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

Nature Count

All are welcome to join us in the Churchyard to explore our wildlife and record everything we see, using pen and paper and/or the iNaturalist app.
Tea, coffee and cake available.
Suitable for all ages.

Lower Road
Charlton All Saints
Salisbury, Wiltshire SP5 4HQ

Nature Count

Recording of flowers, birds and insects to be found in this churchyard. Event to run from 2:30 to 3:30pm

Gatcombe Road
Gatcombe
Newport, Isle of Wight PO30 3EJ

Nature Count in our church grounds

There will be a resource box available for the public to dip into and record their findings. There will be a childrens picture trail guiding the families to log piles, leaf piles, compost piles, wild flowers etc.
Other activities to be planned.

St Mary The Virgin Church
Davyhulme Road
Manchester, Lancashire M417BU

Nature Count

A survey of the plants found in the church grounds

All Saints Church
George Rd
Gravelly Hill, West Midlands B23 7QB

Nature Count

Open churchyard. Spend time in nature to see our beautiful array of wildflowers and habitats for wildlife.

Church Street South
Glossop, Derbyshire SK13 7RU

All Together 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!

The Common
Chipperfield
Chipperfield, Hertfordshire WD4 9BS

Wildlife Survey

Wildlife Survey with the Eco Gang.
We will try to record as much wildlife as we can in our Churchyard.

Dunyeats Road
Broadstone, Dorset BH18 8AQ

Christ Church

Great Big Green Week

Community Nature Day with the Frome Town Council's Wild Bunch on 12 June, during Great Big Green Week – 8 to 15 June 2025. Activities include creating habitat for insects, naming trees and exploring the plants in the large churchyard.

Christ Church
Christchurch Street West
Frome, Somerset BA11 1EA

Wild Plant Count

A survey of the wild plants in the churchyard, as part of our monthly "Garden Church" service.

St Edward the Confessor Church
Royal George Road
Burgess Hill, West Sussex RH15 9TD

Hulland Church Nature Day

Discover how Hulland is improving biodiversity in the churchyard and help with a BioBlitz of species.

Children's Bug Hunt, Nature Trail and make your own bug home.

Christ Church
Dog Lane
Ashbourne, Derbyshire DE6 3EH

Year 4 visits. Culmstock Junior School

Nature count

Nature Count

Fore Street
Culmstock
Cullompton, Devon EX15 3JD

Youth Nature Count

Youth doing a nature count in the church yard.

Trinity Road
Greenfield
Holywell, Clwyd CH8 7JY

Nature Count and Historic Memorials Recording

We will be carying out a nature count and recording detials of some of the churchyard's historic memorials.

2 School Lane
Redbourne
nr Gainsborough, Lincolnshire DN21 4QN

Nature count

A survey and possibly a moth trapping event will be carried out to assess the flora and fauna in churchyard and to inform a more public event next year possibly.

Coleford road
Tidenham chase
Tidenham, Gloucestershire NP16 7JR

Nature Count

ALL WELCOME

Meet in the Churchyard to enjoy, identify and count wildflowers, grasses, bugs, insects, creatures, & birds.

Clipboards or notebooks/ pens or pencils helpful
Experts will be on hand Note the date and please come and join us

St Mary's Church
Church Street
Beaminster, Dorset DT8 3BA

Love your Burial Ground open afternoon

Open afternoon with light refreshments, self-guided trails, nature counting and crafts.

Rectory Road
Little Burstead, Essex CM12 9TR

Nature Count

Count of nature in the churchyard – birds, butterflies, any other wildlife we can identify and plants.

Bildeston Road
Offton
IPSWICH, Suffolk IP8 4RP

Nature Count

Looking at trees and plants in the churchyard on a Sunday morning with attendees at the regular Children's Church service

Greenwich Church Street
London, London SE10 9BJ

Wild Flower Count-up

We are going to make a book of all the wild flowers and insects that you can find in Gwenddwr Church yard. There will be a prize for the person who submits the most entries!

Gwenddwr Village
Builth Wells, Powys LD2 3HQ

Nature count

Count of birds, insects and animals

Church Road
Leckhampton, Gloucestershire GL530QJ

Churchyard Walk

A variety of events - one per week throughout June - to explore the churchyard - highlighting flora and fauna.

The long term view is to create a walkway around the churchyard with a guided nature leaflet for the local schools and youth groups.

Hornstreet
Cheriton, Kent CT20 3JD

Thannington Church

bird and beast count

Ashford Road
Canterbury
CT1 3XE, Kent CT19 5RU

St. Alphege Eco Fun Day

Eco Fun Day in the churchyard Saturday 7th June 11am-2pm. Prayer tree, prayer stones, wildflower planting, bug hunt, nature count, make bird boxes and bug hotels, children's activities, refreshments, plant swap, photography and art competitions.

Church Hill Road
Solihull, West Midlands B913RQ

Love Your Burial Ground Count

Opportunity to count the wildlife and flowers of our church yard

St John Baptist
Church Lane
Preston, Lancashire PR3 5JB

Junior Church Christ Church Glasson

Nature Count

Churchyard Nature Count

Christ Church
Ship Road
Glasson Dock, Lancashire LA2 0BS

The GroundForce Team Nature Count

The GroundForce Team are a body of volunteer parishioners and friends who manage the grounds.
We shall ensure that we capture the plant and nature diversity that support food-chains of insects and birds as well as church honey bees.

The Parish Office, St Luke's Church Community Gardens
Liverpool Road
Crosby, Liverpool, Merseyside L23 5SE

Cawston Primary Academy Churchyard Nature Count

Class visit to the churchyard to conduct a nature count

Church Lane
Cawston
Norwich, Norfolk NR10 4AJ

Nature Count

Parishioners will be invited to a Nature count activity combined with coffee and cake.

St Nicholas Church
Back Lane
Wigginton, North Yorkshire YO32 2ZH

St Mary's Churchyard Nature Count

During the week, we'll have a number of sessions to encourage different groups to spend time in the churchyard and count up the nature they discover!

Mill Street
Ashwell, Hertfordshire SG7 5LY

Coffe, cake and counting

Our first wildlife count adventure, to understand what we currently have using our outside green spaces.
We aim to offer an informal gathering of interested humans to help count what species we can enjoy in our churchyard already.

St Mary's Church
46 The Village
Haxby, York, North Yorkshire YO32 2HX

Nature Count

During Sunday morning youth we will go into the burial ground to photograph and explore what nature exsists

St John's Stoke, Stoke Road
Guildford, Surrey GU1 1HB

St Giles Church of England Primary and Nursery School Celebration

Treasure Hunt and How to Share with Nature Activity hosted by St Giles Church and facilitated by Derbyshire Wildlife Trust

Church Street
Matlock, Derbyshire DE4 3BZ

Nature Count Bug Hunt

To explore the churchyard to identify and record plant and animal species.
To identify ways in which we can make the churchyard more "wildlife friendly".

Church Lane
Butlers marston
Warwick, Warwickshire CV35 0NA

Wildflower Count if we can get an expert to help

Wildflower Count if we can get an expert to help on 14.6,25

Soane Street,
Ipswich, Suffolk IP4 2BE

Nature Count

Count of wildflowers, birds and other wildlife (followed by tea & cake!)

Church Road
Yardley
Birmigham, West Midlands B33 8PB

Nature hunt

Exploration of the churchyard to discover any bugs or animals, find out what wild flowers are growing and the types of trees growing.

Church Street
Burnley, Lancashire BB10 2HU

Wildflowers in the Churchyard

A relaxed and family friendly afternoon exploring the wonderful wildflowers in St. Mary’s Churchyard Stebbing.

Church End
Dunmow, Essex CM63SW

Roots and Shoots Nature Count

The Roots and Shoots Group will be exploring the churchyard as nature detectives. We will record the animal and plant life found and give thanks for the wonders of creation. All are welcome to join us.

The Causeway
Walsham le Willows
Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk IP31 3AB

NATURE COUNT

During the week member of the community and pupils from our local primary schools come together with the 'Nature Count' in both the cemetery and churchyard. Opportunities are provided for young and old to explore the aspects of the burial grounds.

HALL LANE
PELSALL l
WALSALL, West Midlands WS3 1BD

Molescroft Wildlife Network

Mighty Molescroft Minibeast Hunt

pupils from 3 schools, 2 primary and 1 secondary, will be shown how to use Seek and iNaturalist apps and other ways of identifying our local wildlife.
This is part of Molescroft Wildlife Environmental Education Forums activities

St Mary's Graveyard
Molescroft Road
Beverley, East Yorkshire HU17 7 HB

Nature Count

Nature count, birds, wild flowers etc

Church Street
St Just-in-Penwith
St Just-in-Penwith, Cornwall TR19 7HA

Bioblitz

A bioblitz nature count of the Ecochurch Gold Award winning Churchyard of All Saints, Barrowby. Several different events and activities planned. Please visit the Green Week wepage for Barrowby GBGW

All Saints
Church Street
Barrowby, Lincolnshire NG32 1BX

St James Count On Nature

We will be looking at different sections of the Old Burial Ground to see what variety of nature and wildlife we can see and record in two sessions. Morning session between 10am and 12 noon and Afternoon session between 2pm and 4pm. Come rain or shine

West End Road
West End
Southampton, Hampshire SO30 3PJ

Christ Church - Celebrating God's Acre and Eco Fair

An wonderful opportunity to learn how to value our environment from expert environmentalists and wildlife experts whilst enjoying the beauty of our ancient churchyard. Lots interesting stalls and activities for children. Why not bring a picnic?

Cricklade Street
Old Town
Swindon, Wiltshire SN1 3HB

Forden Flora and Fauna 2025

Forden Flora and Fauna 2025 is a community event where people of all ages can help spot, identify and record the flora and fauna found in St Michael's Churchyard, as part of our Silver Eco Award Celebration Service.

St Michael and All Angels Church
Forden, Powys SY21 8NE

Annual Church Grounds Survey

Annual grounds walk-around to survey plant species present and note other wildlife. We will note how our Land Management Plan is helping and where we need to review this. As this runs alongside our regular coffee morning refreshments are available.

Nottingham Road
Nuthall
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire NG16 1DP

Churchyard Nature Count

Walk around our extensive churchyard to help identify all the plants, trees and wildllife that inhabit this place.

All resources provided, including those for children.

Homemade cakes & refreshments provided.

Parish of Wroughton & Wichelstowe
Church Hill
Wroughton, Wiltshire SN4 9JS

Nature Count

A Nature Count - identifying the plants and wildlife we observe in the Churchyard

Penhurst Church
Penhurst
Battle, East Sussex TN33 9QP

Churchyard Moths and other life

We will be looking for signs of creatures in the ground, on trees, in walls. We will have a special focus on moths and hope to see some that have visited our churchyard during the previous night.

Bell Street
Minchinhampton
Stroud, Gloucestershire GL6 9PB

Nash Churchyard Bioblitz

Join Teme Valley Wildlife Group experts when we ‘Bioblitz’ Nash Churchyard, recording all the wildlife we find over two days.
13th June 10pm Moths & Bat ID.
14th June 10am & 2pm Bugs, wildflowers etc
Booking & more information: eventbrite.co.uk

Nash
Nash
Ludlow, Shropshire SY8 3DQ