Green Flag Award

Green Flags are flying proudly at Devon County Council’s two country parks as the awards celebrate their Silver Jubilee.

Stover Country Park and the Grand Western Canal Country Park are among a record breaking 2,127 green spaces receiving the Green Flag Award this year.

Stover is celebrating its 18th consecutive year of gaining the award, and it’s the 13th year that the...

The Drake’s Place Gardens and Reservoir at Plymouth University are to receive the prestigious Green Flag Award for the first time.

Reopened in June 2014, it is among 1,582 parks and green spaces – and 90 in the South West – to be awarded the accolade by environmental charity Keep Britain Tidy.

Including parks, cemeteries, universities, shopping centres and community gardens,...