Chelmsford City Council has narrowly missed out on picking up the ‘Love Parks’ award at the Keep Britain Tidy Network awards 2019 ceremony.

The council’s Celebrate Your Parks event was shortlisted in the ‘Love Parks’ category which recognises an outstanding event or campaign during Keep Britain Tidy’s Love Parks Week campaign in July.

The Celebrate Your Parks event held at Central Park was organised by the council’s Parks and Love Your Chelmsford teams and celebrated everything great about Chelmsford’s parks and green spaces with exciting outdoor activities put on by various departments at the city council and local businesses.

The event was attended by hundreds of families throughout the day and gave them a chance to attend somewhere where they may not have visited before, with a picnic and catch up with friends and family in a beautiful park setting.

The council was up against some great competition, shortlisted alongside Northumberland County Council and Derby City Council, with the latter taking home the award on the night.

Councillor Bob Massey, cabinet member for Parks at Chelmsford City Council said: “We were thrilled that our event which celebrates Chelmsford’s green spaces was shortlisted for such a prestigious award alongside other councils across the country. To be shortlisted for this award is all down to the teams’ continuous hard work, delivering the best service possible to Chelmsford’s residents and visitors.

For more on council parks see www.chelmsford.gov.uk