All the parks in Wales awarded a coveted Green Flag Award

A total of 94 parks and green spaces across Wales have been recognised for their exceptional beauty and environmental standards.

The Green Flag Award scheme recognises and rewards those that set the benchmark for the management of recreational outdoor spaces around the world.

Alongside the 94 Welsh places are a further 127 which were given a community award which is for sites managed by voluntary and community groups.

Cardiff led the way with 25 full awards closely following by the Vale of Glamorgan on 24.

The awards are given on a yearly basis and previous winners must apply each year to renew their award. Any green space that is freely accessible to the public is eligible to enter for a Green Flag Award.

Keep Britain Tidy’s Chief Executive Allison Ogden-Newton said: “We have awarded more Green Flags to parks and green spaces this year than ever before, which means beautiful, well-managed and peaceful spaces are accessible to more people than ever.

"But our message is use it or lose it. Not only does visiting your local park boost your mental health but your visit supports the Herculean effort made by local authorities to provide world-class parks and that has never been harder to do."

Cardiff

• Bute Park (below)

• Cardiff Bay Barrage

• Cathays Cemetery

• Flat Holm Island

• Cardiff Bay Wetlands

• Grange Gardens

• Heath Park

• Parc Cefn Onn

• Roath Park (below)

  

  Roath Park (Rob Browne /WalesOnline)

   

• Rumney Hill Gardens

• St Fagans: Natural History Museum

• Thornhill Cemetery & Cardiff Crem

• Victoria Park, Cardiff

Blaenau Gwent

• Bedwellty House & Park (below)

Bedwellty House & Park in Tredega (Gwent Gazette)

• Bryn Bach Park

Bridgend

• Bryn Garw Country Park

• Coychurch Crematorium

• Maesteg Welfare Park

• The Wilderness Lake Porthcawl (below)

  

  The Wilderness Lake in Porthcawl (WalesOnline)

• Glanrhyd Hospital

Caerphilly

• Cwmcarn Forest

• Morgan Jones Park (below)

Morgan Jones Park (Mirrorpix)

• Waunfawr Park Crosskeys

• Parc Cwm Darren (below)

Cwm Darren Parc (Annie Burnell)

• Ystrad Mynach Park

• Brithdir Cemetery

Carmarthanshire

• Pembrey Country Park

• Pontyberem Park

• National Wool Museum Dye Garden

• Troserch Woodland

Ceredigion

• Aberystwyth University - Penglais Campus

Conwy

• Tre Cwm

• Wynn Gardens

• Parc Peulwys

• Great Orme Country Park

• Happy Valley

• Llanrhos Lawn Cemetery

• Queens Gardens

• Bodlondeb

• Bryn Euryn Allotments

• Cae Derw Park

• Pentre Mawr Park (below)

Pentre Mawr Park in Abergele (Daily Post Wales)

Flintshire

• Greenfield Valley Heritage Park

• Wepre Park

• Greenfield Valley Community Garden

Gwynedd

• Padarn Country Park (below)

Padarn Country Park near Llyn Padarn, Llanberis. (Daily Post Wales)

• Ynys-y-Maengwyn

Merthyr Tydfil

• Garwnant Forest Centre

• Taff Bargoed Park

• Cyfartha Park (below)

  

  Swans on Cyfarthfa Park Lake with their cygnets (Merthyr Express)

   

• Aberfan Cemetery

Monmouthshire

• King George V Playing Field Caldicot

• Dewstow Cemetery

• Caldicot Castle and Country Park (below)

  

  Caldicot Castle (Rob Browne/Walesonline)

• Castle Meadows

• Old Station Tintern

Neath Port Talbot

• Talbot Memorial Par

• Margam Park (below)

  

  A fallow deer buck photographed at Margam Park (Raymond Powney)

• Gnoll Estate Country Park

• Victoria Gardens

• Swansea Bay University Campus

Newport

•  Beechwood Park

•  Belle Vue Park (below)

  

  Belle Vue Park (WalesOnline)

• Gwent Crematorium

Pembrokeshire

• Scolton Manor Country Park

Rhondda Cynon Taff

• Aberdare Park

• Dare Valley Country Park

• Taffs Well Park

• Ynysangharad War Memorial Park (below)

Ynysangharad War Memorial Park In Pontypridd (RCT Council)

Swansea

• Clyne Gardens

• Botanical & Ornamental Gardens

• Brynmill Park

• Cwmdonkin Park

• Parc Llewelyn

• Penllergare Valley Woods (below)

  

  A grey heron photographed in Penllergare Valley Woods (Stuart Evans)

• Victoria Park, Swansea

• Swansea University Singleton Campus

Torfaen

• Cwmbran Boating Lake

• Garn Lakes (below)

  

  Garn Lakes near Blaenavon (Sam Pearce)

• Panteg Park

• Pontypool Park

Vale of Glamorgan

• Romilly Park

• Alexandra Park & Windsor gardens

• Barry Island Seafront & Friary Point (below)

  

  Barry Island seafront (Rob Browne)

• Belle Vue Park, Vale of Glamorgan

• Central Park, Barry

• Knap Gardens

• Victoria Park, Barry

• Gladstone Park

• Cosmeston Country Park (below)

  

  Cosmeston Country Park (Jean Bevan)

• Porthkerry Country Park

• Merthyr Dyfan Cemetery

Wrexham

• Acton Park

• Alyn Waters Country Park

• Bellevue Park, Wrexham

• Ponciau Banks Park

• Ty Mawr Country Park

• Wrexham Cemete

In addition to the full awards there are the community awards for volenteers. All the winners in Wales can be found below: