A record-breaking
73,349 votes decide the nation’s favourite parks and show how much people
#LoveParks.
And the Green Flag
Awards has now announced the People’s Choice 10 favourite UK parks.
This year a
record-breaking 1,799 Green Flag Awards to the best-managed parks and
green spaces.
To find the best of
the best, organisers asked the public to vote for their favourite parks, which
they did in record numbers.
The 10 winners are
spread across England, Scotland and Wales, including large and small sites,
traditional parks to wild unusual spaces, run by councils, community groups and
even a well-loved university campus.
Four of the winning
sites (Cassiobury Park, Saltwell Park, the Wilderness Lake and Whiteknights
campus) have been awarded this accolade for the first time this year, whilst
the remaining six have maintained their top spot in people’s
hearts.
International Green
Flag Award Manager, Paul Todd said, “Following the success of this
summer’s #LoveParks Week, the record number of votes for the People’s Choice
Awards – more than double the number received last year – shows how much their
favourite green spaces mean to people.
“Massive
congratulations to our 10 hugely deserving winners, and all the staff,
volunteers and supporters who work so hard to maintain these well-loved green
spaces to such a high standard.
“And thank you to
the tens of thousands who took the time to vote. Parks matter, and this is
further support in our campaign to protect and improve the nation’s wonderful
green spaces for future generations.”
The 2017 People’s
Choice Award-winning parks (in alphabetical order) are:
- Arlington Square Gardens - Arlington Association
- Cassiobury Park - Watford Borough Council
- Clifton Park - Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council
- Margam Park - Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council
- Millennium Country Park - Forest of Marston Vale Trust
- Saltwell Park - Gateshead Council
- Strathaven Park - South
Lanarkshire Council
- The Wilderness Lake Porthcawl - Bridgend County Borough Council
- Warley Woods - Warley Woods Community Trust
- Whiteknights - University of Reading
