Churchyard

St. Mark’s Church is surrounded by a beautiful, peaceful churchyard, a place for quiet prayer and reflection or just for enjoying the stillness.

It is a large enclosed area surrounding the church on all sides, with a number of different identifiable areas revealed as one walks. It is a special place, an enclosed, secure sacred space, removed from everyday life yet, with the church building that it surrounds, intimately concerned with major stages on life’s journey from birth to death.

Here Baptism parties assemble and wedding photographs are taken. Here too there are reminders of many lives that have been completed. There is a sense of history, of continuity through time, since the church and churchyard are places where life and death have been celebrated through the generations.

Whether you are at St. Mark’s for a special occasion, a Sunday service or just visiting, we hope that you will enjoy the peace and beauty of our churchyard.