Worden Park in Leyland, Hurst Grange Park in Penwortham and Longton Brickcroft Nature Reserve have all retained their Green Flags.

It is the 12th consecutive award for Worden Park and the 11th for the Brickcroft – the only two parks outside London to have retained their flag for so long.

For Hurst Grange, it is the fifth year running it has kept the award.

Hundreds of people visit the three parks every day and users at Hurst Grange told the Evening Post what makes the Hill Road park so special for local people.
Angel Fletcher, of Sycamore Road, is a frequent visitor with her four-year-old son Logan.

She said: "There's a great playground and plenty for us to do."

Mum-of-two Lynne Roberts added: "It's a really good place to bring the children."

Sarah Roche and her four-year-old daughter Izzie travel from Fulwood regularly to come to Hurst Grange.

She said: "We come here once or twice a month. It's got lovely facilities and is better than any park near us."

Shelley Blain, from The Avenue, said: "You can walk along all the paths and not see the same thing that twice the park is so big. Our dogs love it."

Other green spaces in Lancashire to land the award in 2008 include Torrisholme Cemetery in Morecambe and Williamson Park in Lancaster.