We are very excited to announce that that our venues Parc Bryn Bach and Bedwellty House & Park in Tredegar have once again both achieved the prestigious Green Flag Awards for the very high standard of their parks!

This year 248 parks and green spaces have received the Green Flag Award and Green Flag Community Award in recognition of their high standards, and include a diverse range of sites, from country parks and formal gardens, to allotments, woodlands and churchyards.

Now in its third decade, the international Green Flag Award is a sign to the public that a park or green space boasts the highest possible environmental standards, is beautifully maintained and has excellent visitor facilities.

The Green Flag Award programme is delivered in Wales by environmental charity Keep Wales Tidy, with support from Welsh Government. Independent green space experts volunteered their time in early autumn to judge applicant sites against eight strict criteria, including biodiversity, cleanliness, environmental management and community involvement.  

Lucy Prisk, Green Flag Coordinator at Keep Wales Tidy said: “The pandemic showed us just how important high-quality parks and green spaces are to our communities. With more visitors than ever enjoying our green spaces, I’d like to congratulate the hard work of staff and volunteers who have maintained excellent standards at these sites.”

We would like to take this opportunity to thank all our staff, volunteers, partner organisations and visitors for helping us to keep our parks looking wonderful and all their habitats and resident wildlife thriving.

We would also like to congratulate our fellow Discovery Gateway sites in the Valleys Regional Park who have also achieved Green Flag Awards:

Parc Slip Nature Reserve, Bryngarw Country Park, Cwmcarn Forest, Cyfarthfa Castle & Park, Ynysangharad War Memorial Park, and Dare Valley Country Park