Pegwell Brake - Broadleaved woodland
5 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome5 ha
Getting here
51.54587, -2.59231
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
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Broadleaved woodland — spring blossom and autumn colour
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby · 9 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Severn Way (3) Worcester to BristolWalking route153 km▾
Named routeRef SW (3)Length 153 kmRegional walking route
Bristol Triangular City WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Community Forest PathWalking route72 km▾
Named routeRef CFPLength 72 kmLocal walking route
King Charles III England Coast Path: Aust to Brean DownWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
105 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 41Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 41National Cycle Network
EuroVelo 1 - Atlantic Coast Route - part United Kingdom 2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV1International cycle route
Avon CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Filton LinkCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Downs WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef DWLocal cycle route
National Cycle Network Route 4Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 4National Cycle Network
Photos
Bristol train, approaching Patchway tunnel
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Wildlife to spot
17,805 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
17,805 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Blue Tit · Magpie +40
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Glow-worm · Viburnum Scale · Scathophaga stercoraria · Graphopsocus cruciatus · Syritta pipiens +2
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2025
- Viburnum ScaleLichtensia viburni
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- Graphopsocus cruciatusGraphopsocus cruciatus
- Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Silver-moss · Smooth Sow-thistle · Hoary Willowherb · Annual Meadow-grass · Groundsel +10
- Silver-mossBryum argenteum
- Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
- Hoary WillowherbEpilobium parviflorum
- Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris
- Sea Mouse-earCerastium diffusum
- Fringed PearlwortSagina filicaulis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
17,805 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Blue Tit · Magpie +40
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Glow-worm · Viburnum Scale · Scathophaga stercoraria · Graphopsocus cruciatus · Syritta pipiens +2
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2025
- Viburnum ScaleLichtensia viburni
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- Graphopsocus cruciatusGraphopsocus cruciatus
- Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Silver-moss · Smooth Sow-thistle · Hoary Willowherb · Annual Meadow-grass · Groundsel +10
- Silver-mossBryum argenteum
- Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
- Hoary WillowherbEpilobium parviflorum
- Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris
- Sea Mouse-earCerastium diffusum
- Fringed PearlwortSagina filicaulis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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