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2016 Best Kept Village Competition Winners

By Frederick Cook CPRE Nottinghamshire,

Saturday, 19 November 2016

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RADCLIFFE ON TRENT

Winner of 2016 Campaign for the Protection of Rural England Nottinghamshire Competition

Generously Sponsored by Wilkinsons

At the Nottinghamshire Association of Local Councils AGM held at Epperstone Village Hall on the 16th November, Radcliffe on Trent was presented with the “Best in Notts” award and a cheque for £1,000.

This year 35 villages entered the Best Kept Village Competition and, after the first round of judging in June, a final 16 were selected for a second visit by teams of judges during July. The champions in each category were:

In Category A (pop 2000 to 10000) Radcliffe on Trent was the winner, with Farnsfield as runner up.

In Category B (pop 700 to 2000) East Markham was the winner, with Beckingham as runner up.

In Category C (pop 300 to 700) Caunton was the winner, with Harby as runner up.

In Category D (pop under 300) Granby was the winner, with Linby and East Drayton as runner up.

The champion villages in each of the four categories were awarded cheques of £125, attractive oak and wrought iron plaques to retain for one year and framed certificates. Runners up each received £50 and a certificate.

Best New Entrant

This category is for a village which has not entered the competition for 5 or more years. Four new entrants entered this year. The winner was Flintham and receives a cheque for £100 and a certificate.

Certificates of Merit

Balderton – for well-kept communal facilities around the parish offices.

Orston – for imaginative use of telephone box as a planter.

CPRE and Wilkinsons

The competition is run by the Nottinghamshire Campaign to Protect Rural England and is being kindly sponsored for the twenty-fourth successive year by the Wilkinson Group of Companies. Entries into this competition bring the benefit of creating pride within each individual village and making Nottinghamshire a more desirable location to live. We are grateful to all the judges, village entrants and, in particular, to Wilkinsons for their generous support in continuing to make this a vibrant and hard fought competition. It is delightful to see four new villages coming into the competition this year and in all categories the results have been close run.

Contact Information

Frederick Cook

Registered charity number 213481

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