Ashover Welcomes Royal Visitor

The award winning village of Ashover in Derbyshire welcomed HRH The Prince of Wales for a tour of the community on Friday 8th December 2006.

Unfortunately, HRH The Duchess of Cornwall was unable to attend.

Ashover was crowned the Calor Village of the Year® for England in 2005 as well as winning the Central England area of this year’s special Calor Village of the Year ‘Best of the Best’ awards which were run by Calor to celebrate the competition's tenth anniversary.

After being welcomed to the village by a choir of children from the local primary school, HRH commenced on a tour of the community - concluded outside the Bassett Rooms when HRH was invited to unveil a commemorative plaque and switch on the village’s Christmas tree lights.

Prior to the event, Suzanne Weir, Calor Village of the Year manager, said: “We are delighted that HRH The Prince of Wales will be spending time in Ashover meeting members of the community and getting a sense of the qualities which won the village its national title in 2005 and that took it through to the final stages of this year’s 10th Anniversary Awards.

"I hope that this continued support will encourage more and more communities to get involved in the competition in future years and help it go from strength to strength.”

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