Northern Lincolnshire CPRE Best Kept Village Competition

This competition has been running since the mid-1970s. It was sponsored by Calor until 2006. In 2007 we obtained sponsorship from Conoco Phillips for two years. This year, because of the lack of sponsorship, it will be self-funding. We also have four sponsors which enables us to offer prizes for individual categories.

These are:
best kept churchyard for which Stephen Smith’s Garden Centre donates a bench;
best kept playing field which receives a piece of play equipment from Fenland Leisure;
best community planting scheme which receives vouches from Oakland Nurseries,
and, in its second year, best kept war memorial, sponsored by Pooley’s Tearoom in Messingham.

Entry to the competition is open to all villages and small towns in North and North East Lincolnshire.

Just under half of them enter each year, most of whom are CPRE members. Judging is done by three volunteer couples and takes place at the end of June and the end of August.

If your village or small town has entered this year’s competition, and there will be a poster on your notice board saying so, your help will be needed to show it in its best light. Judging takes account of a number of issues, including: litter and vandalism; private gardens and community planting; general maintenance of public building such as village halls and other structures; and churchyards, cemeteries and war memorials. Judging does not take account of natural and architectural
features: the purpose is to establish how well local residents look after and care for their surroundings.

Good luck to you all!

If you want any further information, please contact me on 01652 618744 or email: jenny.haynes@btinternet.com
Jenny Haynes