Hills Groups backs Wiltshire's best kept village competition (From The Wiltshire Gazette and Herald)
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Hills Groups backs Wiltshire's best kept village competition
9:35am Monday 11th March 2013 in News By Anne Moore
Sarah Troughton, president of the Wiltshire branch of the CPRE, unveils Great Hinton’s award for the Best Kept Small Village in Wiltshire for 2012
The Hills Group has announced its sponsorship of the Best Kept Village competition for 2013, run by the Council for the Protection of Rural England.
The competition is open to all 234 villages in Wiltshire. It is judged in three categories: small villages with populations between 1 to 300 residents, medium villages with populations between 301 to 1,000 residents and large villages with populations between 1,001 to 3,500 residents.
There are prizes for the first, second and third village in each category and judging takes place in two rounds. Last year’s winners were Hilperton for the large village category, Dinton for the medium village category and Great Hinton for the small village category.
Mike Hill, chief executive of The Hills Group, said: “Ours is very much a Wiltshire business and through our support we are able to give back to the areas in which we operate. The competition encourages villages to work together and it’s a good opportunity to build a stronger community.”
John Blake, secretary of CPRE Wiltshire said: “CPRE Wiltshire is delighted that Hills Group are sponsoring the Hills Group Wiltshire CPRE Best Kept Village Competition, now in its 55th year. All villages are invited to enter and in doing so they foster pride and caring for their village and its people.”
The winners ceremony will be held on October 6 and prizes will be awarded by Wiltshire’s Lord Lieutenant, President of CPRE Wiltshire”.
The closing date for entries into the competition is Friday 26th April 2013 for more information e-nail admin@cprewiltshire.org.uk or click here.
