Parks Standards

The Royal Borough manages around 1,862,500 sq m/ 186 hectares of parks and open spaces.  The Parks team aim to achieve Green Flag status for six of their parks by 2010. Green Flag recognises quality and rewards the best green spaces in the country. Key criteria which the spaces are judged on include: welcoming space, health, safety and security, cleanliness and maintenance, sustainability, conservation and heritage, community involvement, marketing and management.

Mobile gardening teams regularly visit sites to ensure that the defined standards are maintained within parks.  The gardening staff ensure that the quality and range of horticultural features such as grass and litter collection, flower and shrub beds, hedges, playgrounds and outdoor sports facilities are all maintained appropriately and that standards of cleanliness and health and safety are achieved by regular inspection.

• Please use the dog litter bins provided
• Please do not play golf
• Unauthorised vehicles are not permitted on the park areas
• Please ensure that you keep your dog under control or on a lead at all times.