Breakheart Plantation - Conifer woodland
3 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
51.93062, -1.98662
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
Named hiking route nearby: Cotswold Way
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km12 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Gloucestershire WayWalking route161 km▾
Named routeLength 161 kmRegional walking route
Windrush WayWalking route22 km▾
Winchcombe - Bourton-on-the-Water. No longer classified as a long distance walk by the LDWA.
Named routeRef WinLength 22 km
Warden's WayWalking route22 km▾
Winchcombe - Bourton-on-the-Water. No longer classified as a long distance route by the LDWA
Named routeRef WarLength 22 km
Isbourne WayWalking route▾
Winchcombe Way (West)Walking route▾
The Winchcombe Way is a 42-mile figure-of-eight trail centred on Winchcombe
Named routeRef wiwRegional walking route
3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Byway (Oxon and Glos)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Cotswold CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef CCRegional cycle route
National BywayCycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
2 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
25,386 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
25,386 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Willow Warbler · Skylark · Blackbird +46
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- MagpiePica pica
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RavenCorvus corax
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Great TitParus major
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- SwiftApus apus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Rock DoveColumba livia
🦌Mammals1 species
springsummer
2025▾
Brown Hare
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
🦎Reptiles2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Adder · Common Lizard
- AdderVipera berus
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐝Insects8 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Glow-worm · Sepsis · 7-spot Ladybird · Kite-tailed Robberfly · Downland Robberfly +3
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
- SepsisSepsis
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Kite-tailed RobberflyMachimus atricapillus
- Downland RobberflyMachimus rusticus
- Garden Chafer
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
25,386 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Willow Warbler · Skylark · Blackbird +46
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- MagpiePica pica
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RavenCorvus corax
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Great TitParus major
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- SwiftApus apus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Rock DoveColumba livia
🦌Mammals1 species
springsummer
2025▾
Brown Hare
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
🦎Reptiles2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Adder · Common Lizard
- AdderVipera berus
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐝Insects8 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Glow-worm · Sepsis · 7-spot Ladybird · Kite-tailed Robberfly · Downland Robberfly +3
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
- SepsisSepsis
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Kite-tailed RobberflyMachimus atricapillus
- Downland RobberflyMachimus rusticus
- Garden Chafer
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Phyllopertha horticola
Phyllopertha horticola
Empis tessellataEmpis tessellataEmpis tessellataEmpis tessellataDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major