St Thomas the Martyr's Church
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Places › England › North East › Newcastle upon Tyne Getting here
54.97841, -1.61256
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🌿 Foraging is at its best in summer here ☕ Tommy's Coffee — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🌿 Foraging is at its best in summer here ☕ Tommy's Coffee — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking☕ Café🅿️ Parking· Paid
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Mallard, Robin +50 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Mallard, Robin +50 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, Syrphus ribesii, 7-spot Ladybird +59 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, Syrphus ribesii, 7-spot Ladybird +59 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Trailing Bellflower, Red Dead-nettle, White Dead-nettle +116 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Trailing Bellflower, Red Dead-nettle, White Dead-nettle +116 more · last seen 2026
Free
Plants — Red Dead-nettle, White Dead-nettle, Common Chickweed +13 more foraging species
Varies
🛝 Family friendly
Good match
café
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 7 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Heritage Trails: monument Walking route ▾
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Show on map Heritage Trails: churches Walking route ▾
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Route 14 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 14 National Cycle Network
Show on map Bowes Railway Path Cycling route ▾
Named route Regional cycle route
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Named route Ref 3 Local cycle route
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Named route Ref 5 Local cycle route
Show on map Coast Road cycleway Cycling route ▾
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Show on map Hadrian's Cycleway Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 72 National Cycle Network
Show on map 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Waggonways Cycle Route D - Rising Sun Mountain bike route ▾
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Wildlife to spot
49,009 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 49,009 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 30 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Mallard · Blackbird · Moorhen · Woodpigeon · Mute Swan +25
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Blackbird Turdus merula Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Mute Swan Cygnus olor Coot Fulica atra Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Canada Goose Branta canadensis Magpie Pica pica Woodcock Scolopax rusticola Robin Erithacus rubecula Dunnock Prunella modularis Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Coal Tit Periparus ater Nuthatch Sitta europaea Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Goldcrest Regulus regulus Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Greylag Goose Anser anser Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 28 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Syrphus torvus · 10-spot Ladybird · Orange Ladybird +23
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Syrphus torvus Syrphus torvus 10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata Early Bumblebee Bombus pratorum Trailing Bellflower · Ivy-leaved Speedwell · Cherry Plum · Red Dead-nettle · Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage +13
Trailing Bellflower Campanula poscharskyana Ivy-leaved Speedwell Veronica hederifolia Cherry Plum Prunus cerasifera Red Dead-nettle Lamium purpureum Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage Chrysosplenium oppositifolium Sticky Mouse-ear Cerastium glomeratum Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 49,009 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 30 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Mallard · Blackbird · Moorhen · Woodpigeon · Mute Swan +25
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Blackbird Turdus merula Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Mute Swan Cygnus olor Coot Fulica atra Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Canada Goose Branta canadensis Magpie Pica pica Woodcock Scolopax rusticola Robin Erithacus rubecula Dunnock Prunella modularis Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Coal Tit Periparus ater Nuthatch Sitta europaea Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Goldcrest Regulus regulus Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Greylag Goose Anser anser Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 28 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Syrphus torvus · 10-spot Ladybird · Orange Ladybird +23
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Syrphus torvus Syrphus torvus 10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata Early Bumblebee Bombus pratorum Trailing Bellflower · Ivy-leaved Speedwell · Cherry Plum · Red Dead-nettle · Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage +13
Trailing Bellflower Campanula poscharskyana Ivy-leaved Speedwell Veronica hederifolia Cherry Plum Prunus cerasifera Red Dead-nettle Lamium purpureum Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage Chrysosplenium oppositifolium Sticky Mouse-ear Cerastium glomeratum Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris
Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris
Cream-spot Ladybird Calvia quattuordecimguttata
Cream-spot Ladybird Calvia quattuordecimguttata
2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata
2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata
18-spot Ladybird Myrrha octodecimguttata
18-spot Ladybird Myrrha octodecimguttata
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax
Cream-streaked Ladybird Harmonia quadripunctata
Cream-streaked Ladybird Harmonia quadripunctata
Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera
Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera
Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum
Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum
Chocolate Mining Bee Andrena scotica
Chocolate Mining Bee Andrena scotica
Melangyna lasiophthalma Melangyna lasiophthalma
Melangyna lasiophthalma Melangyna lasiophthalma
Eyed Ladybird Anatis ocellata
Eyed Ladybird Anatis ocellata
Eupeodes luniger Eupeodes luniger
Eupeodes luniger Eupeodes luniger
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax
Tawny Mining Bee Andrena fulva
Tawny Mining Bee Andrena fulva
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major
Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria
Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes
Acericerus heydenii Acericerus heydenii
Acericerus heydenii Acericerus heydenii
Larch Ladybird Aphidecta obliterata
Larch Ladybird Aphidecta obliterata
Pine Ladybird Exochomus quadripustulatus
Pine Ladybird Exochomus quadripustulatus
Common Earwig Forficula auricularia/dentata agg.
Common Earwig Forficula auricularia/dentata agg. Spear Thistle
Spear Thistle
Cirsium vulgare
Cirsium vulgare
Lesser Periwinkle Vinca minor
Lesser Periwinkle Vinca minor
Broad-leaved Dock Rumex obtusifolius
Broad-leaved Dock Rumex obtusifolius
Common Chickweed Stellaria media
Common Chickweed Stellaria media
Hyacinth Hyacinthus orientalis
Hyacinth Hyacinthus orientalis
False Oxlip Primula veris x vulgaris = P. x polyantha
False Oxlip Primula veris x vulgaris = P. x polyantha
Lungwort Pulmonaria officinalis
Lungwort Pulmonaria officinalis
Lesser Celandine Ficaria verna
Lesser Celandine Ficaria verna
Galanthus nivalis x plicatus = G. x valentinei Galanthus nivalis x plicatus = G. x valentinei
Galanthus nivalis x plicatus = G. x valentinei Galanthus nivalis x plicatus = G. x valentinei
White Dead-nettle Lamium album
White Dead-nettle Lamium album
Coltsfoot Tussilago farfara
Coltsfoot Tussilago farfara
Early Crocus Crocus tommasinianus
Early Crocus Crocus tommasinianus 