The competition is being run in conjunction with The Sunday Telegraph, Life and with the support of The Open Spaces Society.

They are inviting nominations from the public for the accolade of Britain’s Liveliest Village Green 2010.

Entrants are requested to send 50 words to villagegreen@trugreen.co.uk detailing why they think their village green is the liveliest in the UK, with a low res photograph capturing it at its best, including contact details and a valid telephone number.

To qualify, entrants must ensure that the land they are nominating is registered as a town or village green, under the Commons Registration Act 1965 or the Commons Act 2006.

This can be done by contacting the county, unitary or metropolitan council’s commons registration officer. A shortlist of four village greens will be selected by TruGreen and The Sunday Telegraph and will each win £50 worth of National Garden Centre vouchers and a year’s membership to the Open Spaces Society.

An overall winner will then be selected, photographed and featured in the Sunday Telegraph. Deadline for entries is 7 March 2010 and the overall winner will be announced in the Sunday Telegraph on 18 April 2010.

For further details on how to enter visit the TruGreen website, The Telegraph property website or The Open Space Society website.

 

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