Churches, parish councils and community grounds in Edenbridge

Churchyard grass cutting in Edenbridge

Careful mowing and strimming for churchyards, cemeteries and village greens around Edenbridge.

Edenbridge’s parish church of St Peter and St Paul dates from the 13th century, is Grade I listed and has windows by Edward Burne-Jones. Its churchyard, closed for burials since 1992, has an avenue of pollarded limes. Churchyard grass cutting in Edenbridge, there or at any chapel or green round the town, needs patience. Old stones lean, the ground is uneven, and nothing should be rushed.

We work for churches, parish and town councils and community groups, to an existing specification or one we agree together. Visits are fitted round your diary, and the same team comes every time. Good churchyard maintenance is mostly about what you don’t damage, and we take that seriously.

Churchyard grass cutting round old memorials

Around graves we strim by hand rather than risk a mower catching a stone. Paths are kept clear for funerals and visitors, and leaves come off them in autumn before they turn slippery. Where a churchyard has wildflower areas, we’ll mow paths through them and cut the long grass once in late summer, collecting the cuttings so the soil doesn’t get richer. We leave the trees alone. In the conservation area most tree work needs six weeks’ notice to the council, and it’s a job for an arborist anyway.

Parish council grass cutting contracts and community greens

Edenbridge Town Council looks after a lot of ground: the churchyard, the cemetery on Church Street, Stangrove Park, the Recreation Ground, Blossoms Park, and registered village greens at Marsh Green and Pound Green. Neighbouring parishes and community groups have greens, verges and closed churchyards of their own, and we’re glad to quote for those too. We’ll price against a written spec line by line, follow an agreed cut-and-collect regime, and check the diary before each visit.

Churches and councils in Edenbridge: your questions

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

Do you do cemetery grass cutting too?

Yes. It’s the same careful work: hand strimming round memorials, paths kept clear, and mowing kept well away from any funeral.

Can you work to a parish council grass cutting contract?

Yes. Send us the specification and schedule and we’ll price each line. Several sites can sit on one contract.

Do you clear leaves and moss from churchyard paths?

Yes. Leaves come off paths and porches through autumn, and we brush moss and debris from steps so visitors aren’t slipping on the way in. Anything structural, like a loose kerb or flagstone, we report to the churchwarden rather than touch.

Will you work around services and funerals?

Always. We check with the churchwarden, parish office or clerk before each visit and stay clear during services, weddings and funerals.