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.
St Mary’s is a nineteenth-century church on the site of a seventeenth-century chapel of Wrexham parish which was demolished in 1864. The new church, for a new parish, was built in 1865-6 to designs of Kennedy and Rogers, partly funded by the Minera Mining Company.
The beautiful ancient churchyard is full of wildflowers in the summer such as rough hawkbit, oxeye daisy, bush vetch, meadow vetchling, crosswort and meadow buttercup. There is also quaking grass and glaucous sedge present which are seldom seen in the wider countryside. Woodpeckers and Jackdaws flit among the gravestones and there is a bird hide at the north end of the churchyard.
- Birders paradise
- Famous/infamous people's memorials
- Fascinating monuments
- Good accessibility
- Great for fungi
- Interpretation boards
- Lichen haven
- Peaceful space for quiet reflection
- Stones with stories
- Sundial
- Wild flower Areas in spring/summer
- Wildlife haven
The site is wheelchair accessible and there are no steps. Hard surfaced paths are present around the churchyard.
There is a bus stop a 5 minute walk from the church. Timetable: https://bustimes.org/services/11-wrexham-minerva-2
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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
