Best Kept Village

The Buckinghamshire Best Kept Villages 2010 are:

Buckland (Gurney Cup), runners-up Fulmer and Weston Underwood

Cuddington (Morris Cup), runner-up Great Brickhill

Cheddington (DeFraine Cup), runner-up Seer Green

Olney (Michaelis Cup), runner-up Buckingham

Chalfont St Giles (Pushman Cup), runner-up Great Kingshill

Haddenham (Tindall Cup), runner-up Marlow

>>>> The presentations will be made in the winning villages on Saturday 4th September by the Lord Lieutenant Sir Henry Aubrey-Fletcher:

Olney High Street, 10.30am

Cheddington, village green at 12.00pm

Buckland, 12.30pm

Chalfont St Giles, the green at 2.00pm

Haddenham, Church End at 3.00pm

Cuddington, 3.30pm

The competition judges assess features in the villages such as recreation grounds, village halls, graveyards and war memorials for good maintenance and lack of litter. Competition chairman Richard Pushman commented: "We are witnessing an ever increasing standard of enthusiam in our villages and towns to maintain and improve their appearnace and environmnet.  My contratulations go to the hard working body of volunteers who are keen to maintain the standards of the competition."

The Best Kept Village Competition is sponsored by Bucks County Council, Milton Keynes Council and the district councils from Aylesbury Vale, Chiltern and Wycombe.