Where
better to spend your summer holidays than one of Huntingdonshire’s
award
winning Parks? Hinchingbrooke Country Park, Huntingdon and
Paxton Pits Nature
Reserve at Little Paxton join Priory Park, St Neots, in being
awarded the
prestigious Green Flag Award® (the
parks equivalent of the Blue
Flag
awarded to beaches). This national award celebrates
Huntingdonshire District
Council’s commitment to deliver high quality green open
spaces for recreation and
health, where we choose to live. The award assesses accessibility, community
involvement and cleanliness as well as safety and security.
Councillor John
Palmer, Executive Councillor for Partnerships and Well-being, said:
“We are
absolutely delighted to receive the prestigious Green Flag
Award again,
as this justifiably rewards the huge efforts by our Operations
Team in recent months,
and clearly demonstrates the extremely high standards
we are striving to achieve
across all our Green Spaces throughout the
District.”
The
award is also a recognition of all the Friends and community groups that he
Council
partners with. They have
succeeded in raising and applying for funding to make
improvements, as well
as undertaking work planting trees, wood-chipping paths and
putting up bird
and bat boxes. .
International Green Flag Award
scheme manager, Paul Todd, said: “It has been a
record-breaking year for Green Flag Awards, and it’s fantastic to see such a
diverse
range of locations have been recognised. We are proud to have so many
wonderful
green spaces in the UK for people to experience, and encourage the
public to
head outdoors, explore their local area and find even more
unexpected green spaces
they can enjoy.”
This week is Love Parks Week and residents and visitors are invited to
keep healthy
and active, enjoying the outdoors in Huntingdonshire, a reason
so many people choose
to move to the area.
Activities and events are run in the Council’s parks and open spaces,
including a programme developed by its Active Lifestyles Team. Visit www.huntingdonshire.gov.uk for
details.
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