Four parks in Huntingdonshire have been given the coveted Green Flag Award, which is a sought after status for parks and open spaces across the UK.

The award is particularly special for the team at St Neots Riverside Park as it's the first Green Flag Award that's been given to the park.

Priory Park, also in St Neots, has been awarded an eighth consecutive Green Flag Award. Both Hinchingbrooke Country Park in Huntingdon, and Paxton Pits Nature Reserve in Little Paxton, received a seventh consecutive Green Flag Award.

A spokesperson for Huntingdonshire District Council described the awards as a, "testament to hard work and dedication of the teams that care for the green spaces".

There are more than 2,000 Green Flag Awards across 15 countries, and Huntingdonshire proudly claims four of them.

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The Green Flag Awards are managed by the environmental charity Keep Britain Tidy, who run nationwide schemes in an effort to keep the country clean.

Keep Britain Tidy’s Green Flag Award Scheme Manager, Paul Todd MBE, said: “I would like to congratulate everyone involved at Huntingdonshire District Council on achieving a Green Flag Award.

"These parks are a vital green space for communities in Huntingdonshire 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."

Executive Councillor for Open Spaces, Waste and Street Scene, Cllr Simone Taylor, said: "This award recognises the many hours of hard work the teams at HDC and the much-needed volunteers put in, to give the residents and visitors who use the Parks & Countryside Parks and Nature Reserves space to breath and to do activities that are good for their wellbeing."