Dagenham Village Churchyard

Dagenham Village Churchyard or St Peter and St Paul's Churchyard is a 0.88 hectare Local Nature Reserve in Dagenham in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham.

[1][2] The church dates back to the early thirteenth century, and the graveyard has probably been in use for over 800 years.

[3] It was closed to burials in the 1990s, and the church and the council then decided that it should be managed as a nature reserve.

[2] Its main importance for wildlife lies in its invertebrates, including butterflies and crickets, which provide food for bats.

Woodpeckers feed on an avenue of lime trees, and a family of foxes live in the churchyard.