GREEN FLAG
The Green Flag Award is the national standard for parks and green 
spaces in England and Wales and both recognises and rewards the
best green spaces in the country. Winning a Green Flag Award brings excellent publicity especially since both the media and the public are becoming increasingly aware that a site flying a Green Flag is a high quality green space.
This year a combination of mystery shopping and scheduled site visits were used to judge parks and in Basingstoke only the War Memorial Park received a scheduled visit. As in previous years the judges were obviously very impressed by the horticultural standards, wildlife provision,community involvement and event schedule and consequently the Borough has been successful again in achieving the award for both parks.