St Chad’s is at the heart of Poulton town centre. The grounds are an attractive place to visit and sit awhile for a bit of peace in a hectic world. Each Spring it becomes a tourist attraction in its own right. Have you seen the crocus at St Chad’s Church?
Crocus at St Chad’s Church
The whole of the grounds are carpeted in spring bulbs, and we mean literally thousands and thousands of them.
We went along on a bright and sunny 1 March 2021 to take a look. The first day of meteorological Spring, it’s a glorious day with birds singing and a squirrel running about. Take a look –
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First, the snowdrops begin to appear from about the end of January. There is a lot of snowdrops, but far, far more crocus! They start to open some weeks later, depending on the weather. Early March is usually a good time to visit.
Here are some of the new photos we took on the same day –
Other pages you might be interested in:
- Take a look around Poulton town centre
- More about St Chad’s Church
- How Poulton grew from port to the biggest local market place
Our Photos of St Chad’s Crocus
These are photos from Visit Poulton’s archives of crocus at St Chad’s, caught in previous years. Will you be going to take a look? If you do, please post your photos in our Visit Fylde Coast Facebook group.
The last few photos in the above gallery were taken in February 2018. We were a little bit early and the flowers weren’t at their best. It’s all a question of timing and what the weather is like in any particular year.
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One final question…
We asked “where did they come from? And how long have they been there?”
Do you know? Leave a comment below if you do!
Jillian Fewtrell-Smith did just that, with what she believes to be the explanation for this beautiful display. Jillian says “I was told that the crocuses were planted by HS Reed (High Class Grocer of Queens Square) in memory of his late wife. My mum worked for him but I don’t know how true this recollection is.”
Anyone?
Capturing the Crocus at St Chad’s
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My Father did the re modelling of the graveyard in the ‘70’s, took some trees down, laid out headstones and planted a lot of crocuses. At the time there was significant push back against the Reverend’s plans. Not sure if there were crocuses before he did his planting.
So was your Father the Reverend then? Interesting that what today we’ve value as precious caused ructions at the time when it was done. Think that’s probably the same with most things!
My Father was the contractor, can’t recall the Reverends name, I was about 12 in 1974 so not involved other than painting some warning signs . The remodelling consisted of some tree removal, taking down headstones and relaying to form paths, re seeding and crocus planting. 10 years too late to ask my Dad but the guy who worked with him on this is still about.