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About the UK Landscape Award

Showcasing the best projects in the UK

Good landscapes, wherever they are, help make great communities. A new town square, a restored coastal path, a regeneration scheme with public space at its heart, all make a contribution to how well a community works. We are looking for the best landscape projects in the UK. We want to show the power of landscape to benefit the communities of which they are a part.

A landscape for Europe

The UK Landscape Award was created by the European Landscape Convention and helps to implement it in the UK. The winner will become the UK's entry to the Landscape Award of the Council of Europe (COE) which will be decided by the COE in March 2011. The Award has only been run once before; this is the first time that it has taken place in the UK.

All kinds of landscapes are eligible to enter

The landscape might be newly-created, it could be the improvement or renewal of an existing landscape or perhaps it has brought new life or community involvement to an existing place.  All types of landscape - urban, rural, peri-urban (urban edge), suburban, coastal, agricultural, industrial, designed, natural, cultural, appealing to or designed for children - might be eligible to enter.

Restrictions on the type of organisation that can enter

There are restrictions on who can enter. You must be:
- a local or regional authority; or
- a grouping of local or regional authorities; or
- a non-governmental organisation (NGO) such as a registered charity or housing association.
If you do not fit one of these categories, there is nothing to stop you suggesting that the appropriate authority should enter.

A great opportunity

The Award is a great opportunity for organisations to showcase their best landscape projects, highlighting their role in making good places and establishing community involvement in the process.

Important dates

Entries close on 27 August 2010. The winner will be announced on 8 November 2010 at the European Landscape Convention Conference in Liverpool. The UK winner will then be submitted to the Council of Europe’s European Landscape Award which will be announced in March 2011.