Green Flag Awards
Find out about our award-winning parks and public spaces .
Green flag awards are seen as the gold standard for public spaces that are welcoming, safe and well maintained. They are awarded by Keep Britain Tidy.
Judging criteria
The park, garden or green space is usually judged against 8 criteria, which cover everything from access through to sustainability and marketing:
- A welcoming place - how to create a sense that people are positively welcomed in the park.
- Healthy, safe and secure - how best to ensure that the park is a safe and healthy environment for all users.
- Clean and well maintained - what people can expect in terms of cleanliness, facilities and maintenance.
- Sustainability - how a park can be managed in environmentally sensitive ways.
- Conservation and heritage - the value of conservation and care of historical heritage.
- Community involvement - ways of encouraging community participation and acknowledging the community's role in a park's success.
- Marketing - methods of promoting a park successfully.
- Management - how to reflect all of the above in a coherent and accessible management plan or strategy and ensure it is implemented.
Green Flag gardens
Broadley Street Gardens
Rembrandt Gardens
Ebury Square Gardens
Soho Square
Leicester Square Garden
St. Anne's Churchyard
Marble Arch
St. George's Square
Millbank Gardens
St. John's Gardens (Horseferry Road)
Mount Street Gardens
St. John's Wood Church Grounds
Norfolk Square Gardens
Talbot Square
Paddington Green/St Marys
Paddington Street Gardens
Victoria Embankment Gardens
Paddington Recreation Ground
Violet Hill Gardens
Porchester Square Gardens
Westbourne Green Open Space
Queens Park Gardens
Whitehall Gardens
Green Flag cemeteries
East Finchley Cemetery
Mill Hill Cemetery
Hanwell Cemetery
Green Heritage sites
Leicester Square Gardens
Victoria Embankment Gardens
Whitehall Gardens
Contact
For general queries about parks, gardens and cemeteries, please email [email protected]
Published: 14 December 2020
Last updated: 16 January 2021