Chapel of St Thomas à Becket
Plan your visit
🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessDogs welcome
Getting here
51.62007, 0.30216
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦61+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Magpie
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- ☕Starbucks — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦61+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Magpie
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- ☕Starbucks — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🚻Toilets
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Carrion Crow +58 more · last seen 2026
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Carrion Crow +58 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Nebria brevicollis, Green Shieldbug, 7-spot Ladybird +54 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
café, toilets
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
London LOOP (Section 21)Walking route▾
Named routeRef LOOPPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
London LOOP (Section 22)Walking route▾
"Section 22 of the London LOOP offers a short walk through community woodland and riverside scenery."
Named routeRef LOOPPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
33 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Ingreborne Valley WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 136National Cycle Network
LCN 12Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 12
LCN 12Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 12Local cycle route
LCN 12Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 12Local cycle route
Main RouteCycling route53 m▾
Named routeRef 136Length 53 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route236 m▾
Named routeRef 136Length 236 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Chapel of St Thomas a Becket
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Wildlife to spot
13,750 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
13,750 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds29 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Magpie · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Robin · Rock Dove +24
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Grey Squirrel · Hazel Dormouse · Red Fox · Fallow Deer
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2025
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Fallow DeerDama dama2025
🐸Amphibians2 species
winter
2026▾
Palmate Newt · Smooth Newt
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Nebria brevicollis · 7-spot Ladybird · Abax parallelepipedus · Snail Hunter · Violet Ground Beetle +6
- Nebria brevicollisNebria brevicollis
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Abax parallelepipedusAbax parallelepipedus
- Snail HunterCychrus caraboides
- Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
13,750 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds29 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Magpie · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Robin · Rock Dove +24
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Grey Squirrel · Hazel Dormouse · Red Fox · Fallow Deer
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2025
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Fallow DeerDama dama2025
🐸Amphibians2 species
winter
2026▾
Palmate Newt · Smooth Newt
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Nebria brevicollis · 7-spot Ladybird · Abax parallelepipedus · Snail Hunter · Violet Ground Beetle +6
- Nebria brevicollisNebria brevicollis
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Abax parallelepipedusAbax parallelepipedus
- Snail HunterCychrus caraboides
- Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Nalassus laevioctostriatus
Nalassus laevioctostriatus
Nalassus laevioctostriatus
Nalassus laevioctostriatus
Calathus erratusCalathus erratusCalathus erratusCalathus erratusMinotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeusMinotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeusMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Dasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatus2025Dasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatus2025