Church of St Thomas of Canterbury
Plan your visit
🦅Birds✦Heritage🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
50.85997, -3.80382
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦55+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Great Tit
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦55+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Great Tit
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Great Tit, Blackbird +52 more · last seen 2025
Free
✦Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: CHURCH OF ST THOMAS OF CANTERBURY; Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
playground, toilets, parking
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, toilets
Free
Birds — Blue Tit, Great Tit, Blackbird +52 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Large White, Small White, Small Tortoiseshell +80 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby · 10 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Two Moors WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef MWListed length 166Regional walking route
Tarka TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef TTRegional walking route
Devonshire Heartland WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef DHWRegional walking route
Little Dart Ridge & Valley WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRef LDRVRegional walking route
Prowse Lanepublic footpath · 110 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 110 mPath type: service
Prowse Lanepublic footpath · 253 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 253 mPath type: track
Park Meadow Closepublic footpath · 30 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 30 mPath type: residential
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Lapford : St Thomas of Canterbury C of E Church
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
6,127 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
6,127 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds30 species
winterspring
2025▾
Blue Tit · Great Tit · Coal Tit · Blackbird · Rook +25
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- SwiftApus apus2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2021
- Periparus ater britannicusPeriparus ater britannicus2021
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2019
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2018
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2018
🦌Mammals5 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Hedgehog · Hazel Dormouse · Mole · Pygmy Shrew · Roe Deer
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2024
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Pygmy ShrewSorex minutus2023
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2020
🦎Reptiles2 species
springsummer
2024▾
Slow-worm · Common Lizard
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis2023
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2024▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects40 species
springsummer
2025▾
Beautiful Demoiselle · Chrysolina banksii · Dark Bush-cricket · St Marks Fly · Scathophaga stercoraria +35
- Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2024
- Chrysolina banksiiChrysolina banksii
- Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera
- St Marks FlyBibio marci
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria2024
- Small White
🌿Plants11 species
springsummer
2025▾
Wild Service-tree · Meadow Crane's-bill · Black Walnut · Common Toadflax · Hairy Tare +6
- Wild Service-treeSorbus torminalis2021
- Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense2020
- Black WalnutJuglans nigra
- Common ToadflaxLinaria vulgaris
- Hairy TareErvilia hirsuta2023
- ValerianValeriana
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
6,127 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds30 species
winterspring
2025▾
Blue Tit · Great Tit · Coal Tit · Blackbird · Rook +25
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- SwiftApus apus2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2021
- Periparus ater britannicusPeriparus ater britannicus2021
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2019
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2018
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2018
🦌Mammals5 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Hedgehog · Hazel Dormouse · Mole · Pygmy Shrew · Roe Deer
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2024
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Pygmy ShrewSorex minutus2023
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2020
🦎Reptiles2 species
springsummer
2024▾
Slow-worm · Common Lizard
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis2023
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2024▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects40 species
springsummer
2025▾
Beautiful Demoiselle · Chrysolina banksii · Dark Bush-cricket · St Marks Fly · Scathophaga stercoraria +35
- Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2024
- Chrysolina banksiiChrysolina banksii
- Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera
- St Marks FlyBibio marci
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria2024
- Small White
🌿Plants11 species
springsummer
2025▾
Wild Service-tree · Meadow Crane's-bill · Black Walnut · Common Toadflax · Hairy Tare +6
- Wild Service-treeSorbus torminalis2021
- Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense2020
- Black WalnutJuglans nigra
- Common ToadflaxLinaria vulgaris
- Hairy TareErvilia hirsuta2023
- ValerianValeriana
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Pieris rapae2019
Pieris rapae2019
Melinopterus prodromusMelinopterus prodromusMelinopterus prodromusMelinopterus prodromusSouthern HawkerAeshna cyaneaSouthern HawkerAeshna cyaneaEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxGolden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltoniiGolden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltoniiBroad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressaBroad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressaBlack Carrion BeetlePhosphuga atrataBlack Carrion BeetlePhosphuga atrataMinotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeusMinotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeusLimnephilidaeLimnephilidae2024LimnephilidaeLimnephilidae2024Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2024Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2024Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2024Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2024Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2024Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2024SyrphusSyrphus2024SyrphusSyrphus2024Common Rose FusehornArge pagana2024Common Rose FusehornArge pagana2024Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2024Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2024Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2024Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2024Green DrakeEphemera danica2024Green DrakeEphemera danica2024Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2024Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2024Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2024Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2024Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2024Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2024Grey-patched Mining BeeAndrena nitida2024Grey-patched Mining BeeAndrena nitida2024White-sided CleaverAglaostigma fulvipes2024White-sided CleaverAglaostigma fulvipes2024Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2024Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax20247-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20237-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2023Wasp BeetleClytus arietis2022Wasp BeetleClytus arietis2022Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2021Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2021Graphopsocus cruciatusGraphopsocus cruciatus2021Graphopsocus cruciatusGraphopsocus cruciatus2021Wool Carder BeeAnthidium manicatum2020Wool Carder BeeAnthidium manicatum2020RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019Common BluePolyommatus icarus2019Common BluePolyommatus icarus2019Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019Large WhitePieris brassicae2019Large WhitePieris brassicae2019GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta20192022
2022
Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea2022Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea2022Salad BurnetPoterium sanguisorba2022Salad BurnetPoterium sanguisorba2022French Crane's-billGeranium endressii2020French Crane's-billGeranium endressii2020Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis2020Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis2020Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa2019Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa2019Events & activities nearby
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