Breakheart Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
7 ha
Plan your visit
🦋Insects🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome7 ha
Getting here
51.91988, -1.98401
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Chalk and limestone grassland — chalkhill blue, adonis blue and rare moths
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Named hiking route nearby: Cotswold Way
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km12 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Gloucestershire WayWalking route161 km▾
Named routeLength 161 kmRegional walking route
Windrush WayWalking route22 km▾
Winchcombe - Bourton-on-the-Water. No longer classified as a long distance walk by the LDWA.
Named routeRef WinLength 22 km
Warden's WayWalking route22 km▾
Winchcombe - Bourton-on-the-Water. No longer classified as a long distance route by the LDWA
Named routeRef WarLength 22 km
Isbourne WayWalking route▾
Winchcombe Way (West)Walking route▾
The Winchcombe Way is a 42-mile figure-of-eight trail centred on Winchcombe
Named routeRef wiwRegional walking route
3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Byway (Oxon and Glos)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Cotswold CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef CCRegional cycle route
National BywayCycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
8 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Photos
Bridleway to the east of Wontley Farm
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Wildlife to spot
22,754 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
22,754 records · National Biodiversity NetworkSkylark · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Chiffchaff +44
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- CuckooCuculus canorus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2025
🦌Mammals1 species
springsummer
2025▾
Brown Hare
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
🦎Reptiles2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Adder · Common Lizard
- AdderVipera berus
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Glow-worm · Garden Chafer · Sepsis · 7-spot Ladybird · Kite-tailed Robberfly +9
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
- Garden ChaferPhyllopertha horticola
- SepsisSepsis
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Kite-tailed RobberflyMachimus atricapillus
- Downland RobberflyMachimus rusticus
- Cantharis nigricansCantharis nigricans
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
22,754 records · National Biodiversity NetworkSkylark · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Chiffchaff +44
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- CuckooCuculus canorus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2025
🦌Mammals1 species
springsummer
2025▾
Brown Hare
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
🦎Reptiles2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Adder · Common Lizard
- AdderVipera berus
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Glow-worm · Garden Chafer · Sepsis · 7-spot Ladybird · Kite-tailed Robberfly +9
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
- Garden ChaferPhyllopertha horticola
- SepsisSepsis
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Kite-tailed RobberflyMachimus atricapillus
- Downland RobberflyMachimus rusticus
- Cantharis nigricansCantharis nigricans
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas