Green Flag Award winners
Six parks and green spaces in Coventry which are owned by the city council have all been awarded with a Green Flag Award after meeting the high standards set out by Keep Britain Tidy.
London Road cemetery has won a Green Flag Award for the first time, joining Longford Park, Caludon Castle Park, Allesley Park, Coombe Abbey Park and the War Memorial Park which have all won the award before, proving them to be some of the best urban green spaces in the world. The six Green Flag Award sites in Coventry join the 2,227 other parks and green spaces in the UK which have also received the Green Flag Award this year.
The Green Flag Awards are judged by an army of green space experts including some of the council’s own park management team. The Green Flag Award judges volunteer their time to visit applicant sites and assess them against strict criteria, including accessibility, safety, cleanliness, sustainability and community involvement.
In addition to this award, Coombe Abbey Park has also been awarded a Green Heritage Site Accreditation for the management of historic features. This award, which is supported by Historic England, rewards those organisations who have taken action to conserve the heritage value of their site.
The Green Flag Award Scheme is a national project to reward the best parks and green spaces in the UK.
The first awards were given out in 1997 and, many years later, it continues to set the standards expected of our parks and green spaces. It is also seen as a way of encouraging others to achieve high environmental standards, setting a level of excellence in recreational green areas.
For more information see the Green Flag Award website [http://www.greenflagaward.org.uk]