Green Flag Award for Lowndes Park, Chesham

Chesham Town Council and in particular the Parks and Premises team and the Friends of Lowndes Park are rightly thrilled to have retained the Green Flag for another year. The flag is a sign to visitors that the park is well-maintained and well-managed, with excellent facilities. Lowndes Park is one of a record number of parks and green spaces receiving the Green Flag Award this year: 1,288 parks and green spaces will fly either the Green Flag or Community Award, showing that green space is widely acknowledged as vital to our communities. Chesham Town Mayor Cllr Derek Lacey said, ‘This is excellent news and a fitting tribute to the work of the Town Council’s Parks and Premises team and the Friends of Lowndes Park’. Deputy Mayor, Cllr Colette Littley, who is also a member of the Friends of Lowndes Park, said, ‘Having accompanied the judges on their inspection, I could tell they were impressed by the condition of the park, its range of diverse facilities it provides for all ages and, particularly, the community involvement of the Friends’ group. I am delighted that all the hard work from the Council staff and Friends of Lowndes Park has paid off’.

The Green Flag Award Scheme is managed by a consortium comprising Keep Britain Tidy, BTCV and Green Space. 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.

Green Flag Award recognises well managed, high quality open spaces. Any green space is eligible to win the award providing visitors can enter free of charge. Previous winners include parks by local authorities as well as those run by community groups and trusts. The scheme was set up in 1996 and was previously managed by the now defunct Civic Trust.