ANGLIA IN BLOOM RESULTS 2017
BEST OVERALL ENTRY
AND
WINNER OF THE ‘ANGLIA IN BLOOM’ TROPHY
BURY ST EDMUNDS
CATEGORY ENTRANTS & AWARDS
VILLAGES (301 - 2,500 RESIDENTS)
Winner and Gold Award: FILBY Silver Gilt: BENWICK: WOBURN: Silver: WEELEY
SMALL TOWN (2,501 - 6,000 RESIDENTS)
Winner and Gold: FRINTON ON SEA
Gold: DOWNHAM MARKET: HALESWORTH: REDBOURNE Silver Gilt: SOUTH WOOTTON: COGGESHALL: HOLT
TOWN (6,001 - 12,000 RESIDENTS) Winner and Gold: HALSTEAD:
Gold: MALDON: CHATTERIS:
Silver Gilt: SWAFFAM: EPPING: ONGAR: Certificate of Achievement: ATTLEBOROUGH
LARGE TOWN (12,001 - 35,000 RESIDENTS)
Winner and Gold: BURY St. EDMUNDS:
Gold: DUNSTABLE: HUNTINGDON: KINGS LYNN: RAYLEIGH: ST. IVES: WISBECH:
Silver Gilt: WARE:
CITY (35,001 - 200,000 RESIDENTS) Winner and Gold: NORWICH: Gold: LEIGHTON LINSLADE: Silver: COLCHESTER:
URBAN COMMUNITY
Winner and Silver Gilt: WATERLEES (WISBECH): Silver: MOOR (HUNTINGDON):
COASTAL (UP TO 35,000 RESIDENTS) Winner and Gold: HUNSTANTON: Gold: GREAT YARMOUTH: Silver Gilt: LOWESTOFT:
BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS (BID) Winner and Gold: NORWICH BID:
HISTORIC & HERITAGE PARKS
Winner and Gold: WREST PARK AND GARDEN: Gold: AUDLEY END HOUSE AND GARDEN:
PARKS (Large Over 10 Acres) Winner and Gold: EATON PARK, NORWICH:
Gold: ABBEY GARDENS, BURY ST. EDMUNDS: MENTMORE PARK, LEIGHTON LINSLADE: NOWTON PARK, BURY ST. EDMUNDS: PAGES
PARK, LEIGHTON LINSLADE:
Silver Gilt: HIGH WOODS CONTRY PARK, COLCHESTER: Silver: CASTLE PARK – COLCHESTER
PARKS (Medium 5 to 10 Acres)
Winner and Gold: HALSTEAD PUBLIC GARDENS
Gold: PRIORY GARDENS, DUNSTABLE:
Silver Gilt: KING GEORGE V PLAYING FIELD, RAYLEIGH: PARSONS CLOSE PARK, LEIGHTON LINSLADE: LINSLADE RECREATION GROUND:
Silver: HALEWORTH TOWN PARK: PRIORY PARK, WARE:
PARKS (Small under 5 Acres)
Winners and Gold: NICHOLAS EVERITT PARK, LOWESTOFT: Gold: ST. PETERS CHURCH GARDENS, WISBECH:
Silver Gilt: JENNY LIND PARK, NORWICH: KENSINGTON GARDENS,
LOWESTOFT:
CEMETERIES (UNDER 10 Acres)
Winner and Gold: OLD LINSLADE CEMETERY:
Silver Gilt: WESTWOOD ROAD CEMETERY, ST. IVES: THE GENERAL CEMETERY – WISBECH:
Silver: HALESWORTH CLOSED CEMETERY: HOLT CEMETERY:
CEMETERIES (OVER 10 Acres)
Winner and Gold: DUNSTABLE CEMETERY
Gold: COLCHESTER CEMETERY: VANDYKE ROAD CEMETERY, LEIGHTON LINSLADE:
CHURCHYARDS
Winner and Gold: HOLY TRINITY CHURCHYARD - RAYLEIGH
Gold: THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL GARDEN, NORWICH: FILBY ALL SAINTS CHURCHYARD:
Silver Gilt: ST. STEPHENS CHURCHYARD, NORWICH
CREMATORIUMS
Winner and Gold: FENLAND CREMATORIUM: Gold: WEELEY CREMATORIUM:
Silver Gilt: GREAT YARMOUTH CREMATORIUM:
BEST WOODLAND
Winner and Silver Gilt: DANBY WOODS, NORWICH: Silver Gilt: WYBURNS WOOD (RAYLEIGH)
BEST PUBLIC HOUSE
Winner and Gold: THE ADAM AND EVE (NORWICH)
Gold: THE BLACK LION, LEIGHTON BUZZARD: THE GOLDEN BELL, LEIGHTON BUZZARD: THE HARE, LEIGHTON BUZZARD: THE STAG LEIGHTON BUZZARD: THE WHALEBONE, NORWICH:
Silver: LIVE AND LET LIVE, DOWNHAM MARKET: Bronze: THE GLIDER, DUNSTABLE:
BEST HOTEL
Winner and Silver Gilt: THE GEORGIAN TOWN HOUSE, NORWICH
Silver Gilt: THE ASSEMBLY HOUSE (NORWICH) GUNTON HALL HOTEL (LOWESTOFT): THE GOLDEN LION (HUNSTANTON) CORTON
COASTAL VILLAGE HOTEL:
Silver: BROOK HOTEL (NORWICH): THE SWAN HOTEL, LEIGHTON BUZZARD:
BEST RESTAURANT
Winner and Silver Gilt: FILBY BRIDGE RESTAUARANT: Silver Gilt: THE ASSEMBLY HOUSE (NORWICH):
BEST NEW ENTRY – WOBURN
MOST CONSISTENTLY IMPROVED (OVER LAST 3 YEARS) - COGGESHALL
SPECIAL AWARDS
The Mike Ames
In recognition of long and voluntary service given by individuals to local and regional In Bloom communities
Jo & Reg Chiddick (Norwich): Adrian Thompson (Filby): Rita Green (Redbourn): Geoff Hyde (London): John Attoe (Norwich): Robert Smith (Chatteris).
BIODIVERSITY - Redbourn Common COMMUNITY PROJECT - Pages Park, Leighton Linslade.
CONSERVATION PROJECT - Filby School Clay Pits Project DROUGHT/ SUSTAINABLE GARDEN - Park and Ride Beds, St Ives
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY - Bury St Edmunds
FLORAL DISPLAY, INDIVIDUAL/COMMUNITY - Garner Road, St Ives. GARDEN FOR SPECIAL NEEDS - Escape Project, Swaffham
SHELTERED HOUSING/CARE HOME GARDEN - Managed Housing, Dunstable GROW YOUR OWN - Colin Baileys Allotment, Halstead
INDUSTRIAL/COMMERCIAL AREA - Merrivale Model Village, Great Yarmouth.
LOCAL AUTHORITY FLORAL DISPLAY - Pericles, Seed Drill and Deck Chair,
Huntingdon
PUBLIC OPEN SPACE - Eaton Park, Norwich
THE BILL WEBSTER YOUNG PERSONS PROJECT (AGED UNDER 12 YEARS OLD) - Benwick Primary School
YOUNG PERSONS PROJECT (AGED12-18 YEARS OLD) - Meadow Gate School, Wisbech.