Civil War defences on Brandon Hill 1 ha
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Places › England › South West › Bristol, City of Getting here
51.45271, -2.60713
Open directionsv ✦ Scheduled Ancient Monument — Nationally protected archaeological site on the National Heritage List for England (NHLE). Scheduled monuments represent the best surviving examples of England's irreplaceable archaeological heritage.
Archaeological site scheduled monument
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 ✦ Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting ☕ Café on site — a good base for a longer summer day out 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ✦ Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting ☕ Café on site — a good base for a longer summer day out £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking☕ Café🅿️ Parking· Paid 🛝 Playground🚻 Toilets
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Magpie +50 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Magpie +50 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Harlequin Ladybird, Eristalis tenax +95 more · last seen 2026; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Harlequin Ladybird, Eristalis tenax +95 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Anomalous Bristle-moss, Common Feather-moss, Grey-cushioned Grimmia +47 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Anomalous Bristle-moss, Common Feather-moss, Grey-cushioned Grimmia +47 more · last seen 2026
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 12 signed routes nearby · 15 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Monarch's Way Walking route 990 km ▾
approximate route of Charles II's escape
Named route Ref MW Length 990 km Regional walking route
Show on map Severn Way (3) Worcester to Bristol Walking route 153 km ▾
Named route Ref SW (3) Length 153 km Regional walking route
Show on map Samaritans Way South West Walking route 166 km ▾
Named route Length 166 km Regional walking route
Show on map Bristol Triangular City Walk Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Community Forest Path Walking route 72 km ▾
Named route Ref CFP Length 72 km Local walking route
Show on map Worlds End Lane public footpath · 89 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 89 m Path type: footway
Show on map White Hart Steps public footpath · 3 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 3 m Surface paving_stones Incline down Path type: steps
Show on map White Hart Steps public footpath · 3 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 3 m Surface paving_stones Incline down Path type: footway
Show on map 245 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 41 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 41 National Cycle Network
Show on map Avon Cycleway Cycling route ▾
Named route Regional cycle route
Show on map Malago Greenway Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref MGW Local cycle route
Show on map Bristol & Bath Railway Path Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref B&BRP Local cycle route
Show on map Festival Way Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref FW Local cycle route
Show on map Filwood Greenway Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref FG Local cycle route
Show on map 2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Super Nova Trail Mountain bike route ▾
Named route Incline down
Show on map Nova Trail Mountain bike route ▾
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Wildlife to spot
116,840 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 116,840 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 40 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Blackbird · Jay · Robin · Woodpigeon · Great Tit +35
Blackbird Turdus merula Jay Garrulus glandarius Robin Erithacus rubecula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Great Tit Parus major Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Redwing Turdus iliacus Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis Greenfinch Chloris chloris Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Wall Lizard
Wall Lizard Podarcis muralis 🐸 Amphibians 3 species
winter
2026 ▾
Common Toad · Smooth Newt · Common Frog
Common Toad Bufo bufo Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Common Frog Rana temporaria Scathophaga stercoraria · Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Eristalis pertinax +16
Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Anomalous Bristle-moss · Common Feather-moss · Grey-cushioned Grimmia · Wall Screw-moss · Chinese Bramble +9
Anomalous Bristle-moss Orthotrichum anomalum Common Feather-moss Kindbergia praelonga Grey-cushioned Grimmia Grimmia pulvinata Wall Screw-moss Tortula muralis Chinese Bramble Rubus tricolor Wall Scalewort Porella platyphylla Rock Pocket-moss Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 116,840 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 40 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Blackbird · Jay · Robin · Woodpigeon · Great Tit +35
Blackbird Turdus merula Jay Garrulus glandarius Robin Erithacus rubecula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Great Tit Parus major Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Redwing Turdus iliacus Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis Greenfinch Chloris chloris Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Wall Lizard
Wall Lizard Podarcis muralis 🐸 Amphibians 3 species
winter
2026 ▾
Common Toad · Smooth Newt · Common Frog
Common Toad Bufo bufo Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Common Frog Rana temporaria Scathophaga stercoraria · Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Eristalis pertinax +16
Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Anomalous Bristle-moss · Common Feather-moss · Grey-cushioned Grimmia · Wall Screw-moss · Chinese Bramble +9
Anomalous Bristle-moss Orthotrichum anomalum Common Feather-moss Kindbergia praelonga Grey-cushioned Grimmia Grimmia pulvinata Wall Screw-moss Tortula muralis Chinese Bramble Rubus tricolor Wall Scalewort Porella platyphylla Rock Pocket-moss Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Rose Chafer
Rose Chafer
Cetonia aurata
Cetonia aurata
Juniper Shieldbug Cyphostethus tristriatus
Juniper Shieldbug Cyphostethus tristriatus
Unaspis euonymi Unaspis euonymi
Unaspis euonymi Unaspis euonymi
Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Melanostoma scalare Melanostoma scalare
Melanostoma scalare Melanostoma scalare
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina
Syrphus torvus Syrphus torvus
Syrphus torvus Syrphus torvus
Trioza centranthi Trioza centranthi
Trioza centranthi Trioza centranthi
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum
Summer Chafer Amphimallon solstitiale
Summer Chafer Amphimallon solstitiale
10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata
10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata
Anthonomus pedicularius Anthonomus pedicularius2025
Anthonomus pedicularius Anthonomus pedicularius2025
Cerobasis guestfalica Cerobasis guestfalica2025
Cerobasis guestfalica Cerobasis guestfalica2025
Syrphus Syrphus2025
Syrphus Syrphus2025
Oak Bush-cricket Meconema thalassinum2025
Oak Bush-cricket Meconema thalassinum2025 Fissidens dubius
Fissidens dubius
Minute Pouncewort Myriocoleopsis minutissima
Minute Pouncewort Myriocoleopsis minutissima
Spiral Extinguisher-moss Encalypta streptocarpa
Spiral Extinguisher-moss Encalypta streptocarpa
Curly Crisp-moss Trichostomum crispulum
Curly Crisp-moss Trichostomum crispulum
Pointed Lattice-moss Dialytrichia mucronata
Pointed Lattice-moss Dialytrichia mucronata
Water Screw-moss Syntrichia latifolia
Water Screw-moss Syntrichia latifolia
Great Hairy Screw-moss Syntrichia ruralis
Great Hairy Screw-moss Syntrichia ruralis
Sand-hill Screw-moss Syntrichia ruraliformis
Sand-hill Screw-moss Syntrichia ruraliformis 