St Thomas À Becket's Church
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
51.02236, -4.09822
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦48+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Robin
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦48+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Robin
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Wren +45 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Wren +45 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Speckled Wood, Red Admiral +22 more · last seen 2022
Free
Grade II* listed building: CHURCH OF ST THOMAS OF CANTERBURY; Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Soft Shield-fern, Hawthorn, Bluebell +247 more · last seen 2021
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 9 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Tarka TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef TTRegional walking route
Macmillan Way WestWalking route▾
Named routeRef MWWRegional walking route
4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 3Cycling route527.7 km▾
Named routeRef 3Length 527.7 kmNational Cycle Network
EuroVelo 1 - Atlantic Coast Route - part United Kingdom 2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV1International cycle route
Main RouteCycling route669 m▾
Named routeRef 3Length 669 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route663 m▾
Named routeLength 663 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Photos
St. Thomas-a-Becket church, Newton Tracey
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
3,032 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,032 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWren · Robin · Woodpigeon · Swallow · Blue Tit +27
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2022
- MagpiePica pica2022
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2022
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2022
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2022
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2022
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great TitParus major
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2022
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2022
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2021
🦌Mammals4 species
springsummerautumn
2022▾
Brown Hare · Otter · Rabbit · Hedgehog
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- OtterLutra lutra
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2021
Slow-worm
Small White · Speckled Wood · Meadow Brown · Red Admiral · Green-veined White +8
- Small WhitePieris rapae
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2021
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2021
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2021
Primrose · Common Dog-violet
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
- Common Dog-violetViola riviniana
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,032 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWren · Robin · Woodpigeon · Swallow · Blue Tit +27
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2022
- MagpiePica pica2022
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2022
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2022
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2022
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2022
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great TitParus major
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2022
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2022
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2021
🦌Mammals4 species
springsummerautumn
2022▾
Brown Hare · Otter · Rabbit · Hedgehog
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- OtterLutra lutra
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2021
Slow-worm
Small White · Speckled Wood · Meadow Brown · Red Admiral · Green-veined White +8
- Small WhitePieris rapae
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2021
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2021
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2021
Primrose · Common Dog-violet
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
- Common Dog-violetViola riviniana
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Ringlet
Ringlet
Aphantopus hyperantus2021
Aphantopus hyperantus2021
PeacockAglais io2021PeacockAglais io2021Small TortoiseshellAglais urticaeSmall TortoiseshellAglais urticaePainted LadyVanessa cardui2021Painted LadyVanessa cardui2021Large WhitePieris brassicaeLarge WhitePieris brassicaeEmperor DragonflyAnax imperator2021Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2021WallLasiommata megera2021WallLasiommata megera2021Events & activities nearby
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