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Haughton - Best Kept Village competition winners in 1963, 2000, 2004 and 2011

The 2011 Campaign

The Best Kept Village competition in Staffordshire is organised by the Community Council of Staffordshire.  Categories judged include General Cleanliness, Public Open Spaces, Play Areas and Communal Buildings.

The 2011 BKV Campaign

was launched in the Village Hall on Wednesday 9th March.

To view the launch poster

click here.

Please do all you can to help Haughton become the

Best Kept Village of 2011

For the latest news on this year’s campaign click on the link below

June Update

Including news of the involvement of the Brownies and the winning entries in the children’s poster competition

May Update

Including news and pictures of the involvement of St Giles School pupils in the designing and planting of a new flower bed

April Update

Including news and pictures of the involvement of St Giles School pupils in this year’s litter picking

March Update

still available to view

Helping Haughton become Staffordshire’s

Best Kept Village

Our aims

• To make Haughton an even more pleasant place in which to live
• To enhance community spirit and stimulate pride in the village
• To be judged as the Best Kept Village in Staffordshire

How everyone can help

Please:-

• maintain a tidy garden
• keep the verges in front of the garden tidy and litter-free
• keep the road edges outside the garden tidy and litter-free

How dog-owners can help

Please keep the village tidy by using the dog-waste bag dispensers.  Four dispensers have been provided by the Parish Council.  They can be found:

• On Newport Road, near the footway into Oak Gardens
• On Newport Road, near the Village Hall
• By the green on Moathouse Drive
• On the playing field

Group Litter Picking

The Group Litter Picks were held on seven occasions between Sunday 20th March and Friday 8th July.  Volunteers armed with litter pickers and collecting bags roamed the roads looking for stray pieces of litter in our generally tidy village.  Dust and leaves were swept up to ensure that our streets and public areas look spick and span.  It was also an opportunity to meet new people, as well as providing exercise and a breath of fresh air.  Volunteers bitten by the anti-litter bug will still be seen on the look-out because the Best Kept Village is a year-round campaign and not just a summer event.

Best Kept Village Results 2011

Best Large Village in Stafford District

Haughton

Trophy winner for Best Village in Stafford District

Haughton

County winners for Best Large Village

Haughton

The Best Kept Village and Haughton Best Kept Garden Results Evening was held at Haughton Village Hall  on Friday 5th August 2011.

To view the 2011 BKV certificates

click here

Click here to view the Judges’ Comments

County Results Presentation Evening

Haughton swept the board at the Best Kept Village Presentation Evening held at Sanders Hall, Rodbaston on Monday 1st August.  Not only did the village win Best Large Village in Stafford District, it also won the Rubery Owen Holdings Ltd Trophy for Best Village in Stafford District, large or small.  To crown this year’s campaign Haughton took the top award – Best Large Village in County.  BKV Co-ordinator Peter Lawrence collected two certificates, the Community Council of Staffordshire shield and a mountain ash tree donated by Staffordshire Wildlife Fund.  In addition, the village will be able to display a special sign and will receive prize money of £200.  In his introduction Mr J Perry, MBE, Chairman of the Best Kept Village Working Group made special mention of Haughton’s efforts in the children’s poster competition, the neatness of the Shropshire Inn and the quality of the verges.  At the end of the evening came an unexpected special award presented by the Vice-Chairman of Staffordshire County Council, Bob Fraser.  He had been so impressed by the display of children’s posters when he drove through the village that a special certificate has been awarded to Haughton St Giles School.  The Certificate of Corporate Recognition has been awarded to the school ‘in recognition of your exceptional contribution to the appearance of Staffordshire County’.  This delightful award rounded off an evening of spectacular success.  Thanks go to everyone in the village for taking part;  all the organisations of all ages and interests from Brownies to Garden Guild;  the school;  the businesses;  those who maintain the flower beds and borders and tend the verges;  those who pick up litter;  dog-owners who clear up after their pets;  householders who maintain their gardens, pavements and road edges;  those who take their litter home.  And a special congratulation and thanks must be made to our BKV Co-ordinator, Peter Lawrence, whose leadership, example, rallying calls, hard work, dedication and enthusiasm is phenomenal.  Thank you, Peter, and well done.  The residents of Haughton Parish are proud to live in the Best Kept Large Village in Staffordshire.

BKV Co-ordinator Peter Lawrence with certificates and the County shield

Mike Allen, Chairman of the Parish Council, Bert Moore, Miriam Lawrence and Peter Lawrence with shield, certificates and tree

Peter Lawrence and Mike Allen with the four awards and the mountain ash tree

For more BKV see pages for Haughton St Giles School and Haughton St Giles Church - Churchyard Ecology.

The Award Ceremony for the presentation of the Stafford District Best Kept Village Trophy took place on Monday 26th September at 6.30pm.  The ceremony took place next to the trophy on the green at the corner of the Newport and Church Eaton roads.  The ceremony was attended by Mr John Perry, MBE, Chairman of the Best Kept Village Competition Working Group, Mr David Owen of Rubery Owen Holdings Ltd, donators of Stafford District Trophy and Mr Frank Lewis, MBE, Chairman of Staffordshire County Council.  Also in attendance were Mr Mike Allen, Chairman of Haughton Parish Council, Mr Peter Lawrence, BKV Co-ordinator and Mrs Lawrence, Haughton Parish councillors and Clerk,  BKV judges and some of the many people who have been involved in making Haughton the Best Kept Large Village.  Following the ceremony everyone adjourned to the Village Hall for light refreshments.  

The mountain ash tree has been planted in the green space on the north side of Newport Road, near Oak Gardens

Mr Frank Lewis, Chairman of Staffordshire County Council, Mr David Owen of Rubery Owen Holdings Ltd, Mr John Perry, Chairman of the Best Kept Village Competition Working Group, Mr Peter Lawrence, Haughton BKV Co-ordinator and Councillor Mike Allen, Chairman of Haughton Parish Council at the ceremony

Peter Lawrence, John Perry and Bert Moore with the mountain ash tree