Hardwicke Brake - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.93612, -2.09617
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
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ 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
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £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 · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Gloucestershire WayWalking route161 km▾
Named routeLength 161 kmRegional walking 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
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
41 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 41Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 41National Cycle Network
Route 41Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 41National Cycle Network
Bishops Cleeve Bypass Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Gloucestershire Cycle SpineCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
National BywayCycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
National Byway (Oxon and Glos)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
7 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
4,988 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,988 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Lesser Black-backed Gull · Blackbird · Robin · Goldfinch · Woodpigeon +43
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
🐝Insects68 species
springsummer
2025▾
Harlequin Ladybird · Elm Mining Sawfly · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Marmalade Hoverfly · Mystacides longicornis +63
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Elm Mining SawflyFenusa ulmi2024
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Mystacides longicornisMystacides longicornis
- Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,988 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Lesser Black-backed Gull · Blackbird · Robin · Goldfinch · Woodpigeon +43
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
🐝Insects68 species
springsummer
2025▾
Harlequin Ladybird · Elm Mining Sawfly · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Marmalade Hoverfly · Mystacides longicornis +63
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Elm Mining SawflyFenusa ulmi2024
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Mystacides longicornisMystacides longicornis
- Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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