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Lincolnshire Best Kept Finalists Revealed

The communities that have made it through to the final round in the 2006 Lincolnshire Best Kept Village and Small Town competition have been revealed. They now face just one more visit from competition judges during August when the overall winners will be decided.

The communities through to the final round are as follows: -

Judging for the Past Winners award will also take place in August. This award is contested by small and medium sized villages that have won their class during the past four years. The villages to be judged are: -

Bassingham, Binbrook, East Keal, Freiston, Greatford, Hagworthingham and Harlaxton.

The competition is run by the Community Council of Lincolnshire on behalf of the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) and sponsored by Calor – the UK’s leading supplier of LPG (liquefied petroleum gas), with additional support from Lincolnshire’s District and County Councils, Pennells of Lincoln and Tucann Design and Print.

Competition organiser, Teresa Palmer, commented: “Congratulations to all the communities that have made it through to the final round of judging. Residents have done extremely well keeping standards as high as they have to date and there are now just a few more weeks to go before their hard work may pay off so it’s very exciting. This year’s finalists are a good mix of communities that have won in previous years and some that have never won before which is great for the competition and bodes well for future years.”

For further information regarding the Lincolnshire Best Kept Village and Small Towns competition please contact Teresa Palmer at bkv@cclincs.com, or on 01529 302466.

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Further press information from: Emma Flinn, Flent PR, a Connectpoint Company
tel: 0161 817 4200 / email: emma.flinn@connectpoint.co.uk

Notes to Editors:

Calor Village of the Year®

Calor, the leading supplier of LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) to those living and working in the countryside, has supported rural activities in England, Scotland and Wales for 20 years through its Rural Sponsorship programme, which includes the Calor Village of the Year® for England and Wales competitions and the Calor Scottish Community of the Year competition. Calor also supports county competitions in every county in England.

For general information on the Calor Village of the Year® for England and Wales competitions:
email: info@calorvillageoftheyear.org, tel: 01962 629768, or visit: www.calorvillageoftheyear.org

For more information on the Calor Scottish Community of the Year competition:
visit: www.communityoftheyear.co.uk

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