On Friday May 13th, in City Hall, London Mayor BorisJohnson awarded Canbury Gardens a silver medal in the Safer Parks Awards, Canbury Gardens was amongst 32 winners from across the capital: 13 gold awards, 11 silver and 8 bronze. The awards are an encouragement to make parks safer..
Mayor Johnson said that as more and more people were living in towns and cities and abandoning villages, he wanted to bring the village back into the city. There are 3,000 parks in the Greater London area, more than any other European city, people will visit them if they are safe, and the more people who use the parks, the safer they will be.
Tudor Councillor Dennis Doe, Chairman of the Canbury Gardens Working Party, collected the award for the Royal Borough, accompanied by Hugh Scantlebury,CARA Chairman and Trevor Willis, Chairman of the Tudor Safer Neighbourhood Team committee and a major player in the running of the Canbury Pavilion Trust.
