The COVID Snake

The COVID snake was created during the first Covid-19 lockdown when local people started placing painted stones in a line to form a ‘snake’ in a wooded area on Yateley Common. It became a popular place to walk to when restrictions were in place and represented the community spirit that was felt at the time.

It grew and grew to around two thousand stones!

Yateley Town Council were asked by the community to find a way to preserve the snake as a permanent reminder of that time.

In early 2023 the stones were collected from Yateley Common. One of our fantastic local scout groups cleaned all the stones and they, along with Vision 4 Youth, started re-painting them as unfortunately many had very little paint left.