After reading this article http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/news/topstories/display.var.2196510.0.epping_forest_amourous_woodpeckers_threaten_church.php

I just had to check it out.
Had a fab day cycling in the countryside near epping forrest.Me & my mate Juliette got the tube to Theydon Bois at the ends of the central line with our bikes and set off from there.
The bakery near the station sells REALLY good eccles cakes which we ate in this bluebell wood.
The church did have holes in the steeple but we didn’t see any woodpeckers.