Project Background
By 2003 Heaton graveyard was in an advanced state of dereliction, the result of decades of neglect, with over ninety percent of the graves inaccessible. The site had reverted back to secondary woodland, inappropriate for the site and a relatively species-poor habitat.
Self-seeded sycamores had become mature trees, and gravestones and monuments had become dislodged and damaged due to the presence of ever growing ivy and brambles.
As a result of the ongoing deterioration the graveyard had become an enclosed area for anti-social behavioural problems and frequent fly-tipping, and a cause of great concern for the residents of Heaton.
