Best Kept Village Competition

The Best Kept Village competition has been running in Northern Lincolnshire since 1976.

It is organised and run by CPRE Northern Lincolnshire and is open to all small towns and villages within that area. Since 2023 the competition has been sponsored by InternetTY, with additional financial support this year by Quickline, the assistance of which continues to be much appreciated.

Thank you to all those villages who participated in the 2024 competition. As usual, judging took into consideration a number of criteria with the emphasis on community involvement. Entrants were placed in groups according to their population size and those placed first, second and third in each group received an award.

In addition, our community gardeners also competed in a number of individual categories:

• Best Community Planting
• Best kept Playground,
• Best kept Churchyard,
• Best kept Cemetery,
• Best kept War Memorial,
• Best kept Bus Shelter (NEW),
• Best kept Public House (NEW).

For full details please refer to our score sheet here.

To see some wonderful pictures of some of the best floral creations on display, download our Best Kept Village 2024 Newsletter.

We are pleased to make the following announcement of all 2024 winners.

Small Village

1st: Low Burnham.
Joint 3rd: East Lound, Elsham.

Highly Commended: Garthorpe and Fockerby, Redbourne.

Medium Village

1st: Barnetby-le-Wold.
2nd: Wootton.
3rd: Ulceby

Highly Commended: Owston Ferry, South Ferriby

Large Village

Joint 1st: Westwoodside, Belton.
Joint 3rd: Goxhill, Haxey.

Highly Commended: Messingham, Scawby.

Small Town 

1st: Broughton.
2nd: Epworth.
3rd: Crowle and Ealand

Highly Commended: Barton Upon Humber, Waltham, Winterton.

Other Category Awards

Best Community Planting:

• Small Village: Low Burnham
• Medium Village: Ulceby
• Large Village: Westwoodside
• Small Town: Broughton

Best Kept Churchyard: West Butterwick

Best Kept War Memorial: Kirton in Lindsey

Best Kept Cemetery: Waltham

Best Kept Playground: Scawby

Best Kept Bus shelter: Wootton

Best Kept Public House: Belton

Thank you to everyone who participated. We look forward to running the competition again in 2025.

The winners for 2023 were as followed:

Small Village

Joint 1st: East Lound and Low Burnham
3rd: Elsham

Highly Commended: Garthorpe and Fockerby and Redbourne

Medium Village

1st: Barnetby-le-Wold
2nd: Wrawby
3rd: South Ferriby

Highly Commended: Worlaby, Owston Ferry

Large Village

1st: Westwoodside
2nd: Haxey
Joint 3rd: Belton, Scawby

Highly Commended: Barrow on Humber, Goxhill, Hibaldstow, Kirton in Lindsey

Small Town 

1st: Crowle and Ealand
2nd: Broughton
Joint 3rd: Barton-upon-Humber

Highly Commended: Epworth

Most Improved: Winterton

Other Category Awards

Best Community Planting:

• Small Village: Low Burnham
• Medium Village: Barnetby-le-Wold
• Large Village: Westwoodside
• Small Town: Crowle and Ealand

Best Kept Churchyard: Amcotts

Best Kept War Memorial: Kirton in Lindsey

Best Kept Cemetery: Goxhill and Epworth

Best Kept Playground:  Broughton

The winners for 2022 were as followed:

Small Village

Joint 1st: Low Burnham and Elsham,
3rd: Amcotts

Highly Commended: Redbourne

Medium Village

1st: South Ferriby,
2nd: Barnetby-le-Wold,
3rd: Wrawby

Highly Commended: Worlaby

Large Village

1st: Barrow on Humber,
2nd: Belton,
Joint 3rd: Haxey and Westwoodside

Highly Commended: Scawby

Small Town 

1st: Broughton,
2nd: Epworth,
Joint 3rd: Barton upon Humber and Immingham

Highly Commended: Brigg and Crowle & Ealand

Other Category Awards

Best Community Planting: Low Burnham, South Ferriby, Haxey, Immingham

Best Kept Churchyard: Elsham,

Best Kept Cemetery: Goxhill

Best New Entrant: East Lound

Most Improved Village: Althorpe, Ulceby

Best Kept Playground: Owston Ferry