Churches, parish councils and community grounds in Crawley Down

Churchyard grass cutting in Crawley Down

Careful mowing round headstones, clear paths, and community green spaces cut on schedule.

Churchyard grass cutting in Crawley Down means working round a churchyard that dates back to the 1840s. All Saints was founded in 1843 and built from locally hewn sandstone, at a time when most new churches went up in brick. Old stones, kerbs and memorials need strimming by hand, slowly, so nothing gets chipped or scuffed.

We plan every visit round services, weddings and funerals, and check the diary with the churchwarden or parish office first. If the parish wants wildflower areas left long until late summer, we’ll mow round them and cut and collect at the right time.

Churchyard grass cutting and maintenance under big trees

The great storm of October 1987 brought down ten mature trees in All Saints churchyard, and one oak hit the east end of the nave. Old churchyards like that tend to be well treed, and big trees mean shade, roots near the surface and a lot of leaves. Churchyard maintenance in a setting like this is as much about clearing paths in autumn as it is about mowing. We’re not tree surgeons, so if a tree worries us, we’ll flag it rather than climb it.

Parish council grass cutting contracts

Crawley Down sits in Worth parish, and its neighbourhood plan protects a long list of local green spaces: the village green, King George’s Field, the cricket ground, the pond and its meadow, the allotments and both stretches of the Worth Way. If you’re tendering a parish council grass cutting contract, or just need help with one awkward area, we’ll quote against your specification and schedule. Single sites and parish-wide contracts are both welcome.

Churches and councils in Crawley Down: your questions

Anything else, just ring. You’ll speak to the people who do the work.

Can you leave parts of the churchyard long for wildlife?

Yes. Plenty of churchyards now keep areas for wildflowers and cut them once in late summer, raking the cuttings off. We’ll keep the paths and the graves people visit neatly mown and leave the rest to your plan.

Will you stay away on the day of a funeral?

Yes. Let us know and we’ll move the visit or finish early. Before the day we’ll make sure the paths and entrance are clear and tidy.

Do you use mowers near graves?

Only on open grass. Around headstones, kerbs and memorials we strim by hand, carefully, so stones aren’t marked. Leaning or fragile stones get reported to the church rather than worked around blindly.

Can you cut the village green and other open spaces too?

Yes. Greens, verges, allotment paths and the edges of sports fields are routine mowing for us. We’ll work to the cutting heights and frequencies in your specification and fit round events on the green.