Churches, parish councils and community grounds in Redhill

Churchyard maintenance in Redhill

Careful grass cutting and hedge work for Redhill churchyards, chapels and community green spaces.

St John the Evangelist stands on a greensand knoll, the last high ground before the clay plain of the Weald, and its spire can be seen a long way to the south. Churchyard maintenance in Redhill means working round settings like that with care: strimming by hand round old stones, keeping paths clear for services, and respecting the hedges and trees that give the place its character.

The town has other churches too, including St Matthew’s, which dates back to 1866, and St Paul’s United Reformed Church at Shaw’s Corner. We’ll work to your existing cutting regime or help you write one, including cut-and-collect areas and wildflower patches mown once a year in late summer.

Churchyard grass cutting beside holly, limes and pines

At St John’s, the council’s draft appraisal picks out the holly hedge round the church as the area’s most prominent boundary, along with a lime avenue in front of the west door, a flint wall dating from 1867, and Scots pines across the churchyard. A churchyard like that needs grass cut close and neat between graves, with the hedge kept in shape. Holly takes one firm trim a year, outside the nesting season. Around memorials we strim by hand rather than risk chipping old stone.

Beyond churchyard maintenance: commons and community sites

Much of Redhill’s open space belongs to the borough council. Earlswood Common is an 89-hectare local nature reserve, and Redhill Common and Petridgewood Common are managed alongside it. We’re a family business, and community sites suit us well: a chapel garden, a memorial plot, a closed churchyard, a residents’ green. We’ll quote against a written specification and schedule, and single sites are exactly the kind of work we want.

Churches and councils in Redhill: your questions

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

Can you price a parish council grass cutting contract?

Yes. Send us the specification and schedule and we’ll price it line by line. We work for councils, churches and community groups in Redhill and the villages nearby.

Who books closed churchyard maintenance?

Whoever holds the responsibility, whether that’s the parochial church council or the local authority. We’ll work to their cutting regime and invoice them directly.

Do you do tree work in churchyards?

No. We’re not tree surgeons, and trees in conservation areas such as St Johns need six weeks’ notice to the council before any lopping or felling. We’ll point you to a qualified arborist.

Can you leave part of the churchyard long for wildlife?

Yes. We can mow paths through meadow areas and cut the long grass once a year in late summer, taking the cuttings away so the wildflowers aren’t smothered the following spring.