Wiltshire Best Kept Villages of 2026

BEST KEPT VILLAGE COMPETITION 2026 – all the results are now in…

The Round 2 results are in! 🌿🏡

A huge congratulations to our 2026 category winners:

🏆 Small Village — Rushall, 88 points
🏆 Medium Village — Easterton, 80 points
🏆 Large Village — Alderbury & Whaddon, 82 points

The standard was incredibly high, and every village involved should feel proud of the care, effort and community spirit our judges saw during their visits.

Congratulations to all our winners—and well done to every village that reached the county round!

A huge congratulations to Great Bedwyn—our Best Newcomer for 2026! 🏆🌿

Taking part in the Best Kept Village Competition for the first time is no small undertaking, and Great Bedwyn certainly made an impression on our judges.

This award belongs to everyone who helped prepare, maintain and care for the village. We hope you enjoyed your first year in the competition—and that you’ll be back again next year!

Well done, Great Bedwyn! 👏

🏆 The 2026 Laurence Kitching Competition

This special competition brought together Best Kept Village winners from 2024 and 2025—and the standard was incredibly high.

Congratulations to:

🌿 Swallowcliffe – Small Village winner
🌿 All Cannings – Medium Village winner
🌿 Ashton Keynes – Large Village winner

A huge well done to everyone involved. These results reflect the hard work, pride and community spirit of residents and volunteers across each village.

Thank you to all the villages that took part, our dedicated judges, and our sponsors, Wiltshire Council and idverde, for helping to make the competition possible.

Please join us in congratulating our 2026 winners! 👏