Kinver has been named South Staffordshire’s “Best Kept Village “of 2016.

The village was recently named the 2016 winner of the large village category in South Staffordshire Council’s ‘Best Kept Village’ competition much to residents’ delight.

A number of locals have been working together to keep up with the weeding, sweeping and tidying across the village as the competition committee hoped to regain the title they narrowly missed out on in 2015.

Competition judges visited the villages twice, once in May and once in June, before coming to their decision. Organiser of the Kinver committee and parish councillor Lin Hingley, said she was delighted the community had pulled together to keep areas tidy.