Help Us Save the Tower
Thundridge Old Church, a grade II* listed tower from a thousand-year-old church in a deeply historic area of Hertfordshire and an iconic landmark in a green area of great beauty, is under threat of demolition.
Without a change in ownership and the support of the community it could be lost forever.
Thundridge Old Church Action Group (TOCAG) are fighting to save the Church for current and future generations.
Join Us
Be part of our work to save Thundridge Old Church from demolition and ensure it becomes a community asset for future generations.
Christmas Lights Appeal
The days are getting shorter and the elves of TOCAG are busy preparing some goodies. To make our ideas a...
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Video: Thundridge Old Church Alignment Myth
Could a simple compass reveal the truth behind one of the strangest stories about Thundridge Old Church? A new video...
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ITV Visits Thundridge Old Church
In response to the story about vandalism and metal detectors at Thundridge Old Church last month, ITV visited the tower...
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Recent Vandalism at Thundridge Old Church
It has been reported recently in an East Herts police appeal and by the BBC that the churchyard at Thundridge...
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What is special about this place?
- The Grade II* listed tower of St. Mary and All Saints’ Church is a preeminent cultural and historic keystone building in the history of the local area.
- It is the last visible evidence of continuous occupation for over 1,000 years of a now remote location in the Rib Valley, within a landscape that has remarkably not been disturbed or archeologically investigated and has rich historic significance and evidential potential.
- The Old Church is a direct link to and evokes and illustrates significant local historic events and individual histories such as the establishment of the first Turnpike and inspiration for the abolition of slavery movement. It is an iconic eye-catching feature and ‘borrowed view’ from the Capability Brown-designed landscape park of Youngsbury.
- It is a flagship destination within the Rib Valley as a green space for the physical, mental, and spiritual good health of the local community and special interest groups from far afield, ever more important after the planned substantial development to the North of Ware.