East Staffordshire Borough Council is celebrating after receiving a Green Flag Award for both Bramshall Road Park, Uttoxeter, and Stapenhill Gardens, Burton upon Trent, two of the 2,208 UK winners.
The award is the international quality mark for parks and green spaces.
After two years that have seen our parks and green spaces play a vital role for people through lockdowns as a place to relax, exercise and meet friends and family safely, the news that Bramshall Road Park and Stapenhill Gardens have achieved the Green Flag Award is testament to the hard work and dedication of the teams that make these green spaces a great space that everyone can enjoy.
Cllr Raymond Faulkner, Cabinet Member for Environment and Climate Change said: “I would like to thank all of those who helped get both parks to a level of national excellence. The hard work of so many people has rightfully been recognised as East Staffordshire wins not one, but two Green Flag Awards! Looking forward we must continue to develop the borough’s open spaces, ensuring East Staffordshire has plenty of quality green spaces for everyone to enjoy.”
Commenting on the news that Bramshall Road Park and Stapenhill Gardens have met the Green Flag Award standard, Keep Britain Tidy’s Accreditation Manager Paul Todd said: “I would like to congratulate everyone involved in making both Bramshall Road Park and Stapenhill Gardens worthy of a Green Flag Award.
“Both parks are vital green spaces for the community in East Staffordshire. These awards are testament to all the hard work of staff and volunteers, who do so much to ensure that they maintain the high standards demanded by the Green Flag Award.”
The Green Flag Award scheme, managed by environmental charity Keep Britain Tidy under licence from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, recognises and rewards well-managed parks and green spaces, setting the benchmark standard for the management of green spaces across the United Kingdom and around the world.
A full list of Green Flag Award-winning parks and green spaces is available here: https://greenflagaward.org/media/2315/2022-gfa-uk-winners-list.pdf