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Robbie Chalmers

Perth awarded Champion City status as part of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations

Perth Avenue

Perth has been named as one of Scotland’s first Champion Cities as part of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations.

Provost Dennis Melloy was presented with a plaque by deputy lieutenant Alex Cairncross on Friday, marking the achievement at the official opening of Perth City’s Jubilee Avenue.

The Avenue is a row of 27 semi-mature Carpinus Betulus Fastigiata Hornbeam trees - a species of birch - planted as part of the Queen’s Green Canopy at the South Inch, Perth.

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