Birdcage Walk, lined with pleached lime trees, is a distinctive and famous pathway through the old St. Andrew's churchyard, Clifton, Bristol.
Friends of Birdcage Walk is a community group set up to care for, maintain and improve the site, and to provide information for the public about its history and environment.
We schedule regular working parties (usually 3rd Sunday of the month, 11am) open to anyone, to tidy up the churchyard and walkway, trying to balance allowing access to the graves with maintaining habitat for wildlife. These are subject to the weather forecast, so feel free to come along and join in, but do check Upcoming Events the day before for any last minute cancellation. Stout boots and gardening gloves should be worn, and bring secateurs if you have them.
There is also a WhatsApp group to organise other working sessions, for the more energetic and experienced gardener, meeting more frequently, when the weather looks promising - Send email for details and to join group.
All the memorial stones are now listed on FIndagrave.com and most have GPS coordinates to give their position (click on Show Map on the entry to open a marked Google map). Many of the stones already have photos, and more will continue to be added. The burial registers do have many more additional entries, where no gravestone is present and the position of burial is unknown.
Contact Information
FriendsofBirdcageWalk@gmail.com
Birdcage Walk
Bristol
BS8 4EH