2022
Rock DoveColumba livia2024
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2021
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2020
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2024
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2022
Common GullLarus canus2022
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2022
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2021
NuthatchSitta europaea2021
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2020
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2020
SwallowHirundo rustica2020
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2020
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2020

🦌

Mammals11 species

summer

2023

Hedgehog · Common Pipistrelle · Pipistrelle Bat species · Grey Squirrel · Nyctalus/Eptesicus agg. +6

HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2021
Nyctalus/Eptesicus agg.Nyctalus/Eptesicus agg.2021
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2022
Eurasian SerotineCnephaeus serotinus
PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2022
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2021
BadgerMeles meles2020
NoctuleNyctalus noctula2020

🦎

Reptiles1 species

autumn

2024

Common Lizard

Common LizardZootoca vivipara

🐸

Amphibians3 species

spring

2025

Smooth Newt · Common Frog · Common Toad

Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Common FrogRana temporaria2024
Common ToadBufo bufo2022

🐝

Insects68 species

summer

2025

Large White · Gatekeeper · Meadow Brown · Small White · Speckled Wood +63

Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
Small WhitePieris rapae2024
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2020
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2020
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2021
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2020
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2020
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis2021
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2024
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2024
Andromeda LacebugStephanitis takeyai2020
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2020
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2020
Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana
Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2021
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2021
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2021
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2020
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2020
Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2023
Greater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestris2023
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2022
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2021
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2021
Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2021
Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.2020
Juniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum2024
CommaPolygonia c-album2024
Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2024
Harmonia axyridis form spectabilisHarmonia axyridis form spectabilis2024
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2024
Blue Soldier BeetleAncistronycha abdominalis2024
Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2024
PeacockAglais io2023
Trigonotylus caelestialiumTrigonotylus caelestialium2023
Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata2022
Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2021
Ornate Tailed Digger WaspCerceris rybyensis2021
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2021
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2021
Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilineaDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilinea2021
Plagiognathus (Plagiognathus) arbustorumPlagiognathus (Plagiognathus) arbustorum2021
Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2021
Chrysotoxum bicinctumChrysotoxum bicinctum2021
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2021
Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2021
Eristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorum2021
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2021
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2021
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2021
Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2021
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2020
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2020
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2020
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2020
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2020
Aphis (Aphis) neriiAphis (Aphis) nerii2020

🌿

Plants4 species

summerautumn

2025

Himalayan Balsam · Raspberry · Parsley-leaved Bramble · Rubus ulmifolius

Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2022
RaspberryRubus idaeus
Parsley-leaved BrambleRubus laciniatus2023
Rubus ulmifoliusRubus ulmifolius2022

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

16,791 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds54 species

springsummerautumn

2026

Lesser Black-backed Gull · Woodpigeon · Robin · Blackbird · Buzzard +49

Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
RobinErithacus rubecula
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
MagpiePica pica2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
SwiftApus apus2022
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2023
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
Great TitParus major2022
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2022
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
RavenCorvus corax2023
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2022
Rock DoveColumba livia2024
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2021
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2020
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2024
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2022
Common GullLarus canus2022
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2022
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2021
NuthatchSitta europaea2021
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2020
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2020
SwallowHirundo rustica2020
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2020
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2020

🦌

Mammals11 species

summer

2023

Hedgehog · Common Pipistrelle · Pipistrelle Bat species · Grey Squirrel · Nyctalus/Eptesicus agg. +6

HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2021
Nyctalus/Eptesicus agg.Nyctalus/Eptesicus agg.2021
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2022
Eurasian SerotineCnephaeus serotinus
PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2022
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2021
BadgerMeles meles2020
NoctuleNyctalus noctula2020

🦎

Reptiles1 species

autumn

2024

Common Lizard

Common LizardZootoca vivipara

🐸

Amphibians3 species

spring

2025

Smooth Newt · Common Frog · Common Toad

Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Common FrogRana temporaria2024
Common ToadBufo bufo2022

🐝

Insects68 species

summer

2025

Large White · Gatekeeper · Meadow Brown · Small White · Speckled Wood +63

Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
Small WhitePieris rapae2024
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2020
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2020
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2021
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2020
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2020
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis2021
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2024
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2024
Andromeda LacebugStephanitis takeyai2020
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2020
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2020
Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana
Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2021
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2021
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2021
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2020
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2020
Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2023
Greater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestris2023
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2022
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2021
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2021
Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2021
Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.2020
Juniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum2024
CommaPolygonia c-album2024
Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2024
Harmonia axyridis form spectabilisHarmonia axyridis form spectabilis2024
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2024
Blue Soldier BeetleAncistronycha abdominalis2024
Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2024
PeacockAglais io2023
Trigonotylus caelestialiumTrigonotylus caelestialium2023
Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata2022
Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2021
Ornate Tailed Digger WaspCerceris rybyensis2021
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2021
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2021
Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilineaDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilinea2021
Plagiognathus (Plagiognathus) arbustorumPlagiognathus (Plagiognathus) arbustorum2021
Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2021
Chrysotoxum bicinctumChrysotoxum bicinctum2021
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2021
Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2021
Eristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorum2021
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2021
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2021
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2021
Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2021
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2020
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2020
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2020
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2020
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2020
Aphis (Aphis) neriiAphis (Aphis) nerii2020

🌿

Plants4 species

summerautumn

2025

Himalayan Balsam · Raspberry · Parsley-leaved Bramble · Rubus ulmifolius

Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2022
RaspberryRubus idaeus
Parsley-leaved BrambleRubus laciniatus2023
Rubus ulmifoliusRubus ulmifolius2022

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Jonathan Billinger · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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