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Open Spaces Awards

Report of the Chairman of the Open Spaces and City Gardens Committee and the West Ham Park Committee.

“After another exceptional year, The City of London Corporation’s Open Spaces have once again received several prestigious Green Flag and Green Heritage Awards.

The Green Flag Award is the national standard for parks and green spaces and aims to recognise and reward the best green spaces in the country. All sites must be freely accessible to the public and perform well against eight criteria, including safety and security, cleanliness, management and sustainability. This year the following Open Spaces retained the Award: Ashtead Common, Bunhill Fields, Burnham Beeches, Coulsdon Common, Epping Forest, Farthing Downs and New Hill, Hampstead Heath, Highgate Wood, Kenley Common, Queen's Park, Riddlesdown, Spring Park, West Ham Park, West Wickham Common and the City of London Cemetery and Crematorium.

Green Heritage Site accreditation, which is sponsored by English Heritage, is awarded in recognition of achieving the required standard in the management and interpretation of a site with local or national historic importance. The following Open Spaces retained their Green Heritage Site accreditation this year to acknowledge the heritage value of the sites: Ashtead Common, Bunhill Fields, Burnham Beeches, Epping Forest, Farthing Downs and New Hill, Hampstead Heath, Highgate Wood, Kenley Common, Queen's Park, West Ham Park, West Wickham Common, and the City of London Cemetery and Crematorium. The City Corporation now holds 16 Green Flag and 12 Green Heritage Awards, more than any other organisation. 

These awards are an excellent way to recognise the extraordinary hard work of all the staff in the Open Spaces Department and the large teams of dedicated local volunteers who help to maintain our Open Spaces. 

I commend these achievements to the Court.”

Open Spaces Awards

Report of the Chairman of the Open Spaces and City Gardens Committee and the West Ham Park Committee.

“After another exceptional year, The City of London Corporation’s Open Spaces have once again received several prestigious Green Flag and Green Heritage Awards.

The Green Flag Award is the national standard for parks and green spaces and aims to recognise and reward the best green spaces in the country. All sites must be freely accessible to the public and perform well against eight criteria, including safety and security, cleanliness, management and sustainability. This year the following Open Spaces retained the Award: Ashtead Common, Bunhill Fields, Burnham Beeches, Coulsdon Common, Epping Forest, Farthing Downs and New Hill, Hampstead Heath, Highgate Wood, Kenley Common, Queen's Park, Riddlesdown, Spring Park, West Ham Park, West Wickham Common and the City of London Cemetery and Crematorium.

Green Heritage Site accreditation, which is sponsored by English Heritage, is awarded in recognition of achieving the required standard in the management and interpretation of a site with local or national historic importance. The following Open Spaces retained their Green Heritage Site accreditation this year to acknowledge the heritage value of the sites: Ashtead Common, Bunhill Fields, Burnham Beeches, Epping Forest, Farthing Downs and New Hill, Hampstead Heath, Highgate Wood, Kenley Common, Queen's Park, West Ham Park, West Wickham Common, and the City of London Cemetery and Crematorium. The City Corporation now holds 16 Green Flag and 12 Green Heritage Awards, more than any other organisation. 

These awards are an excellent way to recognise the extraordinary hard work of all the staff in the Open Spaces Department and the large teams of dedicated local volunteers who help to maintain our Open Spaces. 

I commend these achievements to the Court.”

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