Love Your Burial Ground/Churches Count on Nature/National Cemeteries Week Events 2025

Church Yard Walk

Church Yard walk

Scole Road
Thorpe Abbotts, Norfolk IP21 4HS

Nature Count

Wildflower identification and nature count

Church Lane
Ellastone
Ashbourne, Derbyshire DE6 2HB

Nature Count

Churches Count on Nature 2025 and Love Your Burial Ground Week – come and help us survey the wildlife in our churchyard – more details to follow

Church St
Willingham, Cambridgeshire CB24 5HS

Tours and Talk at Arnos Vale Cemetery

Celebrate the Cemetery in June -
Join a fascinating talk by Dr Conisbee 11th based on her new book - No Ordinary Deaths online/in person.
Join a Classic tours at 1.30 Saturdays.
Discover Splendid Sculpture 7th, and Terrific Trees on the 15th Jun

Bath Road
Bristol, Avon BS4 3EW

Churchyard Nature Trail

Join the St. John’s Church Green Team for an afternoon of environmental fun and entertainment. Explore the trail
in the eco-award winning churchyard, enjoy craft and art in the church hall, and take a guided tour of the church.
Refreshments in the ha

Waterloo Road
Crowthorne, Berkshire RG45 7NT

Butterfly Count

This is the first butterfly survey in the churchyard of St Peter’s Church Littleover.
We will be looking out for the numbers and the variety of butterflies.

Church Street
Littleover
Derby, Derbyshire DE23 6GF

Nature Exploration!

Nature Count
Children's Activities
Bug Hunt

Margam
Port Talbot, West Glamorgan SA13 2TA

Nature Count

Nature Count. To have children and adults look for different flowers, trees ,hedges . Variety of birds , evidence of small animals , insects butterflies. Listen to sound of birds , wind etc. Using eyes ears and magnifiers recording on paper photo

Magdalene Drive Hart Village
Hartlepool, Durham TS27 3AP

Nature Count

Count the species of wildlife during the week

St Nicholas Church
Beaudesert LANE
Henley-in-Arden, Warwickshire B95 5JY

Nature count

Hunting for bugs, birds, wild flowers
Identifying trees and plants by sight, touch and smell
Finding representations of the natural world on headstones and memorials

195c South Ealing Road
Ealing
London, Middlesex W5 4RH

Nature Count

Residents and school children invited to record names of trees, plants, birds, mammals, insects, reptiles they see.

Event is unsupervised, but many resources are available in the church porch.

Records are sent to the organiser.

Guilsfield Parish Church
Guilsfield
Welshpool, Powys SY21 9NJ

Flower Festival and Eco event

Flower Festival 'The Art of flowers'. Refreshments, bar, stalls, live music and art and eco activities.
June 7th and June 8th from Noon to 4.00pm on both days.
Sunday service at 11.00am

Maple Lane
Wimbish
Saffron Walden, Essex CB10 2XG

Nature Count

Explore the churchyard, follow a nature trail, take part in Nature Count, find the bug hotels, bat boxes, bird boxes.

Church Rd
Stone
Greenhithe, Kent DA9 9BE

Nature Count

During this week we will count all different species we can find in the churchyard. If you would like to help, please contact the church via its website.

Osbaldwick Lane
York, North Yorkshire YO10 3BD

Nature Count

We wish to participate in the Church's Count on Nature – taking place during the first week in June.

Lewes Road, Forest Row
Lewes Road
Forest Road, East Sussex RH18 5AF

Nature Count

Visitors and volunteers are invited to note down any wildlife they spot during their visits to the churchyard on a list in the porch where there will also be a display about the project and common species.

St Michael's
Church Street
Bishop Middleham, Durham DL17 9AF

Churchyard Nature Survey

We will be holding a nature survey in the churchyard.

Egton Road
Aislaby, North Yorkshire YO21 1SU

Count on Nature

Between 2 and 4pm on 7th June, we'll be taking our clip boards and our INauralist Apps and our identifying sheets and recording every species we can find. All welcome. Great for all ages. There will be experts on hand to help.

St John The Baptist Church
Vicarage Lane
Colerne, Wiltshire SN1483L

Nature Count

We would love you to come and take pictures of flowers, trees and other wildlife to be added to the iNaturalist site.

Tea and coffee is available 10am - 12 noon

St Lawrence Church
High Street
Herts, Hertfordshire WD5 0AS

Nature survey

Community nature survey

church lane
Forest View
Brockenhurst, Hampshire SO42 7UB

Holy Gardening

Monthly Holy Gardening, mowing and strimming in ancient chalk grassland churchyard

Church Road
Nether Wallop
Stockbridge, Hampshire SO20 8ET

Nature Count

We wish to take part in the "Churches Count on Nature".
This is our first time.
Just a couple of us are taking part this year to see how it works….

Church Lane
Burley, Hampshire BH24 4AP

Nature Count

Have a go at identifying plants and animals in our small churchyard using books, charts and INaturalist.
Search for slowworms, yellow ants and bumble bee nests.
Enjoy light refreshments or bring a picnic!
All ages welcome. 11-4pm
Sorry, no loo

St.Peter's church
Church Lane, Pitton
Salisbury, Wiltshire SP5 1DJ

Count on Nature

10 a.m. Mon 9 June. Join a recording group led by local wildflower expert.

Wed 11 at 10.30 Eucharist in the churchyard, followed by coffee & bird life talk.

Sun 15 at 10.30 Family Service in the churchyard

All Week — individual recording

Church Lane
Wivelsfield
Haywards Heath, East Sussex RH17 7RD

Free illustrated presentation "Wildlife in a Country Churchyard" followed by a hour's wildlife spotting

A free illustrated presentation by naturalist David Bryant "Wildlife in a Country Churchyard" – showing many of the birds, butterflies, dragonflies and mammals he has photographed in our churchyard. An hour's surveying will follow + refreshments.

Church Lane
Hemblington
NORWICH, Norfolk NR13 4EF

Nature Count

Nature count running throughout the week.

Leaveland
Faversham, Kent ME13 0NP

Coffee Morning and wildflower trail

Coffee and cake plus a wildflower trail around the churchyard and a chance to visit our new moss garden.

Cautley Road
Sedburgh, Cumbria LA10 5LZ

St Thomas Nature Count

All age activities
Tree count and identification
Bug hunt
Wild flower identification
Planting
Instructions in use of smart phones to identify plant species and birds

St Thomas Churchyard
London road
Stockton Heath, Cheshire Warrington WA46HJ

Count on Nature

Drop in during the week of 7-15 June 2025. Enjoy exploring the churchyard. Use one of our record sheets to note down the wildflowers and wildlife you see, then leave the sheet in the box provided. Please send us your pictures, too.

Station Road
Long Marston, Hertfordshire HP23 4QS

Count on Nature

Drop in during the week of 7-15 June 2025. Enjoy exploring the churchyard. Use one of our record sheets to note down the wildflowers and wildlife you see, then leave the sheet in the box provided. Please send us your pictures, too.

Tring Road
Wilstone, Hertfordshire HP23 4NU

Count on Nature

Drop in during the week of 7-15 June 2025. Enjoy exploring the churchyard. Use one of our record sheets to note down the wildflowers and wildlife you see, then leave the sheet in the box provided. Please send us your pictures, too.

Church Lane
Puttenham, Hertfordshire HP23 4PR

Count on Nature

Drop in during the week of 7-15 June 2025. Enjoy exploring the churchyard. Use one of our record sheets to note down the wildflowers and wildlife you see, then leave the sheet in the box provided. Please send us your pictures, too.

Station Road
Aldbury, Hertfordshire HP23 5RS

Discovering and Enjoying Mini-Beasts

4pm on 7th June - A local naturalist will lead participants in discovering and enjoying mini-beasts. He will also give a short illustrated family-friendly talk on why churchyards are such rich habitats for wildlife. Refreshments will be served.

Church Yard
Tring, Hertfordshire HP23 5AE

Nature Count

Observation and recording

NT House or
Off Haywood Lane
Baddesley Clinton, Warwickshire B93 0DQ

Wild Churchyard

Join us to explore the wildlife in our churchyard.
An event for all the family. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
Free tea/coffee and squash available.

St Mary's Church
Church Lane, Goldington
Bedford, Bedfordshire MK410AN

Nature Count

We will be identifying the wildlife (plants and animals) in our beautiful churchyard. Resources and refreshments will be available.

Church Lane
Hundleby, Lincolnshire PE23 5NA

Churchyard Trail

A self guided trail around the churchyard looking at some of the historic graves and telling the stories of the local community.

Jap Lane
Edensor, Bakewell, Derbyshire DE45 1PH

Nature Count Beech Church POTR

Nature count at St Peters Church Beech.
We have x4 churches in our Parish and this is the 3rd church that we are surveying this year.

Wellhouse Road
Beech, Hampshire GU34 4AY

Summer Open Day - Heritage Street tours and Tree Festival tours

Heritage and nature tours of this closed cemetery and Local Wildlife Site will run throughout the afternoon. This year, the heritage tours will be held in streets that surround the cemetery, and the nature tours will focus on the cemetery's trees.

Manor Road
Worthing, West Sussex BN11 4RY

Nature count

we will have some guides available to use along with clipboards and pencils to allow you to record what you see around the churchyard .Our Eco representative will be in the churchyard between 10am and 1pm and 3pm to 4pm if you want to wander round

14 Lower Church Street
Syston
LEICESTER, Leicestershire LE7 1GX

Church Nature Day

Churchyard Nature Count
Churchyard Species Information
A display of local art, photographs, poetry, prayers…on theme of 'Inspired by Nature' (tbc)

Particularly for children – Bug Hunt, Teddies Nature Trail & Teddy Bears Picnic 12 midday

Christ Church
Dog Lane
Hulland, Derbyshire DE6 3EH

Churches count on nature

Count of birds and other wildlife in the churchyard.

St Mary
Stowmarket Road
Great Blakenham, Suffolk IP6 0LR

Nature Count

Nature Count

High Street
Flamstead
St Albans, Hertfordshire AL3 8BS

Spot it! Nature Count and Bug Hunt at Holy Trinity Goodramgate

11am - 4pm. Spot real bugs and make herb bags with herbs from our garden. Bug themed trail in the churchyard plus mouse trail inside. Visitors are encouraged to record their wild finds on iNaturalist (for older explores) or Seek (for youngsters).

Holy Trinity Church
70 Goodramgate
York, East Yorkshire YO17LF

Nature Count

We have a Remembrance Garden for the burial of ashes, not a burial ground.
The garden is lovingly cared for by church volunteers and contains a wide variety of shrubs and flowers. Interested to see the variety of wildlife who live there.

Arnold Road
Basford
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire NG60DN

Nature Survey

Join us after the service for refreshments at 11am followed by a survey of the wildlife around our church. All welcome, especially children. You might find it helpful to bring some nature books or download iNaturalist app.

Cleveland Gardens
High Heaton
Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear NE7 7QH

Nature Count at The CHurch on Ettiley Heath

A count of the wildlife in the graveyard and community garden. It will take place just before Forest Church.

The Church on Ettiley Heath
Elton road
Sandbach, Cheshire CW11 3NE

Nature Trail and BBQ

A nature trail and barbecue in our church grounds on 14 June, with the opportunity for people to record what they see. During the whole week also inviting schools and groups to do their own surveys. Finishing with openair service on 15 June

River View, Tamworth Road
Sawley
Nottingham, Derbyshire NG10 3AT

A look at a village cemetery. What wonders can it hold?

To show what a beautiful and peaceful place the cemetery is. Its wildlife and history can be an interest to all. Please visit and see for yourself.

3 High Street
Graveley Road
Offord Darcy, St Neots, Cambridgeshire PE19 5RF

Wayside Flora, drawing and painting in the churchyard with Mair Doyle

Art workshop at St Martin's church inspired by the churchyard's wild and wonderful wayside flora
£20 including all materials and refreshments
2pm - 4pm

15 Brabyns Brow
Marple Bridge, Marple
Stockport, Cheshire SK6 5DT