The
finalists of this year’s Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Britain in Bloom UK
Finals have been announced.
Ranging
from small rural villages to major industrial cities, 73 out of more than 1,000
entries have been named as finalists in the prestigious completion.
RHS
Britain in Bloom is the nation’s largest environmental campaign and involves
more than 200,000 volunteers. Last year, the RHS released a report that showed
how the campaign made a major difference to the social, environmental and
economic health of Britain.
“RHS
Britain in Bloom would be nothing without the enormous number of volunteers who
are committed to greening up their corner of the nation,” said Sue Biggs, RHS director
general.
“They
are dynamic people who want to make the UK a better place to live.
“The
positive impact this has on the environment is enormous. It is an absolute honour
for the RHS to be associated with these groups and individuals.”
More
than 115,000 trees, 352,000 shrubs and 21.6 million plants and bulbs are
planted annually for the prestigious competition, which was started in 1964 by
the British Tourist Authority.
The
judging panel will tour the finalists this July, awarding points against three
key criteria – horticultural achievement, community participation,
environmental responsibility. The 73 finalists are:
Entry
Name
|
Region
/ Nation
|
Filby
|
Anglia
|
Great Yarmouth
|
Anglia
|
Halstead
|
Anglia
|
Huntingdon
|
Anglia
|
Moor (Huntingdon)
|
Anglia
|
Norwich
|
Anglia
|
|
|
Cartmel
|
Cumbria
|
Windermere
|
Cumbria
|
|
|
Belper
|
East Midlands
|
Cleethorpes
|
East Midlands
|
Loughborough
|
East Midlands
|
Market Bosworth
|
East Midlands
|
Northampton
|
East Midlands
|
|
|
Herm
|
Guernsey
|
|
|
Birmingham
|
Heart of England
|
Kings Heath (Birmingham)
|
Heart of England
|
Stone
|
Heart of England
|
|
|
Grouville
|
Jersey
|
St Helier
|
Jersey
|
|
|
Hillingdon
|
London
|
LondonBridge (Southwark)
|
London
|
Westminster
|
London
|
|
|
Chipping
|
North West
|
Lytham
|
North West
|
Nantwich
|
North West
|
Oldham
|
North West
|
Seedley & Langworthy
(Salford)
|
North West
|
Wigan
|
North West
|
|
|
Morpeth
|
Northumbria
|
Sedgefield
|
Northumbria
|
Stanghow
|
Northumbria
|
Stockton
|
Northumbria
|
Sunderland
|
Northumbria
|
Warkworth
|
Northumbria
|
|
|
Aberdeen
|
Scotland
|
Dumfries
|
Scotland
|
Dyce (Aberdeen)
|
Scotland
|
Forres
|
Scotland
|
Linlithgow
|
Scotland
|
Melrose
|
Scotland
|
Muthill
|
Scotland
|
North Berwick
|
Scotland
|
|
|
Gosport
|
South
|
Wimborne
|
South
|
|
|
Chichester
|
South East
|
Crawley
|
South East
|
HerneBay
|
South East
|
Tatsfield
|
South East
|
|
|
Newquay
|
South West
|
Sidmouth
|
South West
|
St Issey
|
South West
|
Taunton
|
South West
|
Thornbury
|
South West
|
Truro
|
South West
|
|
|
Bray
|
Thames & Chilterns
|
Woodstock
|
Thames & Chilterns
|
|
|
Ahoghill
|
Ulster
|
Bangor
|
Ulster
|
Broughshane
|
Ulster
|
Coleraine
|
Ulster
|
Hillsborough
|
Ulster
|
Scarva
|
Ulster
|
|
|
Chirk (Wrexham)
|
Wales
|
Rhyl
|
Wales
|
Tenby
|
Wales
|
|
|
Addingham
|
Yorkshire
|
Filey
|
Yorkshire
|
Harrogate
|
Yorkshire
|
Hutton Cranswick
|
Yorkshire
|
Kippax (Leeds)
|
Yorkshire
|
Knaresborough
|
Yorkshire
|
Leeds
|
Yorkshire
|
Spofforth
|
Yorkshire
|
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