Graveyard part of £795,000 revamp plans

An Essex graveyard is due to be transformed as part of a £795,000 revamp.

Work has begun at the grounds surrounding Colchester's Holy Trinity Church which will include new paths and benches, a Covid-19 pandemic memorial, as well as restored monuments and gravestones.

The newly refurbished graveyard will also include repaired railings, gates and steps, new lighting and new power supplies for the market traders around the square.

It comes as plans are being drawn up again for a major, multimillion-pound revamp of the church, with Colchester City Council hoping to reopen it to the public.

St Helena Hospice, which was due to have a base in the church, pulled out of a previous plan last year.

The graveyard project will be completed in the autumn and will "revive" the former churchyard that has been closed for decades.

According to Local Democracy Reporting Service HAT Projects is the architecture firm behind the designs.

Holy Trinity Church, which is Colchester's oldest standing building, is itself set for a £3.8m transformation pending funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund.

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