Six of Derby’s parks have received a 2024 Green Flag Award in recognition of their high standard. The accreditation is the international quality mark for parks and green spaces.
Receiving the award is testament to the hard work and dedication of the team that cares for Derby’s green spaces to ensure everyone can enjoy them.
The parks that have retained their Green Flag Award status are:
- Alvaston Park
- Chaddesden Park
- Darley Park
- Markeaton Park
- Sunnydale Park Local Nature Reserve
- Derby Arboretum
The scheme also includes the Green Flag Community Award, which recognises excellence at sites managed by community groups and volunteers. In Derby, seven sites have received the award.
These are:
- Ashbourne Road Allotments
- Chaddesden Wood Local Nature Reserve
- Chellaston Brickworks Local Nature Reserve
- Darley and Nutwood Local Nature Reserve
- Little Chester Allotments
- Markeaton Walled Garden
- Sinfin Moor Park Local Nature Reserve
For the fourth time, Derby Arboretum has been awarded Green Heritage Site Accreditation, supported by Historic England, for the management of its historic features.
The Derby Parks team receive the Green Flag Award
Councillor Ndukwe Onuoha, Derby City Council’s Cabinet Member for Streetpride, Public Safety and Leisure, said:
These Green Flag Awards are a well-deserved recognition of the vital role these open spaces play in the health and wellbeing of Derby’s citizens. We’re all very lucky that the city has so many beautiful open spaces that people can enjoy all year round.
Congratulations to the Council teams, community groups and volunteers whose hard work and dedication make our parks spaces we can all be proud of.
Keep Britain Tidy’s Green Flag Award Scheme Manager, Paul Todd MBE, said:
I would like to congratulate everyone involved in Derby’s parks on achieving the Green Flag Award. Derby’s parks are vital green spaces for communities in the city to socialise, enjoy nature, for children to play safely and it provides important opportunities for park users to improve their physical and mental health.
We know that staff and volunteers work tirelessly to ensure that it maintains the high standards of the Green Flag Award, everyone involved should feel extremely proud of their achievement. It is important that our free to use spaces are maintained to the Green Flag Award standard, making them accessible for all members of the community while ensuring the environment is protected.
The Green Flag Award scheme, managed by environmental charity Keep Britain Tidy under licence from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and 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.