Churchyard Maintenance

Churchyard Maintenance Update 04/11/2025 - Remembrance. We have just about finished the work in the south west corner. I have received the Suffolk Wildlife Trust Site Report and this area is actually their most interesting area within the churchyard. We will now be leaving that 'as is' until another cut next October, ensuring that paths to the various war graves and tended graves are mowed. With Remembrance Sunday, here are some photos of graves we have cleared with relevance to 1st and 2nd World Wars, these are in addition to a number of official Commonwealth War Graves present.

Information:

We are a very small informal team of helpers who do our best to maintain the churchyard, and really will need more volunteers in 2026.  Because some of us work, and some of us are retired, we don't, at present, have any formal time of meeting.  We just put ourselves to work when we can find the time, whether that's during the week or at weekends.

We are managing (not leaving!, there's a correction here) some areas of the churchyard 'wild' for nature.  In the most this is on the edges and around older, untended graves. But if you do tend a grave and it's 'in the wilderness' and you rather it wasn't then do let us know.

We have a fairly extensive set of tools at our disposal, with 3 petrol mowers, a couple of strimmers (little and large) and a good selection of hand tools.

If you would like to help us then please do contact Mark (About Us) and we can arrange a time convenient to you to meet up and 'do some work' for however long you've got!

If you do tend any grave or cremation memorial stone then please do remove any old flowers/plants etc as the season progresses.  Likewise if you are leaving cut flowers then do not leave them in plastic wrapping.  We are trying to do our part for the enviroment and plastic waste is high in the media interest at the moment! The green bin in the car park area is for general church/churchyard waste (despite it's colour).

Many thanks for reading.

Mark and the churchyard maintenance team.

Updated: 20251110