Telford Town Park has come out top in a new study to find the country’s cleanest parks. Edinburgh scored highest across the whole UK, while Telford’s award-winning Town Park topped the rankings in England.
The experts at LitterBins.co.uk wanted to discover the UK’s cleanest parks for families to visit this autumn.
Their study analysed some of the UK’s most popular parks based on TripAdvisor reviews, Google reviews, and overall quality score. The study also analysed the area’s local dissatisfaction with rubbish disposal to reveal the UK’s cleanest parks.
Telford Town Park, which attracts around 700,000 visitors each year, received a high rating of 4.6/5 on Google. The park also earned its high score due to Telford earning the lowest dissatisfaction with rubbish disposal score in the study.
Telford and Gateshead were the only two towns to make the top ten – all other top-scoring parks were located in the UK’s biggest cities including Edinburgh, London, Cardiff, Belfast and Birmingham.
Telford Town Park, which has held a prestigious Green Flag since 2004, is owned and managed by Telford & Wrekin Council and supported by the Friends of Telford Town Park and maintenance contractor, idverde.
There are 54 litter bins within the 450 acres of the Town Park. In total these are emptied more than 19,000 times a year, with bins emptied daily or more often during peak periods.
The park has its own dedicated Rangers team who carry out daily checks and regularly patrol the area, and park users can quickly and easily alert the Council to any litter issues by using the handy MyTelford app.
There is also an active Friends of Town Park volunteer group who aide with work including litter picking.
Additionally, in 2021, the Council launched a ‘recycling on the go’ campaign, installing specialist recycling bins into council-owned parks across the borough including 20 across Telford Town Park, enabling visitors to recycle their rubbish while enjoying the park.