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Interpretation Boards in place

We've had 3 large interpretation boards made and installed that give visitors lots of information about the Labyrinth and Peace Garden as well as the church and churchyard. They should add you everyone's enjoyment and understanding of our church and its surroundings.

After the opening- Information Release

Information Release A new and innovative village amenity was opened in Easton on the Hill on Sunday 29thJuly; a Labyrinth and Peace Garden in the newly extended churchyard of All Saints church. The result of 4 years of planning and fundraising and 11 weeks of construction, this installation is intended to be a place of contemplation and reflection for everyone in the area, and will hopefully become a destination for villagers and visitors alike. “The Labyrinth and Peace Garden came about because the churchyard needed extending and after all the effort and expense of achieving that, we felt that the space could be better enclosed and could also provide a useful amenity for the village. We kno

You are invited to the opening...

Opening event- information release

A new and innovative village amenity is about to be opened in Easton on the Hill; a Labyrinth and Peace Garden in the newly extended churchyard of All Saints church. The result of 4 years of planning and fundraising and 11 weeks of construction, this installation is intended to be a place of contemplation and reflection for everyone, and will become a destination for villagers and visitors alike. The Labyrinth and Peace Garden will be officially opened on Sunday July 29th from 2.00pm,when we will be joined by representatives of our funders and supporters, including the Chair of East Northamptonshire District Council and Bishop John Flack. Following the opening, by long serving village stalwa

An introduction to walking the labyrinth

This copy will be available as a leaflet on our opening day, 29th July. A labyrinth is an ancient, complex path with a spiritual dimension that helps meditation and contemplation. The very act of walking along the circular, symbolic pathway is regarded as restorative and healing, crossing cultural and religious boundaries. Labyrinths exist in many cultures and traditions around the world. A labyrinth looks like a maze, but unlike a maze, it has no dead ends and you cannot get lost. Walking a labyrinth can involve intuition, creativity, imagery, and the search for possibility. You may begin your walk with questions, concerns or worries that you want to explore, touching sorrows or releasing f

Benches Arrive!

It was great to see the four wooden benches arrive for the Peace Garden. Four beautiful wooden benches arrived on pallets. Job done? Not quite. To fix the benches, holes had to be drilled in the paving – then the fixings pushed through the holes, which again was no easy job as the paving slabs were thinner than the fixings. Tim Nicol and Ken Rawson were there, hoping this was going to be a reasonably quick job. Four hours of working in the immense heat of 30 degrees and more later the two of them sank into one of the benches, relieved the job was done!

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