Calor Village of the Year

The Calor Village of the Year comprised 4 annual competitions organised by gas provider Calor to identify the villages that best met the following criteria: "a well-balanced, pro-active, caring community which has made the best of local opportunities to maintain and enhance the quality of life for all residents".

Four separate competitions were run:
 * Calor Scottish Community of the Year
 * Calor Village of the Year for England
 * Calor Village of the Year for Wales
 * Calor Village of the Year Northern Ireland

The competitions began in 1997 and ran yearly until 2009. Some 1,650 villages entered the competitions each year.

List
Winners included:
 * Ashington, West Sussex
 * Ashover, Derbyshire
 * Coniston, Cumbria
 * St Neot, Cornwall
 * Sutton-in-the-Isle, Cambridgeshire
 * Tedburn St Mary, Devon