These parks all have Green Flag Awards for being excellent and our region has more than ever for 2025Haden Hill House next to Haden Hill ParkHaden Hill House next to Haden Hill Park(Image: Graham Young)

The 2025 Green Flag Awards have been revealed and more special outdoor spots than ever were given the mark of excellence this year.

In our region, parks in Birmingham, the Black Country and further afield were celebrated among the best green spaces in the country.

The Green Flag Awards were launched by environmental charity Keep Britain Tidy in 1997, designed to highlight the spots that are worthy of such a high standard.

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To get a Green Flag Award, parks must meet the needs of their community, being well-maintained, considered safe and filled with opportunities to encourage healthy lifestyles.

This year, 2,250 sites met those standards including 131 in the West Midlands region.

Keep Britain Tidy chief executive Allison Ogden-Newton OBE, commented: “We are thrilled to see that an incredible 2,250 sites have met the standards required for a Green Flag Award, reflecting the tireless work of the people tasked with caring for and improving these crucial national assets.

“Our quality parks and green spaces make the UK a heathier place in which to live and work, and a stronger place in which to invest.

“Through the Green Flag Award and our campaigning as a charity, we will continue to advocate for good quality green infrastructure that maximises benefits for people and nature, whether that’s through exercise and wellbeing, or playing a part in helping us mitigate and adapt to some of the effects of our changing climate.

“The Green Flag Award sets the standard for caring for these sites amid growing recognition that our green spaces can be part of the climate solution.

“We know that the plants and trees in parks help to mitigate the harmful carbon emissions that are driving climate change. They act as cooling havens as we face hotter, drier summers and play an important part in climate change adaptation and mitigation, including helping to reduce incidences of flooding.”

Full list of Green Flag Award-winning parks in the West Midlands region:

  • Barr Beacon, Barr Beacon Trust in partnership with Walsall Council
  • Lickey End Recreation Ground, Bromsgrove District Council
  • Sanders Park, Bromsgrove District Council
  • Birmingham City Centre, Canal & River Trust
  • Coventry Canal 5.5, Canal & River Trust
  • Kidsgrove to Stoke on the Trent & Mersey Canal, Canal & River Trust
  • Leamington Spa, Canal & River Trust
  • Montgomery Canal, Canal & River Trust
  • Perry Barr, Canal & River Trust
  • Revolution Walk – Birmingham Canal Navigation, Canal & River Trust
  • Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal, Canal & River Trust
  • Stourbridge Canal, Canal & River Trust
  • Trentham & Stone, Canal & River Trust
  • Walsall Flight & Basin, Canal & River Trust
  • Wolverhampton Lock Flight, Canal & River Trust
  • Cannock Park, Cannock Chase Council
  • Castle Ring, Cannock Chase Council
  • Elmore Park, Cannock Chase Council
  • Hednesford Park, Cannock Chase Council
  • Ravenhill Park, Cannock Chase Council
  • Stile Cop Cemetery, Cannock Chase Council
  • Allesley Park, Coventry City Council
  • Caludon Castle Park, Coventry City Council
  • Coombe Abbey Park, Coventry City Council
  • London Road Cemetery, Coventry City Council
  • Longford Park, Coventry City Council
  • War Memorial Park, Coventry City Council
  • Coventry University Campus, Coventry University
  • Stevens Park Quarry Bank, Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council
  • Bramshall Road Park East, Staffordshire Borough Council
  • Stapenhill Gardens, East Staffordshire Borough Council
  • Silverdale Country Park, Groundwork West Midlands
  • Broadwaters Mill Park, Kidderminster Town Council
  • Beacon Park, Lichfield District Council
  • Burntwood Park, Lichfield District Council
  • Sun Rising Natural Burial Ground and Nature Reserve, Nature Reserve Burial Grounds Ltd
  • Bathpool Park, Newcastle Under Lyme Borough Council
  • Bradwell (Newcastle) Crematorium, Newcastle Under Lyme Borough Council
  • Brampton Park, Newcastle Under Lyme Borough Council
  • Keele Cemetery, Newcastle Under Lyme Borough Council
  • Lyme Valley Park, Newcastle Under Lyme Borough Council
  • Queens Gardens, Newcastle Under Lyme Borough Council
  • Wolstanton Park, Newcastle Under Lyme Borough Council
  • Morton Stanley Park, Redditch Borough Council
  • Overdale Park, Redditch Borough Council
  • Caldecott Park, Rugby Borough Council
  • Centenary Park, Rugby Borough Council
  • Millennium Green, Rugby Borough Council
  • Barnford Park Oldbury, Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council
  • Brunswick Park Wednesbury, Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council
  • Dartmouth Park, Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council
  • Fallings Heath Cemetery, Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council
  • Haden Hill Park, Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council
  • Lightwoods Park, Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council
  • Red House Park, Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council
  • Sandwell Valley Country Park, Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council
  • Sandwell Valley Crematorium, Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council
  • Tipton Cemetery, Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council
  • Victoria Park (Smethwick), Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council
  • Victoria Park (Tipton), Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council
  • West Smethwick Park, Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council
  • Severn Valley Country Park, Shropshire Council
  • The Mere at Ellesmere, Shropshire Council
  • Babb’s Mill Recreation Ground & Local Nature Reserve, Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council
  • Bentley Heath Recreation Ground, Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council
  • Damson Lane Park, Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council
  • Dorridge Park & Wood, Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council
  • Elmdon Park, Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council
  • Hillfield Park & Local Nature Reserve, Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council
  • Hope Coppice, Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council
  • Knowle Park, Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council
  • Lavender Hall Park, Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council
  • Malvern and Brueton Park, Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council
  • Meriden Park, Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council
  • Olton Jubilee Park, Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council
  • Palmers Rough Recreation Ground, Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council
  • Robin Hood Cemetery, Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council
  • Shirley Park, Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council
  • Tudor Grange Park, Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council
  • Woodlands Cemetery, Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council
  • Baggeridge Country Park, South Staffordshire Council
  • Sytch Lane Cemetery, South Staffordshire Council
  • Wom Brook Walk, South Staffordshire Council
  • St Giles Churchyard, St Giles PCC
  • Eccleshall Road Cemetery, Stafford Borough Council
  • Stafford Crematorium & Tixall Road Cemetery, Stafford Borough Council
  • Stone Cemetery, Stafford Borough Council
  • Stonefield Park, Stafford Borough Council
  • Victoria Park (Stafford), Stafford Borough Council
  • Wildwood Park, Stafford Borough Council
  • Ladderedge Country Park, Staffordshire Wildlife Trust
  • Burslem Park, Stoke-on-Trent City Council
  • Hanley Park, Stoke-on-Trent City Council
  • Bancroft Gardens, Stratford on Avon District Council
  • Apley Woods Local Nature Reserve, Telford and Wrekin Council
  • Bowring Park, Telford and Wrekin Council
  • Dale End Park, Telford and Wrekin Council
  • Dawley Park, Telford and Wrekin Council
  • Dothill and Shawbirch Local Nature Reserve, Telford and Wrekin Council
  • Hartshill Park, Telford and Wrekin Council
  • Telford Town Park, Telford and Wrekin Council
  • Victoria Park (Telford & Wrekin), Telford and Wrekin Council
  • Blackwood Park, Walsall Council
  • Doe Bank Park, Walsall Council
  • Fibbersley Local Nature Reserve, Walsall Council
  • George Rose Park, Walsall Council
  • King’s Hill Park, Walsall Council
  • Palfrey Park, Walsall Council
  • Pelsall Common, Walsall Council
  • Reedswood Park, Walsall Council
  • Rough Wood and Bentley Haye, Walsall Council
  • Walsall Arboretum, Walsall Council
  • Willenhall Memorial Park, Walsall Council
  • Warley Woods, Warley Woods Community Trust
  • Crackley Wood, Warwick District Council
  • Jephson Gardens and Mill Gardens, Warwick District Council
  • Oakley Wood, Warwick District Council
  • Royal Pump Room Gardens, Warwick District Council
  • Cripplegate Park, Worcester City Council
  • Fort Royal Park, Worcester City Council
  • Gheluvelt Park, Worcester City Council
  • Riverside Park, Worcester City Council
  • St. Wulstan’s Local Nature Reserve, Worcestershire County Council
  • Waseley Hills Country Park, Worcestershire County Council
  • Worcester Woods Country Park, Worcestershire County Council
  • Abbey Park, Evesham Wychavon District Council
  • Abbey Park, Pershore Wychavon District Council
  • Droitwich Community Woods, Wychavon District Council
  • Lido Park and St Peters Fields, Wychavon District Council
  • Vines Park, Wychavon District Council
  • Workman Gardens, Wychavon District Council