Churches, parish councils and community grounds in Godstone

Churchyard grass cutting in Godstone

Careful mowing and strimming for churchyards, burial grounds and parish green spaces.

St Nicholas Church dominates Church Town, one of Godstone’s two conservation areas. It was largely rebuilt in 1873, with fragments of the Norman church still in it. Churchyard grass cutting in Godstone needs time and care: slow strimming round old stones, paths kept clear for visitors and funerals, and no rush.

We work for churches, parish councils and community groups, to an existing specification or one we agree together. Wildflower areas can be left long and cut once in late summer. Visits fit around your diary rather than ours, and the same team comes each time.

Churchyard grass cutting in Godstone’s conservation area

Old churchyards rarely have level ground, and older memorials can be fragile. So we strim by hand around them rather than risk a mower catching an edge. Trees we leave alone. Work to trees in a conservation area needs six weeks’ notice to the council, and it’s a job for an arborist. What we do is keep the grass, paths, hedges and boundary walls clear, and leave the churchyard looking cared for rather than scalped. Good churchyard maintenance shouldn’t draw attention to itself.

Parish council grass cutting contracts and green spaces

Godstone Parish Council looks after a good deal of ground. There’s Godstone Green, common land given to the council in 1950, with its football pitch, playground and pond, plus Tilburstow Common, the allotments behind Salisbury Road, Hilly Fields and the burial grounds. Any parish council grass cutting contract for spaces like these needs a clear specification and visits that turn up when they should. We’ll price against your schedule line by line, cut-and-collect areas included, and check the events diary before each visit.

Churches and councils in Godstone: your questions

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

Can parts of a churchyard be left long for wildlife?

Yes. We’ll mow paths through the meadow areas and cut the long grass once in late summer, then collect it so the soil doesn’t get richer and swamp the wildflowers.

Can you help with parish council churchyard maintenance on a closed churchyard?

Yes. Closed churchyards often pass to the council to maintain, and they need the same careful work as any other. Send us the specification and we’ll quote it properly.

Will you work around funerals and services?

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

Do you cut village greens and verges as well as churchyards?

Yes. Greens, verges and community spaces are all work we do, on a regular cut or to a parish schedule. We leave cricket squares and sports pitch preparation to the clubs and specialists who look after them.