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Buckinghamshire Best Kept Village

Competition 2104 Hedgerley won the
Morris Cup and
Community Award

Award ceremony beside the Best Kept

Village Sign in Hedgerley Village
The Morris Cup was presented to Councillor Neil
Coxhead, Vice-Chairman of Hedgerley Parish Council
on Saturday 13th September by The Countess Howe who was representing the Lord Lieutenant
of Buckinghamshire. Hedgerley was one of 13 villages who entered the Morris Cup. In addition
Hedgerley was awarded the Community Award in recognition of the best community effort (of the
52 communities that entered the Best Kept Village competition) for work in restoring Glebe Field
as a wildlife friendly meadow and community orchard. The Community Award was presented by
Andrew Cronan Director of Savills Residential in Beaconsfield who sponsored this award.

Lady Howe and Andrew Cronan said that the judges were impressed by the effort of villagers to
achieve these awards. In accepting both awards Councillor Neil Coxhead thanked all villagers, the
Memorial Hall committee, and especially the Hedgerley Conservation Volunteers for their hard work
this year. He also thanked 1st Hedgerley Scouts for their community work in the Glebe Field.

Hedgerley now looks
forward to taking part in
the ‘cup winners cup’ next
year, when they will be
judged alongside this year’s
winners in all the different
classes.

The White Horse was mentioned in the BKV judges’ report
for its splendid display of flowers, and they were still looking
fabulous when after the award ceremony, Lady Howe, judges
and councillors repaired to the pub for a buffet tea. To mark
the occasion a cask of ‘Hedgerley Pride’ had been been
specially commissioned from the Rebellion Brewery by the
landlord, Kevin Brooker.