Fiddington Brake - Broadleaved woodland
3 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
51.96681, -2.09336
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
- 📍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
Named cycling route nearby: National Byway (Oxon and Glos)
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Gloucestershire WayWalking route161 km▾
Named routeLength 161 kmRegional walking route
Shakespeare's Avon WayWalking route142 km▾
From the source at Naseby, Northamptonshire to the Severn at Tewkesbury
Named routeRef SAWLength 142 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
34 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
Mercian Way LinkCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
3 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
2,469 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
2,469 records · National Biodiversity NetworkLinnet · Greylag Goose · Fieldfare · Carrion Crow · Magpie +25
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- MagpiePica pica2023
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- Barn OwlTyto alba2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2022
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2022
- RobinErithacus rubecula2022
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2022
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2022
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2022
🦌Mammals6 species
springsummer
2022▾
Hedgehog · Roe Deer · Otter · Red Fox · Mole +1
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- OtterLutra lutra
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- MoleTalpa europaea2021
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2021
Adder
Large White · Small White · Red Admiral · Speckled Wood · Gatekeeper +13
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
- PeacockAglais io
Tall-clustered Thread-moss
- Tall-clustered Thread-mossBryum pallescens
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,469 records · National Biodiversity NetworkLinnet · Greylag Goose · Fieldfare · Carrion Crow · Magpie +25
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- MagpiePica pica2023
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- Barn OwlTyto alba2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2022
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2022
- RobinErithacus rubecula2022
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2022
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2022
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2022
🦌Mammals6 species
springsummer
2022▾
Hedgehog · Roe Deer · Otter · Red Fox · Mole +1
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- OtterLutra lutra
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- MoleTalpa europaea2021
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2021
Adder
Large White · Small White · Red Admiral · Speckled Wood · Gatekeeper +13
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
- PeacockAglais io
Tall-clustered Thread-moss
- Tall-clustered Thread-mossBryum pallescens
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2019
2019
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019CommaPolygonia c-album2019CommaPolygonia c-album2019Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019Common BluePolyommatus icarus2019Common BluePolyommatus icarus2019Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2019Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2019Southern HawkerAeshna cyaneaSouthern HawkerAeshna cyaneaRosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2020Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2020Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2019Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2019Dark Green FritillarySpeyeria aglaja2019Dark Green FritillarySpeyeria aglaja2019Essex SkipperThymelicus lineola2019Essex SkipperThymelicus lineola2019Events & activities nearby
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