Churchyard grass cutting in Caterham
Careful mowing round old tombs and graves for Caterham churches, parishes and community spaces.
One of Caterham’s oldest buildings is a church. St Lawrence’s on Church Road, Caterham on the Hill, is 12th century and Grade I listed, and two chest tombs in its churchyard are listed in their own right, one from 1715 and one from about 1810. Churchyard grass cutting in Caterham, there or anywhere like it, needs slow strimming round old stone and paths kept clear.
The town gained more churches as it grew. St Mary the Virgin followed in 1866, after the railway brought new people, then the United Reformed church in 1875 and St John the Evangelist in the valley in 1882. Each has its own grounds and its own pattern of services.
What we look after
- Churchyard paths and mown areas
- Careful strimming round headstones
- Hedges and boundary walls kept clear
- Village greens and verges
- Wildflower areas on a late-summer cut
- Leaf clearance from paths and porches
- Church paths gritted ahead of services in icy weather
Churchyard grass cutting in Caterham round listed tombs
Chest tombs and old headstones don’t mix with mower decks. A careless strimmer line can chip soft stone and leave marks that last for centuries. So round memorials we strim by hand, slowly, with the line kept short. Good churchyard maintenance keeps paths clear for visitors and funerals, and we’ll leave wilder areas long if that’s what the parish wants, cutting them once in late summer and collecting the hay. Trees we leave alone. Work to churchyard trees is for an arborist.
Parish council grass cutting contracts and community grounds
Caterham is split into two civil parishes, Caterham on the Hill and Caterham Valley, and the area has a neighbourhood plan shared with Chaldon and Whyteleafe. Round town there are recreation grounds, playing fields and verges looked after by different bodies. We take contracts for a single churchyard, a closed cemetery, a green or a run of verges. We’ll price against your specification line by line, cut to an agreed regime and check the diary before each visit.
Churches and councils in Caterham: your questions
Anything else, just ring. You’ll speak to the people who do the work.
Can you cut round graves without damaging them?
Yes. That’s hand work with a strimmer, done slowly. Where stones are leaning or fragile we leave a margin and tell you, rather than risk it.
Do you do cemetery grass cutting too?
Yes. Cemeteries need the same care round memorials, plus wider paths kept clear for visitors and hearses.
Will you work round services and funerals?
Always. We check the diary with the churchwarden or parish office before each visit and stay well away during services, weddings and funerals.
Could you price a parish council grass cutting contract?
Yes. Send us the specification and we’ll price it properly. Sites on the Hill and in the Valley can be bundled under one contract.
More grounds care in Caterham.
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Landlords and developers
Tidy-ups between tenancies, regular upkeep, and show homes looking right on viewing day.
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Commercial gritting
Office car parks, entrances, ramps and walkways gritted before staff, residents or customers arrive.
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Blocks and communal grounds
Communal lawns, parking courts and shared gardens kept tidy for residents, on a fixed annual price.
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Offices and business parks
Frontages, verges and car park hedges looking right before your staff and visitors arrive.
Churches and councils nearby
Walk the site with us.
We’ll come out, look at the grounds with you and send a written schedule and a fixed price for the year.