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Best Kept Winners Honoured

The winning communities in the 2006 North Lincolnshire Best Kept Village and Small Towns competition have been honoured at a presentation event held on Monday 6th November at Scawby Village Hall.

The competition is organised by Sue Franks on behalf of Northern Lincolnshire CPRE (Campaign to Protect Rural England) and sponsored by Calor, the UK’s leading supplier of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), with additional support from local sponsors Fenland Leisure, the Scunthorpe Telegraph, Oaklands Nurseries and Stephen Smith’s Garden Centre.

Rob Benson and Jim Moyes of Calor presented representatives of the successful communities with their prizes, which included framed commemorative certificates.

The full results of the competition are as follows:

Small Villages (population under 500)

1st Elsham
2nd Ashby cum Fenby
3rd Alborough

Large Villages (population 501 – 3,000)

1st Scawby
2nd Flixborough
3rd West Butterwick

Small Towns (population over 3,000)

1st Broughton
2nd Waltham
3rd Humberston

Previous Winners Group

1st Burton upon Stather
2nd Hibaldstow
3rd Barton upon Humber

Best Kept Playground

Wroot

Best Kept Churchyard / Cemetery

Winterton

Best Community Planting

Elsham

Best Environmental Project

Wroot

For further information regarding the North Lincolnshire Best Kept Village and Small Towns competition please contact Sue Franks on 01427 754312, email sue@suefranks.wanadoo.co.uk.

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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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