Lancashire Best Kept Village Competition

Contact

Lancashire VillageFor further information and competition enquiries please contact:

Ann Alty
Secretary to the Lancashire Best Kept Village Competition
10 Bamfords Fold
Bretherton
Leyland
PR26 9AL

Telephone: 01772 224823

E-mail: mail@lancashirebestkeptvillage.co.uk

Committee (2023)

Name Position
Kelly Wood Chair
Shelagh Graham Vice-Chair
Ann Alty Secretary
Vacant Treasurer
Richard Farbon Minutes Secretary
Vacant Judge
Jim Pilkington Judge
Alison Ryan Judge
Phil Orme Judge (Lancashire Association of Local Councils)

Two Committee Members have stood down following the conclusion of the 2024 Competition, we thank Margaret Wood and Peter Folley for their service and support. The new Committee structure will be announced after the AGM in November.

Sponsors

We are grateful to all of our volunteers and those involved in the competition.

In particular we are extremely grateful to this year's sponsors who provide financial support and resources to all this competition to both happen and endure.

Barton Grange Group | Eaves Hall | Lancashire Association of Local Councils.

 

News: Latest

Having begun in the spring with Judges training sessions and the call for entries, the 2024 competition has now concluded; our Presentation Event took place at Eaves Hall West Bradford 14th October and The Committee is pleased to announce the results for 'Best Kept Village', 'Outstanding Features' and new 'Urban Communities' categories. Results.

Best Kept Village Winners (2024):
Final judged by Edwin Booth, Chairman of Booths Supermarkets.
◆ Champion - Grindleton
◆ Large - Longton
◆ Medium - Waddington
◆ Small - Brindle
◆ Hamlet - Little Eccleston

Urban Community (2024):
◆ Ingol

Outstanding Features (2024):
There were 247 nominated 'Outstanding Features' from Lancashire villages across the 16 categories.

Full Results (PDF).

We would like to thank all the villages taking part this year and look forward to visiting as part of the judging process. As ever we much appreciate all who take part and support this event, especially our Judges, Committee and sponsors.

In 2019 the 'Constitution of the Competition' was updated and streamlined, simplifying all paperwork used by villages and judges; the Certificate of Merit part of the competition was overhauled, replaced by a secondary competition called 'Outstanding Features' - villages entering the main competition able to nominate up to 10 Outstanding Features of their village, and certificates awarded to the best in each class. Ahead of the 2023 competition there was further review of the Constitution, entry and judging criteria and a pilot in place to add a 'Tidy Towns' section - this has evolved to become 'Urban Communities'.

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Our thanks to our 2024 sponsors: Barton Grange Group, Eaves Hall Hotel at West Radford, Lancashire Association of Local Councils (LALC).