We are compiling this directory of flowery burial grounds from across the UK, which we would recommend visiting if you are looking for a well managed site rich in wildlife and heritage. Burial grounds can have a rich array of plants, animals and fungi, and may contain the only surviving area of flower-rich grassland in a parish. All the sites listed here contain this habitat. To see the flowers at their best, late May to mid or end of July is usually the most suitable time to visit. However, do contact the site managers for more specific timings before you visit if this is important to you.
Areas of All Saint’s churchyard have species indicative of unimproved, species rich grassland such as pignut, ox-eye daisy and and meadow saxifrage alongside the more common, but still valuable, churchyard finds of germander speedwell, sorrel, common cat’s ear and common knapweed. On the roadside of the west churchyard wall, the rarely seen in Norfolk, black spleenwort can be found.
Due to the abundance and diversity of flowering plants in the churchyard, the grassland is humming with invertebrate life in spring and summer, including numerous butterflies and bumblebee species, such as the early bumblebee, red-tailed bumblebee, tree bumblebee and common carder bee.
- Lichen haven
- Peaceful space for quiet reflection
- Wild flower Areas in spring/summer
Paths from the road are surfaced and slope upwards towers the church.
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If you would like to nominate a flowery burial ground that you manage for inclusion in our directory, please complete the form here. We will review all submissions before inclusion in the directory, so please understand you won’t see your burial ground immediately.Â
