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Manchester’s first new city centre park in 100 years given prestigious Green Flag Award
Judges said that they had "never seen such an outstanding urban park" in the award's history.
Emily Sergeant -
16th July 2024 
Manchester’s first new city centre park to be created in 100 years has been given a prestigious Green Flag Award.
It may be on your radar that, for several years running now, green spaces in Greater Manchester have deservingly been recipients of the prestigious Green Flag Award – which is an internationally-recognised honour given annually to the parks, green spaces, and cemeteries that have “attained a high standard of green space”.
Green Flag Awards are granted by environmental charity Keep Britain Tidy each year to recognise accessible green spaces that set “an international benchmark for management”.
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— Keep Britain Tidy (@KeepBritainTidy) July 16, 2024
And it looks like 2024 has proven to be a stand-out year for our region too, as Manchester‘s newest urban park, Mayfield Park – otherwise known as the city centre‘s first new park in 100 years – has been handed the coveted honour this year.
Judges said that they had “never seen such an outstanding urban park” in more than 20 years of judging the award.
“The original design and specification standards are exceptional, the facilities are of the highest standard, and the site security and cleansing is excellent,” Green Flag Award judges said of Mayfield Park as they gave it the honour for 2024.
“The play facilities are inspired and exciting, the horticultural and arboricultural standards are brilliant, and the biodiversity of the site is cared-for and blooming.
“It was a real pleasure and privilege to be the first to judge this world-class park.”
While it may be one of the most well-known nationally, and certainly one of the most prestigious, the Green Flag Award isn’t the only honour Mayfield Park has been bestowed since it first opened to be public back in 2022.
Just this year alone, it has already scooped up eight accolades for things like excellence in landscape design, place regeneration, and the natural environment.
Laura Percy, who is the Senior Development Director at Landsec U+I on behalf of the Mayfield Partnership, said that the park’s creators and managers are “thrilled” to win the prestigious award, adding that: “This is recognition to all those who helped to create and deliver this incredible green space, and to the management team who ensure every day that it is a vibrant, welcoming and safe space for everyone to enjoy.
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“It’s a joy to come to work every day here and see kids playing and people from across the region coming to visit.”
Featured Image – Richard Bloom (via Green Flag Award)
