Green Flag
The Green Flag Award scheme is licensed and managed by Keep Britain Tidy. It provides national standards for parks and greenspaces across England and Wales and public service agreements, identified by the Ministry for Housing Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) highlight the importance placed on Green Flag status as an indicator of high quality. This in turn impacts upon the way parks and gardens are managed and maintained. To gain the award, sites must be maintained and managed to a high standard and Chorley Council are proud to have six sites which hold the Green Flag Award, most of which are classified in the parks and gardens typology, specifically:
- Astley Park
- Coronation Rec Ground
- Tatton Recreation Ground.
The others are amenity greenspaces or natural/semi-natural greenspaces:
- Withnell Local Nature Reserve
- Yarrow Valley Country Park
- Cuerden Valley Park, Clayton-le-Woods.
Harpers Recreation Ground has been entered for Green Flag Award for the first time in 2021 and awaits the result.