UK'S BEST PARK: Celebrating "Much Loved" spaces in the West Midlands
This summer's UK's Best Park award has seen all-time high numbers of nominations and a record votes tally, with 36,832 park users casting votes to help decide the winner of the UK's Best Park 2019.
In the West Midlands, you nominated 24 local parks and green spaces which are special to you. These nominations were then championed by park users, communities, Friends of groups, landowners and elected representatives as part of the public vote.
Following close of voting, we are delighted to be able to reveal the overall winner for the West Midlands region, as well as the parks which your votes mean have received "Much Loved" status. Each will receive a certificate recognising your support, whilst the regional winner now joins Lake Meadows in the East of England, Danson Park in London, Alexandra Park in the South East and Page Park in the South West on the shortlist for the title of England's Best Park, which will be revealed on Wednesday 28th August. Between now and then the winners and "Much Loved" spaces in the other English regions will be announced day-by-day. Make sure you're following @FieldsInTrust on social media to keep right up to date with the winners!
West Midlands region winner
Telford Town Park
Hinkshay Road, Telford, Shropshire
Described by its nominator as: "Telford Town Park provides something for everyone from the play equipment, adventure golf and formal gardens to colorful events such as the Balloon Fiesta and the adrenaline filled Skyreach ropes course all alongside a local nature reserve and open green space to enjoy picnics and games with family and friends."
"Much Loved" spaces
Telford Town Park was one of three spaces in the West Midlands which placed within the top 20% of all nominations nationally in voting for UK's Best Park 2019. Each of these spaces receives "Much Loved" status, recognising the support they have received this summer from those who use and love them. The other two "Much Loved" spaces in the West Midlands are:
Abbey Park
Evesham, Worcestershire
Cae Glas Parc
Oswestry, Shropshire
Celebrating one long Summer of Parks
This Summer of Parks you've been showing love for your local parks in unprecedented numbers. From a record-breaking Have a Field Day to the biggest UK's Best Park award yet, it is clear how much we all love our local parks. Each "Much Loved" park will receive a certificate denoting its status - we will be in touch with the landowner to arrange delivery of this certificate and discuss celebrations for the newly conferred status. The park's nominator for UK's Best Park 2019 will also receive acknowledgement that their favourite local green space is amongst the nation's favourites.
Our Summer of Parks will conclude on Thursday 12th September with the announcement of the UK's Best Park 2019. This day is also an opportunity to champion those parks to receive "Much Loved" status with their new certificates, as well as celebrate all parks and green spaces across the country which are special in their own ways to those who use and love them.
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Green Space Index in the West Midlands
The Green Space Index is Fields in Trust's barometer of publicly accessible park and green space provision. Our Revaluing Parks and Green Spaces research demonstrates that these spaces across the UK provide people with over £34 billion of health and wellbeing benefits. We believe that green spaces are good, do good and need to be protected for good.
In the West Midlands, the Green Space Index finds:
of total green space provision in West Midlands
of green space provision per person in West Midlands
not living within a ten-minute walk of a green space
of legally protected green space provision in West Midlands
You can discover more about the Green Space Index and explore provision near you on our interactive map for the region.
About Fields in Trust
Fields in Trust is an independent charity with over 90 years’ experience protecting parks and green spaces. We work with landowners, community groups and policy makers to champion the value of our parks and green spaces to achieve better protection for their future at both local and national level.
You can donate to support our work to protect, support and champion green spaces for good.
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- Image of Cae Glas Parc with thanks to Stephen McKay (cc-by-sa/2.0)