The is a good place to escape the noise and pollution of the busy road and has some interesting trees. In one of the Black pines is a honey bee nest and there is a Mistletoe infection in one of the many Lime trees. The Exeter Wild City patch attracts many insects and adds lots of colour in the summer time. There are Scots and Black pine which have different cones and bark. The Cedar of Lebanon provides a lot of cover and the Common beech is a good sized tree. The Lucombe oak is the star of the show so to speak and when you see the bark, you can see how it is a natural cross of it's cousin the Cork oak. The next time you walk up (or down) Cowick street have a walk through here instead and enjoy the peace and calm that our trees and shrubs generously give.
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Photo of information board
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Aerial view of the area, courtesy of Google
Here is a current list of the known trees and shrubs in the park:
  • Black pine x 4
  • Cedar of Lebanon x 4
  • Cherry x 4 (2 mature and 2 young) - mixed varieties
  • Common beech x 1
  • Common elder x 1
  • Common lime x 4
  • Common yew x 7
  • Cypress x 2 (pending verification)
  • Holly x 1
  • Irish yew x 11
  • Large leaf lime x 4
  • Lucombe oak x 1
  • Scots pine x 6
  • Silver birch x 1
  • Small leaf lime x 2
  • Turkey oak x 1
  • It has three entrances and  three benches
  • There is a Wild City patch which has lots of grasses and flowers for all sorts of insects
  • It is a good place to go for cone collecting 
  • The Lucombe oak is certainly worth a close look
  • The present church, built of local red sandstone, dates from 1657 when its name was changed from St Thomas the Martyr to very protestant, St Thomas the Apostle
  • The registers of baptisms and burials date from 1554 and marriages from 1577
  • The bombing of 1942 destroyed the east end stained glass window, that was replaced in 1951
  • There were still public stocks in the churchyard before the First World War, although, not still in use
If there is anything out of place or wrong please contact me. Equally if there is anything you wish to add please let me know. The more information we have about St Thomas the Apostle Church the better. Many thanks!