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Green Flag Award

The Green Flag Award scheme is the national standard for parks and green spaces across England and Wales.The Award is managed by a consortium, comprising Keep Britain Tidy, BTCV and GreenSpace. Known collectively as the Green Flag Plus Partnership, the consortium manages the scheme in England on behalf of Communities and Local Government (CLG) and in Wales for the Welsh Steering Group.

The Green Flag Award Scheme was launched in 1996 with the first awards made in 1997. The scheme has now been running for 14 years with a record 1288 sites achieving the Green Flag Award or Community Award in 2011.

75 Awards were achieved by local authorities and other organisations in the West Midlands region this year, up from 67 in 2010.

The table below shows how the West Midlands region compares to others within England;

 

 

Green Flag

Green Heritage

Community Award

Region

2010

2011

2010

2011

2010

2011

East Midlands

68

62

1

0

15

20

Eastern

92

91

6

7

8

12

Greater London

223

228

13

11

30

32

North East

55

65

3

3

4

4

North West

245

256

8

9

19

18

South East

112

116

10

8

13

14

South West

73

81

3

5

6

4

West Midlands

67

75

5

4

5

5

Yorkshire & Humberside

59

69

3

2

11

16

England

994

1043

52

49

111

125

For more information about the Green Flag Award click here