JUDGING has begun for this year’s keenly-fought competition to find Wiltshire's best-kept villages.
The Campaign to Protect Rural England's Wiltshire Best-Kept Village Competition is once again being sponsored by The Hills Group and Princeton Homes.
The annual competition was cancelled last year due to the Covid-19 pandemic. This year, 28 villages have entered.
CPRE project officer Mike Manson said: "It seeks to find the villages that are best looked after by their inhabitants and where community spirit is strong.
"It is not aimed at finding the prettiest villages but rather those where villagers make the best of their surroundings."
Judging in the first round, within each of the four former districts of Wiltshire, will continue until mid-June.