The Brake - Woodland plantation
9 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome9 ha
Getting here
51.87089, -2.17961
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
- 🅿️Parking 259m away — 2 car parks within reach
🌤️ 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
- 🅿️Parking 259m away — 2 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
Named hiking route nearby: Glevum Way
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km15 signed routes nearby · 31 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Gloucestershire WayWalking route161 km▾
Named routeLength 161 kmRegional walking route
Cotswold WayWalking route164 km▾
Named routeRef CWLength 164 kmNational walking route
Wysis WayWalking route88.5 km▾
Long distance footpath forming a link between the Thames and the Wye
Named routeRef WYSLength 88.5 kmRegional walking route
Cheltenham Circular FootpathWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Geopark WayWalking route175 km▾
Named routeRef geoLength 175 kmRegional walking route
86 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Mercian WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 45National Cycle Network
Route 41Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 41National Cycle Network
Gloucestershire Cycle SpineCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6Local cycle route
Main RouteCycling route22 m▾
Named routeRef 41Length 22 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route283 m▾
Named routeRef 41Length 283 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
29,859 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
29,859 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Robin · Wren · Dunnock · Kestrel +44
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
🦌Mammals2 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Roe Deer · Common Pipistrelle
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
🐸Amphibians2 species
springautumn
2026▾
Great Crested Newt · Common Frog
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
- Common FrogRana temporaria2025
🐝Insects6 species
wintersummerautumn
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · 16-spot Ladybird · Juniper Shieldbug · Harlequin Ladybird · Common Darter +1
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- 16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata2025
- Juniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus2025
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
29,859 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Robin · Wren · Dunnock · Kestrel +44
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
🦌Mammals2 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Roe Deer · Common Pipistrelle
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
🐸Amphibians2 species
springautumn
2026▾
Great Crested Newt · Common Frog
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
- Common FrogRana temporaria2025
🐝Insects6 species
wintersummerautumn
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · 16-spot Ladybird · Juniper Shieldbug · Harlequin Ladybird · Common Darter +1
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- 16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata2025
- Juniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus2025
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025