BBC Radio Newcastle Trophy for best small village: Winner, Whalton. Runner-up, Neasham. Award of Merit, Melkridge.

Wansbeck Trophy for best village: Winner, Earsdon. Runner-up, Elwick Village.

Cameron Trophy for best large village: Winner, Aycliffe Village. Runner-up, Warkworth. Awards of Merit, Greatham and Heddon-on-the-Wall.

Whitworth Hall and Gardens Trophy for best small country town: Winner, Sedgefield. Award of Merit, Haltwhistle.

Federation Breweries Trophy for best small town: Winner, Alnwick. Runner-up, Saltburn. Award of Merit, Ryton and Ferryhill.

Northumbria Tourist Board Trophy for best town: Winner, Whickham. Runner-up, Winlaton/Blaydon. Awards of Merit, Hexham and Jarrow.

Scottish and Newcastle Trophy for best large town: Winner, Durham. Runner-up, Gateshead.

Whitbread Trophy for best city: Winner, Darlington. Runner-up, Stockton. Award of Merit, South Shields.

Co-op Trophy for best large city: Winner, Newcastle. Award of Merit, Sunderland.

Tom Ridley Trophy for best urban community: Winner, Whitburn. Runner-up, Rowlands Gill. Award of Merit, Westerhope.

Gateshead MBC Trophy for best urban redevelopment: Winner, Newcastle City Centre.

Evening Chronicle Trophy for most improved entry: Winner, Ferryhill.

Percy Boydell Trophy for best overall entry: Winner, Newcastle.

Rod Leyburn Memorial Trophy for best school horticultural project: Winner, Whalton CE First School. Runner-up, Blakeston School, Stockton. Award of Merit, Ald Jones Primary School, Grangetown.

May Woolley Award for best voluntary project: Winner, QE High School, Hexham. Runner-up, Perma Culture Scotswood, Newcastle.

North Tyneside Trophy for best shopping precinct: Winner, Wansbeck Business Park, Ashington. Award of Merit, Belasis Business Park, Billingham.

Bob Woolley Award for loyal service by an individual: Winner, Betty Smith, Haltwhistle.

Northern Rock Residential Community Award for best combined efforts of residents of a community: Winner, Hamilton Terrace, Boldon.

Ron Grubb Memorial Trophy for best grounds of an old people's home: Winner, Abbeyfield Home, Castle Farm, Newcastle. Runner-up, Hospital of God, Greatham.

Betty Wood Trophy for grounds of religious establishment: Winner, Cullercoats Methodist Church. Runner-up, St Lawrence's Church, Warkworth.

Gladys Watson Trophy for best individual commercial - external premises (excluding licensed premises): Winner, North Cottage, Birling, Warkworth. Runner-up, Ashcroft Guest House, Lantys Lonnen, Haltwhistle.

PRA Presidents Trophy for best conservation project: Winner, Cowpen Bewley Woodland Park, Billingham. Runner-up, Benwell Nature Park, Newcastle. Award of Merit, Watergate Forest Park, Whickham.

Jennifer Robson Trophy for best railway, bus or metro station: Winner, Concord Bus Station, Washington. Runner-up, Saltburn Railway Station.

Whitley Bay Guardian Trophy for best effort for upkeep of external premises - public houses and hotels: Winner, The Swan, Bedlington. Runner-up, The Manor House, Ferryhill.

Ken Sherwood Trophy for best park in City section: Winner, Ferndene Park, Ryton.

Horticultural Trades Association Trophy for outstanding effort by Chamber of Trade or equivalent: Winner, The Galleries, Washington.

Bob Woolley Memorial Award for most attractive front garden in town section for 2002: Winner, 1 Hadleigh Close, Sedgefield. Runner-up, Mr and Mrs Dundas, Alnwick.

Newcastle Building Society Trophy for hospitals, hospices and medical centres: Winner, St Benedicts's Hospice, Sunderland. Runner-up, St Oswald's Hospice, Newcastle.

William Leech Trophy for prisons, colleges, universities and sports grounds: Winner, Ropner Park Bowling Association, Stockton. Runner-up, Sports Centre, Ferryhill.

Ellis Wood Tankard for best student gardener of the year: Winner, Kim Guest, Houghall College, Durham.

Coastal Resorts (E1 & E2): Winner, South Shields.

ISD Floral Architectures - Tub (One Each): Jenning's Garage, Morpeth, and Latimer's Garage, Whitburn.