What is the Green Flag Award Scheme?
The Green Flag Award is the national standard for parks and green spaces in England and Wales. The award scheme began in 1996 as a means of recognising and rewarding the best green spaces in the country. It was also seen as a way of encouraging others to achieve the same high environmental standards, creating a benchmark of excellence in recreational green areas.
Winning a Green Flag Awards brings excellent publicity. Both the media and the public are becoming increasingly aware that a site flying a Green Flag is a high quality green space. It is realised that all green spaces are different and this diversity is welcomed. Each site is judged on its own merits and suitability to the community it serves.
Awards are given on an annual basis and winners must apply each year to renew their Green Flag status. Throughout the land the owners, managers and staff of many parks and green spaces work tirelessly to ensure their application for the prestigious Green Flag Award is successful.
Applications have been submitted for Green Flag 2012 for the following sites:-
- Royal Victoria Park, Bath - received Green Flag award in 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011
- Keynsham Memorial Park - received Green Flag award in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012
- Haycombe Cemetery, Bath - received Green Flag award in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012