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Usk
is a small market town of 2300 people in South East Wales.  Its history goes back to the Romans and Normans.

It qualifies for entry as a large village in the Britain in Bloom and the Wales in Bloom competitions. 

The Usk in Bloom committee was formed in 1980 by a group of enthusiasts who wished to improve the environment of their town.

Nags Head 2007.  Photo: J. Prince

Champion of Champions 2007, Usk Town Competition.  The Nags Head, Twyn Square.


The committee are all volunteers and the town has a proud record of success in competitions:

  • Winners of “Wales in Bloom” 1982 to 2008.
     

  • Won “Britain in Bloom” four times, finalists in another three years.
     

  • Represented the United Kingdom in the European Entente Floral competition twice.

The aims of the committee are to :

  • improve the local environment by the imaginative planting of trees, shrubs, bulbs and floral displays.
     

  • Foster partnerships with other organisations and residents in Usk for work on environmental issues in the town.


Twyn Square, Usk.  Photo: J. Prince

Twyn Square, Usk. July 2007.

Usk wins a Gold Medal and it's class in Wales in Bloom 2008  - see the News page for details.

Winners of the 2008 Town Competition

Winners of the Usk Town competition 2007

Click for some pictures of the town in bloom in July 2007.

See 2006 pictures of the town in bloom.

 

For more information email David Gale: david@gale4241.fsworld.co.uk