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Valentines Park has been awarded a Green Flag bringing the total number of parks in the Borough with the prestigious quality award up to three.
Elmhurst Gardens and Hainault Forest Country Park retained their Green Flags for a second year in a row, the national standard for parks and green spaces in England and Wales.
The parks went through a rigorous judging process that assessed a number of areas including safety and security, cleanliness, management of the facility and signage and access.
Recent improvements at Valentines Park have included a new outdoor gym at the park as well as refurbished tennis courts and improvements to park furniture and signage.
The tennis courts at Elmhurst Gardens have also been refurbished and the Friends of Elmhurst Garden helped the Council with a new sustainable planting scheme at the park. New natural play areas have also been installed at Valentines Park and Elmhurst Gardens.
Hainault Forest Country Park achieved its first Green Flag in 2006. A community wildlife garden is currently being developed at the park with help from volunteers and the park’s friends group. Improvements have also been made to the picnic and seating facilities and grass cutting is now carried out in house, leaving areas for grassland habitats and providing hay for farm animals.
Redbridge Council nominated a number of parks for the award this year and worked closely with friends of groups in each park to help prepare for the judging process to help improve the parks and open spaces in the Borough.
The Green Flag Award is run by Keep Britain Tidy alongside environmental charity GreenSpace and the British Trust for Conservation Volunteers (BTCV). The scheme began in 1996 as a means of recognising and rewarding the best green spaces in the country. The initiative encourages others to achieve the same high environmental standards, creating a benchmark of excellence in recreational green areas.
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 And what about the farce of the opening of Claybury Park? Has the Duke of Gloucester been invited to a non-event?
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lovly to know that our parks are getting awards but what abouth the fact that a free day in the park isn't free any more becuse we have to pay for parking??? 
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Morris Hickey wrote: And what about the farce of the opening of Claybury Park? Has the Duke of Gloucester been invited to a non-event? Don't worry, the event has now been cancelled! 
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Seagull wrote:Morris Hickey wrote: And what about the farce of the opening of Claybury Park? Has the Duke of Gloucester been invited to a non-event? Don't worry, the event has now been cancelled! Precisely! So has HRH now been "uninvited" by Redbridge? 
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The news of residents saying no to events in their parks is interesting for the residents of the Commonwealth estate put up with a lot(noise, smells) from various events in Valentines. The Duke of Glouceser (DOG as he is called by a certain Council worker) was invited to the opening of the Mansion, where the people invited to meet him were chosen, not necessarily for their imput to the restoration,as is probably usual.
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An item on the home page of Redbridge i states:
"We can confirm HRH Duke of Gloucester will unveil a commemorative stone at Claybury Park on Monday 6 September to formally celebrate the transfer of the park to Council ownership."
Good old DOG!
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