Lancashire Best Kept Village Competition

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The 2025 competition has concluded with results announced for 'Best Kept Village', 'Outstanding Features' and fledgling 'Urban Communities' categories (Participating Villages) with 12 villages through to the Final.

Enquiries about Presentation Event (13/10/25) / Results to: lbkvinfo@gmail.com.

Winning villages:
Final judged by…
David E Cam DL BA Barrister Under Sheriff of Lancashire.
Champion: Bretherton
Large: New Longton
Medium: Newburgh
Small: Hurst Green
Hamlet: Little Eccleston
Urban Community: Whalley

2025 Results webpage.
Download Full Results 2025 (PDF Booklet).

It has been a pleasure visiting villages over the spring and summer months and 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'.