Vineyards Brake - Broadleaved woodland
6 ha
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🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome6 ha
Getting here
51.58118, -2.56609
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 191m away — 4 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 191m away — 4 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
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 · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Severn Way (3) Worcester to BristolWalking route153 km▾
Named routeRef SW (3)Length 153 kmRegional walking route
Community Forest PathWalking route72 km▾
Named routeRef CFPLength 72 kmLocal walking route
Jubilee Way (South Gloucestershire)Walking route27 km▾
Named routeRef JWSGLength 27 kmLocal walking route
King Charles III England Coast Path: Aust to Brean DownWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
30 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 41Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 41National Cycle Network
Avon CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Filton LinkCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
EuroVelo 1 - Atlantic Coast Route - part United Kingdom 2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV1International cycle route
EuroVelo 2 - Capitals Route - part United Kingdom 3Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV2International cycle route
Concorde WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef CWLocal cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
11,731 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
11,731 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
winterspringautumn
2025▾
Blackbird · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Jackdaw +43
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- MagpiePica pica
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Great TitParus major
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- RavenCorvus corax
🦌Mammals2 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects8 species
springsummer
2026▾
Glow-worm · Rose Chafer · Viburnum Scale · Varied Carpet Beetle · Oedemera femoralis +3
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2025
- Rose ChaferCetonia aurata2025
- Viburnum ScaleLichtensia viburni
- Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci
- Oedemera femoralisOedemera femoralis
- Juniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus
Rosa canina
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
11,731 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
winterspringautumn
2025▾
Blackbird · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Jackdaw +43
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- MagpiePica pica
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Great TitParus major
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- RavenCorvus corax
🦌Mammals2 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects8 species
springsummer
2026▾
Glow-worm · Rose Chafer · Viburnum Scale · Varied Carpet Beetle · Oedemera femoralis +3
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2025
- Rose ChaferCetonia aurata2025
- Viburnum ScaleLichtensia viburni
- Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci
- Oedemera femoralisOedemera femoralis
- Juniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus
Rosa canina
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025