Countess of Chester Country Park raises prestigious Green Flag Award after achieving international quality mark for parks and green spaces

Greenspace management charity, the Land Trust and its partner, The Conservation Volunteers (TCV), and the site’s Friends of Group are celebrating after receiving a Green Flag Award for the Countess of Chester Country Park for the eighth year running. The site is one of 2,250 in the UK to achieve the award, which is the international quality mark for parks and green spaces. The news that Countess of Chester Country Park has met the standards required for the accreditation is testament to the hard work and dedication of the teams that care for the green space so that visitors and residents alike can enjoy it.I n addition to retaining its Green Flag Award, the Country Park was named ‘Health Site of the Year’ at the Land Trust’s Managing Partners Awards last week.

Green Flag Award Scheme Manager, Paul Todd MBE, said: “Congratulations to everyone involved at the Countess of Chester Country Park who have worked tirelessly to ensure that it achieves the high standards required for the Green Flag Award.

“Quality parks and green spaces like Countess of Chester Country Park make the country a heathier place to live and work in, and a stronger place in which to invest. Crucially, the Countess of Chester Country Park is a vital green space for communities in Chester to enjoy nature, and during the ongoing cost of living crisis it is a free and safe space for families to socialise. It also provides important opportunities for local people and visitors to reap the physical and mental health benefits of green space. “

The Green Flag Award scheme, managed by environmental charity Keep Britain Tidy under licence from the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government, recognises and rewards well-managed parks and green spaces, setting the benchmark standard for the management of green spaces across the United Kingdom and around the world.