diff --git a/tembo/journal/pages.py b/tembo/journal/pages.py
index f3f0523..186f730 100644
--- a/tembo/journal/pages.py
+++ b/tembo/journal/pages.py
@@ -7,9 +7,7 @@ import re
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from typing import Collection, Optional
 
-import jinja2
 import pendulum
-from jinja2.exceptions import TemplateNotFound
 
 import tembo.utils
 from tembo import exceptions
@@ -48,137 +46,6 @@ class PageCreatorOptions:
     template_filename: Optional[str] = None
 
 
-class PageCreator:
-    """
-    A PageCreator factory base class.
-
-    This factory should implement methods to create [Page][tembo.journal.pages.Page] objects.
-
-    !!! abstract
-        This factory is an abstract base class and should be implemented for each
-        [Page][tembo.journal.pages.Page] type.
-
-    The methods
-
-    - `_check_base_path_exists()`
-    - `_convert_base_path_to_path()`
-    - `_load_template()`
-
-    are not abstract and are shared between all [Page][tembo.journal.pages.Page] types.
-    """
-
-    @abstractmethod
-    def __init__(self, options: PageCreatorOptions) -> None:
-        """
-        When implemented this should initialise the `PageCreator` factory.
-
-        Args:
-            options (PageCreatorOptions): An instance of
-                [PageCreatorOptions][tembo.journal.pages.PageCreatorOptions]
-
-        !!! abstract
-        This method is abstract and should be implemented for each
-        [Page][tembo.journal.pages.Page] type.
-        """
-        raise NotImplementedError
-
-    @property
-    @abstractmethod
-    def options(self) -> PageCreatorOptions:
-        """
-        When implemented this should return the `PageCreatorOptions` on the class.
-
-        Returns:
-            PageCreatorOptions: the instance of
-                [PageCreatorOptions][tembo.journal.pages.PageCreatorOptions] set on the class.
-
-        !!! abstract
-        This method is abstract and should be implemented for each
-        [Page][tembo.journal.pages.Page] type.
-        """
-        raise NotImplementedError
-
-    @abstractmethod
-    def create_page(self) -> Page:
-        """
-        When implemented this should create a `Page` object.
-
-        Returns:
-            Page: an implemented instance of [Page][tembo.journal.pages.Page] such as
-                [ScopedPage][tembo.journal.pages.ScopedPage].
-
-        !!! abstract
-        This method is abstract and should be implemented for each
-        [Page][tembo.journal.pages.Page] type.
-        """
-        raise NotImplementedError
-
-    def _check_base_path_exists(self) -> None:
-        """
-        Check that the base path exists.
-
-        Raises:
-            exceptions.BasePathDoesNotExistError: raised if the base path does not exist.
-        """
-        if not pathlib.Path(self.options.base_path).expanduser().exists():
-            raise exceptions.BasePathDoesNotExistError(
-                f"Tembo base path of {self.options.base_path} does not exist."
-            )
-
-    def _convert_base_path_to_path(self) -> pathlib.Path:
-        """
-        Convert the `base_path` from a `str` to a `pathlib.Path` object.
-
-        Returns:
-            pathlib.Path: the `base_path` as a `pathlib.Path` object.
-        """
-        path_to_file = (
-            pathlib.Path(self.options.base_path).expanduser()
-            / pathlib.Path(self.options.page_path.replace(" ", "_")).expanduser()
-            / self.options.filename.replace(" ", "_")
-        )
-        # check for existing `.` in the extension
-        extension = (
-            self.options.extension[1:]
-            if self.options.extension[0] == "."
-            else self.options.extension
-        )
-        # return path with a file
-        return path_to_file.with_suffix(f".{extension}")
-
-    def _load_template(self) -> str:
-        """
-        Load the template file.
-
-        Raises:
-            exceptions.TemplateFileNotFoundError: raised if the template file is specified but
-                not found.
-
-        Returns:
-            str: the contents of the template file.
-        """
-        if self.options.template_filename is None:
-            return ""
-        if self.options.template_path is not None:
-            converted_template_path = pathlib.Path(self.options.template_path).expanduser()
-        else:
-            converted_template_path = (
-                pathlib.Path(self.options.base_path).expanduser() / ".templates"
-            )
-
-        file_loader = jinja2.FileSystemLoader(converted_template_path)
-        env = jinja2.Environment(loader=file_loader, autoescape=True)
-
-        try:
-            loaded_template = env.get_template(self.options.template_filename)
-        except TemplateNotFound as template_not_found:
-            _template_file = f"{converted_template_path}/{template_not_found.args[0]}"
-            raise exceptions.TemplateFileNotFoundError(
-                f"Template file {_template_file} does not exist."
-            ) from template_not_found
-        return loaded_template.render()
-
-
 class ScopedPageCreator(PageCreator):
     """
     Factory to create a scoped page.