Best Kept Village Competition

The Best Kept Village competition has been running in Northern Lincolnshire since 1976.

It is organised and run by CPRE Northern Lincolnshire and is open to all small towns and villages within that area.

Thank you to all those villages who participated in the 2022 competition. We are pleased to make the following announcement of all winners.

Judging took into consideration a number of criteria with the emphasis on community involvement. Entrants were placed in groups according to their population size and those placed first, second and third in each group received an award. In addition, there were a number of individual categories which were judged separately.

• Best kept Playground,
• Best kept Churchyard,
• Best kept Cemetery
• Best Community Planting
• Best New Entrant
• Most Improved Village

The winners for 2022 are as followed:

Small Village

Joint 1st: Low Burnham and Elsham,
3rd: Amcotts

Highly Commended: Redbourne

Medium Village

1st: South Ferriby,
2nd: Barnetby-le-Wold,
3rd: Wrawby

Highly Commended: Worlaby

Large Village

1st: Barrow on Humber,
2nd: Belton,
Joint 3rd: Haxey and Westwoodside

Highly Commended: Scawby

Small Town 

1st: Broughton,
2nd: Epworth,
Joint 3rd: Barton upon Humber and Immingham

Highly Commended: Brigg and Crowle & Ealand

Other Category Awards

Best Community Planting: Low Burnham, South Ferriby, Haxey, Immingham

Best Kept Churchyard: Elsham,

Best Kept Cemetery: Goxhill

Best New Entrant: East Lound

Most Improved Village: Althorpe, Ulceby

Best Kept Playground: Owston Ferry

A detailed score sheet can be downloaded here.

Thank you to everyone who participated. We look forward to running the competition again in 2023.