WARRINGTON residents are being urged to vote for their favourite park in a national competition – and with 11 green flag sites in the town there are plenty to choose from !
A record breaking 1482 parks and green spaces this year received a Green Flag Award and people are now urged to vote for their favourite.
The annual People’s Choice Award is now open – giving the public the power to decide which one of the 1482 Green Flag Award sites should be named Park of the Year in an online vote.
Warrington has 11 Green Flag sites and residents are being encouraged to get online and vote:
Risley Moss
Lymm Dam
St Peters Park
Bewsey Park
Alexandra Park
Walton Hall Gardens
Fox covert Cemetery
Warrington Cemetery
Burtonwood Cemetery
Hollinfare Cemetery
Walton Lea Crematorium
How to vote:
•Visit www.greenflagaward.org
•Select your country/region on the interactive map
•Find your favourite park or green space
•Click on the flag and it will take you to the voting page
•Click the ‘vote for this site’ button
The vote will close at noon on September 30 and the winner of the 2014 People’s Choice will be announced on Octobe 16.
Cllr Kate Hannon, (pictured) executive board member for leisure, community and culture, said: “I think it would be amazing if a Warrington park was voted Park of the Year! It’s time for people power to make a difference and get voting for our wonderful parks.
“Warrington has 11 Green Flag sites which we all enjoy year round and to receive yet more national recognition would be great for the park and the town so let’s all get voting!”
Paul Todd, Green Flag Award Scheme manager, said: “Following a record breaking year for the Green Flag Award we are now asking the public to decide which of the 1482 parks and green spaces deserves the coveted People’s Choice Award 2014.”
The Green Flag Award was first launched in 1996 to recognise and reward the UK’s best green spaces. It is the standard for parks and recognises well-managed, high-quality sites that meet the needs of the community.
All Green Flag Award winning parks and green spaces are entered into the annual People’s Choice Award vote, which last year saw thousands of votes recorded and resulted in the crowning of Margam Park in Neath Port Talbot as the People’s Choice.
