Churches, parish councils and community grounds in Epsom

Churchyard maintenance in Epsom

Careful grass cutting round old headstones and boundary walls, planned around services.

Churchyard maintenance in Epsom means working around some very old stone. St Martin’s, the parish church, has a flint tower dating from around 1450 and sits in the Church Street conservation area behind a high 18th century brick wall. Christ Church, on the edge of Epsom Common, has stood since the 1870s. Headstones and kerbs that old chip if they’re strimmed carelessly.

We plan visits around services, weddings and funerals, and check the diary with your churchwarden or parish office first. We’re glad to work to a cutting regime you already have. That includes leaving set areas long through the summer, if that’s what your parish has chosen to do.

Churchyard grass cutting with the wilder corners kept

Plenty of churchyards now leave some grass long for wildflowers, and in Epsom that sits naturally with the open land around town. Epsom Common is a Site of Special Scientific Interest and the Downs are designated for nature conservation. We’ll mow paths and the main areas regularly, strim carefully round the stones by hand, and leave the long areas until late summer. Then we cut and collect, so the cuttings don’t feed the soil and the flowers keep the upper hand.

Cemetery grass cutting and memorial grounds

Cemeteries and memorials need the same care. Epsom Cemetery holds the town’s war memorial, put up in 1921 for 256 residents who died in the First World War, and places like that are visited all year. For burial grounds and community spaces we agree a written schedule and a fixed price, invoiced monthly or quarterly. Insurance certificates are available for your records. We cut round memorials by hand, never with a mower deck brushing the stone.

Churches and councils in Epsom: your questions

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

Can you follow our existing cutting regime?

Yes. Send us the plan, including any cut-and-collect or wildflower areas, and we’ll price it as written.

What happens if a funeral is booked on your day?

We move the visit. Tell us as soon as you know and we’ll fit it around the service without any fuss.

Do you move flowers and tributes to mow?

We strim carefully round headstones and kerbs and leave tributes as we found them. If anything needs moving, we’ll ask the church first.

Do you work on village greens and community spaces too?

Yes, if they’re within our area. We cut, edge and keep hedges and boundaries tidy to a written schedule, and we’ll work to a plan the owners already have.