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

The Big Count

An event helping our community grow in awareness of what is in the churchyard and caring for creation. We'll be asking them to help us map what is in the churchyard

Lower Street
Desborough, Northamptonshire NN14 2NP

Nature Count

We will conduct an informal survey of the flora and fauna of the churchyard in its current state to gain a baseline from which to make further improvement.

Centre of the Village
Cleeton St Mary
Cleeton St Mary, Shropshire DY14 0QU

Family Forest Church

Biodiversity study as part of our regular Family Forest Church session.

Dacre to Summerbridge road
Dacre Banks
Harrogate, North Yorkshire HG3 4ED

Nature count

Wildlife survey

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Eridge road Eridge green
Tunbridge Wells, East Sussex Tn39ju

Nature Count

Nature count of birds, butterflies and bees in Church Remembrance Garden and adjacent Church Community Garden area

St.Stephen's Church
St. Stephen's Road
Hightown, Merseyside L38 OBU

Kirkyard Open Day

Open day to share the aims of St Machar Community Biodiversity Project. Discover native wildflowers on our ‘walk and talk’. Explore bats and help experts to record the flora and fauna in a BioBlitz. Family friendly trails and refreshments.

The Chanonry
Barthol Chapel
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire AB24 1RQ

Nature count

Nature count. Updating our database. Meet and Greet

Llangasty
Brecon, Powys Ld3 7px

Nature Count

You are very welcome to join us for our annual Count on Nature wildlife audit on Monday 9th at 10am. From 1st-15th June you can also pick up a checklist from the church entrance at any time to complete your own survey!

Marton Churchyard
Stillington Road
York, North Yorkshire YO611NH

Nature Count, Pitshanger

Our Garden Team meets on the first Saturday morning of each month to look after our outdoor spaces.
These include two front lawns with trees and hedges and a wildlife garden. We will be counting plants, birds and insects including our ant hills!

St Barnabas Gardens
Pitshanger Lane
Ealing, London W5 1QG

Burial Research Open Day

A Burial Research Open Day where you can meet our team of researchers and discover who is buried in this historic site. Bring details ofanyone you are interested in researching and we will help you find out more about them.

Cemetery Avenue
Sheffield, South Yorkshire S11 8NT

Nature Count

Individuals and small groups are welcome to come to the churchyard to identify species as part of the nature count.
The iNaturalist app can be use to record findings

Stepney Drive
Scarborough, North Yorkshire YO12 5DP

Wildlife spotting at St Mary’s

We are taking part in bird surveys and mini beast hunts! Come along and spot some exciting local wildlife!

Boulton Lane
Alvaston
Derby, Derbyshire DE240GE

Count on Nature

Come and hug a tree, how old is it?
Explore
Spot wildflowers
Write what you see on our Giant Blackboard
Colouring and activity sheets available.
Can you spot our bird boxes, bat box or bug houses?
Graveyard always open, Church open between 10-4

Ashchurch Road
Tewk, Gloucestershire GL20 8JZ

St Peter's Churchyard Counts Nature

The churchyard is always open people can visit and record what they see. Records can be placed in the box outside the church door or emailed [email protected]

St Peter's Church
Church Lane
Belper, Derbyshire DE56 1EZ

Count on Nature 2025

Visit St James' Church from 7th - 15th June and take part in the 2025 Count on Nature. Discover the rich and varied wildlife there (especially the birds!), record what you see and enjoy! Children are especially invited.

St James' Church
Lower Penkridge Road
Acton Trussell, Staffordshire ST17 ORJ

St.Andrews Big Nature Count

Volunteers will be recording trees, plants, insect life and birds during the afternoon of 12th June. These will then be added to our website.

St.Andrews Churchyard
Bird Cage Walk
Clifton, Avon BS8 1BN

Memorial Photography Workshop

We need volunteers to help us take photos of historic gravestones in Key Hill Cemetery. No experience or equipment necessary, training provided!

Want to join us?
Email [email protected]
Or text/text/WhatsApp 07946 483611

Key Hill Cemetery
Key Hill
Birmingham, West Midlands B18 5PB

Memorial Recording Workshop

We need volunteers to help us record memorial inscriptions in the churchyard to preserve them for future generations. No experience or equipment necessary, training provided!

Want to join us?
Email [email protected] or text/text/WhatsApp 07946 48

Hamstead Road
Handsworth
Birmingham, West Midlands B20 2RW

Love Your burial ground

Bird and Butterfly identification
Bat Walk
Self guided Stories behind the Stones
Coffee morning and Lunch
Wildflower/Tree Survey
Gravestone inscription project
Introduce I naturalist to record findings

St Michael’s Church
Main Street
Farnsfield, Nottinghamshire NG22 8JZ

Cherish St John's Churchyard

Originally a hay meadow, St John's churchyard is a mosaic of wild flowers and wildlife. Discover how different areas are managed for biodiversity. Spot orchids, whilst swifts scream overhead. Refreshment available as part of Sharow Open Gardens.

Berrygate Lane Sharow HG4 5BJ
Ripon, North Yorkshire HG4 5BJ

Bug and Bloom Hunt

Help us discover what creeps, flutters, buzzes and grows in our Churchyard Bee and Butterfly garden next to the Church Hall.
All ages welcome!

Church Street
Baldock, Hertfordshire SG7 5AE

Nature count

Annual recording of wildflowers/wildlife within the churchyard.

Dacre Village
Penrith, Cumbria CA11 0HL

WILDLIFE SURVEY-ALL AGE ACTIVITY

Help us to spot and record the Flora and Fauna that lives in St Mark’s Churchyard. (Participation is at your own risk.). We will provide you with charts and clip boards.Just bring a chair if you would like one. Anytime between 9.30 and 11.00

Hinton Wood Ave
Highcliffe,
Christchurch, Dorset BH23 5AB

Valerie Hallard

Fun competition: create a picnic that:
• Celebrates local food
• Promotes low carbon options
• Encourages healthy eating
• Minimises food waste
• Avoids single-use plastic
Eco-prizes & 'Churches Count on Nature' in Churchyard afterwards!

St John's Church
Washington Street
Workington, Cumbria CA14 3AW

Love Nature Fun Day

Free fun activities for all ages in the churchyard:
– make wildflower seedbombs
– play wild nature bingo
– follow our guided tree trail
– take part in our nature count

There is also a plant stall and an information about bees and a cafe.

All Saints Church
Church Square
Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire LU7 1AE

Nature Count incl Bat, Swift & Moth evening

Week long Churches Count on Nature survey of St Peter & St Paul’s Churchyard, Seal, with an evening Bats, Swifts and Moths survey on Friday 13th June 2025.

Church Lane,
Seal
Nr Sevenoaks, Kent TN15 0AT

Nature Count

Wildlife and wildflower hunt

St Michael's church
Townley Street
Middleton, Lancashire M24 1BT

GROWING WITH NATURE

Discovering nature with 1-2 year old children and parents of our Arch Noa Parent, Baby and Toddler Group. Taking family photographs in our Victorian Churchyard for creative resources to use in future workshops with older children too.

HOLY TRINITY CHURCH
CHURCH PLACE
PENRHYNDEUDRAETH, Gwynedd LL48 6LG

Bug Hunt and Nature Count

Nature count and bug hunt. Join us in counting the plants and bugs you find in our churchyard, use the iNaturalist app or tick them off our spotters' list.

Resources provided.

Fun for children, adults and families.

Tadpole Lane
Swindon, Wiltshire SN25 2DW

Nature counts

Nature counts both with local school children during the week and during monthly community gardening on Sunday 15th during the afternoon.

Stoke Newington Church Street
Hackney, London N16 9ES

Nature Count

Species count of flora and fauna in the churchyard, especially the wild flower area.

Holy Trinity
The Parade
Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland TD15 2NY

Count on Nature

Join us for our Count on Nature morning on Sat 14th June from 10am. We will be recording the nature found in our churchyard, taking a nature walk and providing family activities and refreshments.

Frimley Green Road
Frimley
Frimley, Surrey GU16 7AQ

LLandysil's Nature Count

identify and record the flora and fauna found in St Tyssil's churchyard and the old Cemetery

St Tyssil's Church
LLandyssil
Montgomery, Powys SY15 6LQ

Brightlingsea Nature Network

Nature Count

The local Nature group, Brightlingsea Nature Network will welcome anyone interested and help to identify plants, birds and mini beasts

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Moverons Lane
Brightlingsea, Essex CO7 0RZ

Churches Count on Nature

Churches Count on Nature event

ST. BARTHOLOMEWS CHURCH CENTRE
PRIMROSE HILL
SHEFFIELD, South Yorkshire S6 2UW

Wildlife Count

Very informal nature count – bit of a trial run for us. We'll do it during the church 'weekend at home' festival and will only be inviting the congregation.

Saint Paul's Hammersmith
Queen Caroline Street
London, London W6 9PJ

An afternoon of spotting and recording all types of wildlife that lives in Newbiggin Churchyard

Community event where people of all ages can help spot, identify and record the flors and fauna found in the churchyard. If you have a camera, you can use it to photograph what you find.

Newbiggin,
Nr Temple Sowerby, Cumbria CA10 1TB

Nature Count

Nature Count

Dinedor Church
Dinedor
Hereford, Herefordshire HR2 6LQ

Love your burial ground

4 sessions spread over June and July.

We were inspired by finding a photo of a church yard work party from 1983. They won a trophy for he best kept church yard.

Lots to do, many hands make light work.

Church Road, Longhope, Gloucester.
Church Road
Longhope, Gloucestershire GL17 0LG

What's On Our Land?

Church members will seek to identify the species on our land and discuss the potential to improve it for wildlife and the local community

St John's Church
Bernard St.
Sheffield, South Yorkshire S2 2PU

Wildlife Survey-All Age Activity

9.30 to 11.00-welcome at any time.
Help us spot & record the Flora and Fauna in St Mark’s C'yard. (Participation at own risk.)
We will provide you with charts and clip boards.
Bring a chair if you would like one.
Downloading iNaturalist=helpful.

St Mark's Church
Hinton Wood Avenue
Highcliffe, Dorset BH23 5AA

Nature Count

Community event where people of all ages can spot, identify and record wildlife.

St. Edmund's Church, Newbiggin
Newbiggin, Temple Sowerby
Penrith, Cumbria CA10 1TB

Churchyard Survey

Through the week there will be guides available for the public to log their observations

St James's Churchyard
St James's Road
Hampton Hill, Middlesex TW12 1DQ

Nature Count

Young People's wildlife count.
Parents and siblings welcome.

Holy Trinity Church
The Ring
BRACKNELL, Berkshire RG12 2QX

Count on Nature

Self guided observations
Observation forms and guides available in church

OR

Come along on Thursday 12th from 4pm to join the Rake and Cake churchyard maintenance volunteers, do some observations and enjoy a cupopa and slice of homemade cake

Reservoir Lane
Trimpley, Worcestershire DY12 1NZ

Invertebrate Investigation

We will be hunting for insects and other invertebrates in the churchyard and learning about their habitats and how to attract them. This will be led by Sion Dafis, Biodiversity Project Officer for Cryptic Creatures of the Creuddyn.

St. Tudno's Road
Great Orme
Llandudno, Conwy LL30 2XE

Churchyard Nature Survey

Survey of wildlife in the churchyard

Market Place
Prestbury Road
MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire SK10 1DY

Nature Count at St mary the Virgin Churchyard, Parish of Little Ilford

We will be exploring and recording the width and breath of natural life in the churchyard, followed by a time of watching for the fluttering of bats after sun set!
Bring warm clothes and suitable shoes. Children must be closely supervised always!

St Mary the Virgin Church and Churchyard
124 Church Road
Little Ilford, London E12 6HA

Nature Count

Survey of the churchyard

Hopevile Avenue
Broadstairs, Kent CT10 2TR

Churchyard tour

Come and join our guided tour of the churchyard and learn about the history, natural history and stories of some of the people buried here.

St. Tudno's Road
Great Orme
Llandudno, Conwy LL30 2XE