Lancashire Best Kept Village Competition

Contact

Lancashire VillageFor further information and competition enquiries please contact:

Kelly Wood
Secretary to the Lancashire Best Kept Village Competition
30 Dryden Street
Burnley
Lancashire
BB12 8TQ

Telephone: 07713 125677

E-mail: mail@lancashirebestkeptvillage.co.uk

Committee (2025)

Name Position
Shelagh Graham Chair
Alison Ryan Vice-Chair
Richard Farbon Treasurer
Kelly Wood Secretary
Ann Alty Competition Organiser

Two Committee Members stood down following the conclusion of the 2024 Competition, we thank Margaret Clark and Peter Folley for their service and support. The new Committee structure in now in place for 2025.

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

Entry deadline has passed and the 2025 competition is under way for 'Best Kept Village', 'Outstanding Features' and fledgling 'Urban Communities' categories - Participating Villages.

We will update you as the competition progresses. Any queries contact the Competition Organiser.

Best Kept Village Winners (in 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.

2024 Results in full.

We look forward to visiting villages over the spring and summer months and wish our villages well with their endeavour. 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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Other Information

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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).