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Ask any of us here at Secret London what our favourite thing about London is, and we\u2019ll likely start going off about the city\u2019s incredible amount of greenery<\/a>. For a city that is so often dismissed as a concrete jungle, London is actually full of gorgeous, verdant places to reconnect with nature. And now we can confidently say that our parks are officially world-class. That\u2019s because hundreds of London\u2019s green oases have been recognised with a special Green Flag Award<\/strong>.<\/p>\n The Green Flag Award is an awards scheme based around the need for access to, and importance of maintaining, parks and green spaces in a city environment<\/strong>. Award-winning parks are singled out for being well-managed and for setting a \u201cstandard for the management of recreational outdoor spaces across the United Kingdom and around the world.\u201d Any green space can be submitted for the award, but they have to stand up to some pretty stringent criteria.<\/p>\n And London<\/a> has shown up strong, with a whopping 537 recognitions on the list<\/strong>. Needless to say, we\u2019ve got some pretty spectacular green spaces in the capital<\/a>!<\/p>\n The Green Flag Award <\/p>\n The award was founded back in 1997, when green spaces across the UK<\/a> had been left derelict and neglected by decades of underfunding<\/strong>. Since the introduction of the recognition, innumerable charming green spaces have been saved from disrepair.<\/p>\n The award is split up into three main categories:<\/p>\n The Green Flag Award is the main award, which is available to any freely accessible park or green space. This can include everything from town parks to nature reserves, university campuses, cemeteries and crematoria, and even water parks<\/strong>.<\/p>\n The Green Flag Community Award<\/strong> recognises other freely available spaces that may not be accessible at all times or have restricted open days.<\/p>\n And last, but most certainly not least, is the Green Heritage Site Accreditation<\/strong>. This recognition can be achieved by any site that already has a Green Flag Award, and \u201cis of local or national historic interest, or contains features of historic interest\u201d.<\/p>\n London\u2019s award-winning parks <\/p>\n In total, 452 of London\u2019s parks were awarded a Green Flag Award<\/strong>. Additionally, 37 of London\u2019s green spaces received Green Heritage Site Accreditation, and 48 areas received the Green Flag Community Award.<\/p>\n Now, we couldn\u2019t possibly write the full list of the award-winning parks here. That would turn this into an exhausting list of park names! But here are a few of our favourites that were recognised with a Green Flag Award:<\/p>\n As well as the general Green Flag Award, some of London\u2019s grassy expanses were recognised with Green Heritage Site Accreditation<\/strong> or a Green Flag Community Award<\/strong>. Among them, our particular favourites are:<\/p>\n \n
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