Breakheart Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
3 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
51.93387, -1.97489
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
Named hiking route nearby: Cotswold Way
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km12 signed routes nearby · 15 public paths 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
1 public path nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Photos
Woodland near the Belas Knap Long Barrow
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Wildlife to spot
8,162 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
8,162 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
springsummer
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Robin +43
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Great TitParus major
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- RavenCorvus corax
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2024
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
🦌Mammals5 species
springsummer
2025▾
Brown Hare · Grey Squirrel · Hazel Dormouse · Red Fox · Muntjac
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2024
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2024
Slow-worm · Common Lizard
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis2024
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2024▾
Smooth Newt · Common Toad
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Common ToadBufo bufo
🐝Insects8 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Sepsis · 7-spot Ladybird · Glow-worm · Empis tessellata · Red-legged Shieldbug +3
- SepsisSepsis
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
- Empis tessellataEmpis tessellata
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2024
- Volucella pellucens
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
8,162 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
springsummer
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Robin +43
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Great TitParus major
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- RavenCorvus corax
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2024
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
🦌Mammals5 species
springsummer
2025▾
Brown Hare · Grey Squirrel · Hazel Dormouse · Red Fox · Muntjac
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2024
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2024
Slow-worm · Common Lizard
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis2024
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2024▾
Smooth Newt · Common Toad
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Common ToadBufo bufo
🐝Insects8 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Sepsis · 7-spot Ladybird · Glow-worm · Empis tessellata · Red-legged Shieldbug +3
- SepsisSepsis
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
- Empis tessellataEmpis tessellata
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2024
- Volucella pellucens
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Volucella pellucens2024
Volucella pellucens2024
Bloody-nosed BeetleTimarcha tenebricosa2024Bloody-nosed BeetleTimarcha tenebricosa2024Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2024Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2024