Churches, parish councils and community grounds in Newdigate

Churchyard grass cutting in Newdigate

Careful mowing and strimming for churchyards, playing fields and parish spaces around Newdigate.

Churchyard grass cutting in Newdigate centres on St Peter’s, which sits in the middle of the village on Church Lane. Its walls are sandstone rubble, the roofs are Horsham slab, and the weatherboarded tower with its shingled spire was added in the late 14th or early 15th century. It’s Grade II* listed. Mowing round a church like that is slow, careful work, and that’s how it should be.

We’re happy to work for churches, parish councils and community groups, to an existing specification or one we write together. If the parish wants wildflower areas, those can be left long and cut once at the end of summer. Visits are fitted around your diary, and the same team comes each time.

Churchyard grass cutting in Newdigate’s conservation area

The church stands within Newdigate’s small conservation area, which covers about 6.5 hectares of the old centre and includes seven listed buildings. Churchyard maintenance there has a practical side. Work to trees in a conservation area needs six weeks’ notice to the council, so trees are left alone and referred to an arborist. Around graves we strim by hand, slowly, rather than risk a mower catching an old stone. Paths are edged and cleared so visitors and funeral parties aren’t picking their way through long grass.

Parish council grass cutting contracts and the Brocus

The Brocus is a field the village bought after the Second World War as a memorial. It’s now home to the cricket club, a football pitch and the playground behind the village hall. Community spaces like that, along with verges, closed churchyards and village greens, are often looked after on contract. Send us your specification and we’ll price each line of it, then cut to the agreed regime, cut-and-collect areas included. Sports pitches want a tighter, more regular cut than a churchyard, and we’ll agree the height with whoever plays on them. One field or a whole parish list, the care is the same.

Churches and councils in Newdigate: your questions

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

Can you mow paths through a wildflower churchyard?

Yes. We’ll keep mown paths through the long grass so graves can be reached, then cut the meadow once in late summer and take the cuttings away so the wildflowers aren’t smothered.

Do you offer a council grass cutting service for verges?

We can quote for parish verges and green spaces. Many roadside verges are the county council’s responsibility, so it’s worth checking who looks after which strip before you put a specification together.

Will you work around weddings and funerals?

Always. We check with the churchwarden or parish office before every visit and keep well away during services.