18 October 2016
#PeoplesChoice
Thousands vote in poll to find the most loved Green Flag
Award-winning parks
After a month of voting, the nation has had its say and the ten
favourite parks in the UK can now be revealed.
In total, more than 30,000 people voted and this year's ten
best-loved parks are dotted across the country from London to South
Lanarkshire, Port Talbot to Rotherham.
And it turns out that variety is the spice of life as far as the
public is concerned. The parks vary in size and scale from Warley
Woods in the West Midlands, which is run by a charitable community
trust, to Margam Park, an 850-acre country park estate in Port
Talbot, and Clifton Park in the heart of Rotherham, which boasts
rides and games, as well as a museum.
The Green Flag Award, managed by environmental charity Keep
Britain Tidy in partnership with Keep Wales Tidy, Keep Scotland
Beautiful and Keep Northern Ireland Beautiful, is the international
mark of quality green space and the People's Choice poll reflects
just how much communities up and down the country value their parks
and green spaces.
International Green Flag Award Manager Paul Todd said: "The
Green Flag Awards are judged every year by an army of more than 800
volunteer judges, but the People's Choice is the public's
opportunity to vote for their favourite parks and it is wonderful
that more than 30,000 people have done just that this year as the
scheme celebrates its 20th Anniversary.
"Winning a Green Flag Award is testament to the hard work of
local authorities and the managers of public green space up and
down the country along with hundreds of thousands of volunteers.
More than 1,700 parks this year are flying the Green Flag Award and
the People's Choice Award shows them just how much that hard work
is appreciated by the public.
"The People's Choice Award also shows that communities value all
their green space, not just traditional parks."
The People's Choice parks are (in alphabetical order)
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Alexandra Palace Park
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Alexandra Palace Charitable Trust
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Arlington Square Gardens
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Arlington Association
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Clifton Park
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Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council
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Elsecar Park and Local Reservoir Nature
Reserve
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Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
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Margam Park
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Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council
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Millennium Country Park
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Forest of Marston Vale Trust
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Mote Park
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Maidstone Borough Council
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Strathaven Park
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South Lanarkshire Council
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Victoria Park (Tower Hamlets)
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London Borough of Tower Hamlets
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Warley Woods
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Warley Woods Community Trust
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Millenium Country Park - Forest of Marston Vale Trust