Here's one group of intrepid explorers happily peering over during their ascent to the top of the tower. Geoff Beetham of Stone Edge conducted tours of the tower, while Carl Andrews...
Posted by | February 13, 2017
Alan Rees writes: The call went out - Tugby church needs more bell ringers! The call was answered; In December half a dozen or so villagers met in the belfry...
Posted by | January 11, 2017
The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has awarded St Thomas Beckett Church, Tugby, £154,100, for urgent repairs to the tower roof and internal structures. Specifications for the grant award include improved...
Posted by | December 17, 2016
BBC Radio Leicester's Ady Dayman visited Tugby recently to learn more about the £15,000 grant awarded to the Tower Project by the National Churches Trust (see our previous post here)....
Posted by | December 17, 2016
"A Leicestershire church that stood before the Norman Conquest ... will enjoy a share of more than £500,000 distributed by National Churches Trust," the national newspaper Church Times reported this week....
Posted by | December 14, 2016
St Thomas Beckett, Tugby, on the Historic England ‘Heritage at Risk Register’, is set to benefit from a £596,000 rescue funding package from the National Churches Trust, the UK’s church...
Posted by | December 6, 2016
Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has assessed our Phase II application, which was submitted in September and we are now getting excited about the prospects of starting the project on 9th...
Posted by | December 5, 2016
We have quite a special maternity colony of Natterers bats in our belfry. This species gives birth to their young from late June. To avoid a very costly bat mitigation...
Posted by | November 27, 2016
Watch a video of our wonderful Christmas Tree Festival in St Thomas Beckett Church this afternoon! Last opportunity to see these festive creations: tomorrow (Monday 28th) from 2pm to 5pm....
Posted by | November 26, 2016
Details of Advent Services in St Thomas Beckett Church for 2016.
