A grand day out
Workers and their families head for the seaside
LAST week the environmental charity Keep Britain Tidy announced the winners in its Green Flag awards scheme, with four new flags awarded across the boroughs of Dudley and Sandwell.
The Green Flag scheme recognises and rewards well-managed parks and green spaces, setting the benchmark standard for their management across the UK.
There were already six green flag areas in Dudley borough – Priory Park, Buffery Park and Wrens Nest National Nature Reserve in Dudley; Silver
Jubilee Park in Coseley; Mary Stevens Park in Stourbridge; and Leasowes Park in Halesowen. To these have been added Huntingtree Park in Halesowen and the Saltwells Nature Reserve.
Coveted
Priory Park and Mary Stevens Park have also received the much coveted additional Green Heritage Site Accreditation for the management of historic features at the two beauty spots.
12 green flag awards in Sandwell have been retained this year, with new awards for the “Revolution Walk” of the Birmingham Main Line Canal in Smethwick and a
Green Flag Community Award for Lions of the Great War, also in Smethwick, taking the total to 14
The other green flag sites in Sandwell are Barnford Park in Oldbury; Brunswick Park in Wednesbury; Dartmouth Park, Sandwell Valley Country Park and
Sandwell Valley Crematorium in West Bromwich; Haden Hill Park, Cradley Heath (also a Green Heritage Site winner); .Lightwoods Park and Warley Woods in Bearwood; Red House Park in Great Barr; Tipton Cemetery and Victoria Park in Tipton; and Victoria Park in Smethwick.