Friends of St Peter's, Great Berkhamsted

A new book, St Peter’s Church Great Berkhamsted 1222-2022: Celebrating St Peter’s 800th Year, has just been published. The author…

In 2022 St Peter’s Church celebrated its 800th Anniversary.  St Peter’s Church has been at the heart of the Berkhamsted…

On 8th October 2022 The Friends of St Peter’s held their Inaugural David Pearce Memorial Lecture in Berkhamsted School’s Centenary…

The Friends of St Peter’s share the nation’s sorrow at the news of the death of Queen Elizabeth II, and…

This week the National Lottery Heritage Fund mark their LoveParks Week with a focus on the Lottery-funded transformation of Rectory Lane…

In 2020, as part of the Cemetery Restoration Project,  a beautiful Garden of Remembrance has been laid out in Rectory…

A key milestone in the life of the Rectory Lane Cemetery Project was reached on Sunday 1 November 2020 – following…

A new website has been launched to celebrate and promote the Friends’ flagship project, Rectory Lane Cemetery, the result of…

Following a shutdown for four weeks due to Coronovirus/COVD-19 precautions, the landscaping works in Rectory Lane Cemetery recommenced on 27th…

Great progress has been made on the Rectory Lane Cemetery Project’s landscaping works. However, this spring has seen the unexpected…

For one week only: we’ve opened a pop-up shop on Berkhamsted High Street! Our Big Give Christmas Challenge HQ is…

Berkhamsted’s hidden cemetery – a hub for outdoor learning and a focus for storytelling. Help us to install a beautiful…

Many stories are set in graveyards –  Neil Gaiman’s The Graveyard Book,  Terry Pratchett’s Johnny and the Dead  or Audrey…

The landscaping team in the Rectory Lane Cemetery have temporarily closed both Rectory Lane entrance and Three Close Lane entrance…

When with a little magic you can turn £10 into £20 for our ‘Read in Peace’ Appeal. We will…

With a day to go before the Big Give pledge deadline we are just £100 short of our pledge target…

READ IN PEACE in the sanctuary of the cemetery – books included! The Friends of St Peters are looking to…

From Monday 20th May, as part of ongoing Rectory Lane Cemetery Project landscaping, work will begin on several areas of…

As well as being a venue for the forthcoming BerkoFest Book Festival on 12th May, the Rectory Lane Cemetery Project…

Roderick Wilson Tree Surgeons & Forestry Contractors, a local family-run business, established for over 30 years has been contracted for…

The story of the revival of Rectory Lane Cemetery is covered in the Winter 2018 Chiltern Society magazine

Next year is Phase Two of the Project: the focus being trees and landscaping. Diseased and damaged trees, as well…

BBC Three Counties Radio:

All Performances and Tours are repeated throughout the day so check the Programme to see what’s on when.

NEWS RELEASE                                                                            23rd August 2018 Memorials are centre stage in this year’s event.  The first tranche of conservation work funded…

Carole and Olivia at the grave of Walter Pitkin (1882-1945)   On May 17th Carole Boardman (nee Pitkin) and her daughter…

The National Federation of Cemetery Friends has designated May 12th – 19th as National Cemeteries ‘week’, so the Friends of…

  On Easter Sunday 114 people came along to Rectory Lane Cemetery for an Easter Egg trail. We want to…

Over 114 visitors braved the weather to join in Easter Sunday’s Discovery Trail at the Rectory Lane Cemetery. Guides wearing…

March  2018 To mark International Women’s Day on March 8th, the Friends of St Peter’s Berkhamsted has just published the latest in…

A big thank you to Paul and Jackie Chambers, Travis Perkins, and Jewson for their generous support and everyone who…

(150) Charles Barnes died 10th December 1864 aged 54 + Mary Ann Tyler, wife of Henry Tyler died 2nd December 1873…

  February 14th, 2018 The Friends of St Peter’s is appealing for any of the descendants of 17 families buried…

Just like us, birds’ thoughts turn to love on Valentine’s Day!  Mid-February is the time that birds across the country begin…

Around 25 people gathered on Sunday at the southern end of the Cemetery to take part in one of the…

 January 28th 9.00-10.00 – Family event  All are welcome to join in the RSPB Bird watch in Rectory Lane…

November 17th     PROJECT MANAGER AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT OFFICER APPOINTED FOR THE RECTORY LANE CEMETERY TRANSFORMATION     Following…

News Release 1st September 2017 The Friends of St Peter’s are hosting their fourth Heritage Open Day on Sunday 10th…

July 17, 2017     The Friends of St Peter’s, Great Berkhamsted, has secured a National Lottery grant of…

Conserving habitats for wildlife and flowers has scored highly in our visitor questionnaires. This year the Herts and Middlesex Wildlife…

After three rounds of voting by an Expert panel, an online Public vote and the RLC’s Project Board, the Friends…

The ‘Seat to Remember’ Competition organised by the Friends of St Peter’s Berkhamsted has attracted 51 entries from far and…

If you want to enter our bench design competition, A Seat to Remember, this is to remind you that there…

BBC Three Counties Radio came to Berkhamsted this week to interview our volunteers Elaine Mercer and James Moir about the…

  We are delighted to announce that the Seat of Remembrance, has been fully restored and and unveiled to the…

11th September 2016 The Friends of St Peter’s are inviting entries for innovative designs for new seats around the Rectory…

The climax of the Heritage Open Day event on Sunday September 11 will be a magical Lantern Parade accompanied by…

NEWS RELEASE 22nd August 2016   A horse-drawn hearse will be making an appearance at the third Heritage Open Day…

NEWS RELEASE 7th August 2016 If you have youngsters who like to explore you could take them on the…

Conserving, repairing and researching the 1,150 monuments and 7,000 burials in Berkhamsted’s historic Rectory Lane Cemetery is a major undertaking.…

We are delighted to announce that restoration work is under way on the Seat of Remembrance, the stone bench decorated…

A key piece in the jigsaw of Berkhamsted’s historic environment, Rectory Lane Cemetery consists of some 1,150 monuments, 7,000 burials,…

July has been a particularly busy month – we commissioned Phil Chambers (left), who visited the site in his wheelchair,…

Put September 11th into your diary NOW! From 2.00-9.30 pm, the Cemetery will be open as one of Berkhamsted’s many…

The Friends of St Peters are holding a work party on the morning of June 5th from 10.00 -13.00 in…

On Friday 6 May 2016, the Friends and Parish of St Peter’s were greatly honoured by a visit of Her…

In this short film, James Moir introduces the Rectory Lane Cemetery Project and takes a tour of Berkhamsted’s historic graveyard,…

Spring is upon us, and Rectory Lane Cemetery is alive with bird life and their beautiful bird song. To help…

The Friends of St Peter’s has been shortlisted for one of the first grants awarded by the Tesco ‘bags of…

The Friends held its first stall at the Saturday Morning Market on Berkhamsted High Street. It was a great opportunity…

The Friends of St Peter’s Berkhamsted have received initial support* from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) and the Big Lottery…

Join one of our regular working parties – usually the first Sunday of the month. For more…

Around 30 people came to the Berkhamsted Heritage Open Day in September to see Rectory Lane Cemetery; some to see…

Commemorating the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee The restoration of the Royal Coat of Arms in St Peter’s Church was undertaken to…

At the last Social Event held on 30th September, David Pearce gave a fascinating talk about Parish War Memorials. In…

We made an exciting archaeological find from last weekend’s cemetery work party. During the removal of a boundary tree in…

Both St. Peter’s Church and Rectory Lane Cemetery feature in this year’s programme for Heritage Open Days. St. Peter’s Church…

On Wednesday 30th September, the Friends of St. Peter’s is holding a Social Evening with wine, a film and a…

The Lady Chapel is one of the oldest parts of St Peter’s Church, built probably in the first quarter of…

In February 2015, a quiet ceremony took place in Rectory Lane Cemetery for the interment of Ashes of Amy Chowns, who died in December…

Baz Manning has commenced work on the new Elizabeth II Coat of Arms which will hang on the north wall in St.…