Wasley's Brake - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
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🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.89087, -2.12176
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞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
- 🅿️The National Hunt 215m away — 20 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
- 🅿️The National Hunt 215m away — 20 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
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby · 11 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Gloucestershire WayWalking route161 km▾
Named routeLength 161 kmRegional walking route
Cotswold WayWalking route164 km▾
Named routeRef CWLength 164 kmNational walking route
Gustav Holst Way (Holst Birthplace Museum to Corndean Lane)Walking route7 km▾
Named routeLength 7 kmRegional walking route
Cheltenham Circular FootpathWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Glevum WayWalking route42 km▾
A circular path around Gloucester passing through a varied landscape of river plain and limestone hillsides
Named routeLength 42 kmRegional walking route
Willersey Roadpublic footpath · 68 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 68 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
Nettleton Roadpublic footpath · 306 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 306 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
Hollis Roadpublic footpath · 238 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 238 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
51 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 41Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 41National Cycle Network
Gloucestershire Cycle SpineCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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
Main RouteCycling route114 m▾
Named routeRef 41Length 114 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route78 m▾
Named routeLength 78 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
21,882 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
21,882 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
winterspring
2026▾
Magpie · Woodpigeon · Robin · House Sparrow · Redwing +38
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
🦌Mammals2 species
wintersummer
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Pine Marten
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Pine MartenMartes martes
🐸Amphibians3 species
spring
2025▾
Frog · Common Frog · Smooth Newt
- FrogRana
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Green Shieldbug · Speckled Bush-cricket · Blue-tailed Damselfly · 14-spot Ladybird · Natarsia nugax +11
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025
- 14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
- Natarsia nugaxNatarsia nugax2025
- Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
21,882 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
winterspring
2026▾
Magpie · Woodpigeon · Robin · House Sparrow · Redwing +38
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
🦌Mammals2 species
wintersummer
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Pine Marten
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Pine MartenMartes martes
🐸Amphibians3 species
spring
2025▾
Frog · Common Frog · Smooth Newt
- FrogRana
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Green Shieldbug · Speckled Bush-cricket · Blue-tailed Damselfly · 14-spot Ladybird · Natarsia nugax +11
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025
- 14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
- Natarsia nugaxNatarsia nugax2025
- Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2025Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2025Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025Dotted Bee-flyBombylius discolor2025Dotted Bee-flyBombylius discolor2025Events & activities nearby
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