Churches, parish councils and community grounds in Crawley

Churchyard grass cutting in Crawley

Careful mowing and strimming for Crawley churchyards and community grounds, round old stones and new.

Churchyard grass cutting in Crawley can mean some very old ground. St Nicholas at Worth is a Grade I listed Saxon church, counted among the finest in England. St Margaret’s at Ifield has a 13th century nave and is Grade I too, with a separately listed table tomb among the old monuments in its churchyard. Ground like that needs a careful hand.

We mow and strim round headstones without chipping them, keep paths clear for services and funerals, and leave wilder corners alone if that’s what the church wants. We’re happy to follow an existing cutting regime. Every churchyard is different, so we’ll walk it with you before agreeing anything.

Churchyard grass cutting in Crawley round old stones

Churchyard maintenance starts with the stones. Old headstones lean, flake and crack, and a strimmer line can mark soft stone in a second. So round graves we strim slowly with a guard on, or hand-trim where stones are fragile. Paths are kept clear and edged, especially before weddings and funerals, and we check the church diary before each visit. Plenty of churchyards now keep some grass long for wildflowers. We leave those areas uncut until late summer, then cut and take the cuttings away so the ground stays poor enough for flowers.

Community grounds in a town with no parish council

Crawley is unusual for a town its size: it currently has no parish or town councils at all, though the borough launched a consultation in 2025 on whether to create one. So this page is mostly for churches, chapels, church halls and community groups with grounds of their own. For those, we write a schedule, fix the price and invoice monthly or quarterly, and the same team turns up each time.

Churches and councils in Crawley: your questions

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

Do you also do cemetery grass cutting?

Yes. The same careful approach works for cemeteries and burial grounds: slow strimming round memorials, clear paths, and a regular schedule agreed with whoever manages the site.

Can you leave areas long for wildlife?

Yes. We’ll mow paths through the long grass and leave the rest for one cut in late summer, with the cuttings taken away so the flowers aren’t smothered.

How do you fit around services?

We check the diary with your churchwarden or office before each visit and keep well clear of services, weddings and funerals. If something’s added at short notice, we’ll move our visit.

Do you take the grass cuttings away?

Yes, from mown areas and wildflower patches alike. Cuttings left round graves look untidy, and on long grass areas they feed the soil so coarse grasses take over.