Hotwater Brake - Broadleaved woodland
6 ha
Plan your visit
🌿Foraging🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome6 ha
Getting here
51.51004, -2.49115
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
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Traditional orchard — specialist orchard insects and lichens
Free
Named cycling route nearby: NCN 416: Ring Road Path
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 21 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Frome Valley WalkwayWalking route29 km▾
Named routeRef FVWLength 29 kmLocal walking route
Community Forest PathWalking route72 km▾
Named routeRef CFPLength 72 kmLocal walking route
The DramwayWalking route15 km▾
The route of a 19th century tramway that carried coal from Coalpit Heath down to the River Avon
Named routeLength 15 kmLocal walking route
117 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Concorde WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef CWLocal cycle route
Yate SpurCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Avon CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Avon Wiltshire Cycle LinkCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Yate LinkCycling route▾
Named routeRef 10Local cycle route
Filton LinkCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
5 public paths nearby
Public paths
Church Lanebridleway · 10 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 10 mSurface asphaltPath type: bridleway
Church Lanebridleway · 19 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 19 mSurface asphaltPath type: bridleway
Church Lanebridleway · 85 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 85 mSurface asphaltPath type: bridleway
Church Lanebridleway · 62 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 62 mSurface asphaltPath type: bridleway
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Wildlife to spot
33,288 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
33,288 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlue Tit · Robin · Dunnock · Mallard · Woodpigeon +38
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MagpiePica pica
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
🦌Mammals2 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians3 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog · Smooth Newt · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Common ToadBufo bufo
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Epistrophe eligans · Eristalis pertinax · Scathophaga stercoraria · 7-spot Ladybird +12
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Large Willow AphidTuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus
Grey-cushioned Grimmia
- Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
33,288 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlue Tit · Robin · Dunnock · Mallard · Woodpigeon +38
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MagpiePica pica
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
🦌Mammals2 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians3 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog · Smooth Newt · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Common ToadBufo bufo
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Epistrophe eligans · Eristalis pertinax · Scathophaga stercoraria · 7-spot Ladybird +12
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Large Willow AphidTuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus
Grey-cushioned Grimmia
- Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Platycheirus albimanus
Platycheirus albimanus
Platycheirus albimanus
Platycheirus albimanus
Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalarePlatycheirusPlatycheirusPlatycheirusPlatycheirusBibio lanigerusBibio lanigerusBibio lanigerusBibio lanigerusEupeodesEupeodesEupeodesEupeodesSyrphusSyrphusSyrphusSyrphusDock BugCoreus marginatusDock BugCoreus marginatus16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctataZygina angustaZygina angustaZygina angustaZygina angustaMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025