We represented Buckinghamshire in the national event and final judging of Cuddington's presentation took place at the Bernard Hall on Monday 30th March 2009.

The competition has been operating for over ten years and is aimed at promoting sustainability among rural communities. With over 15,000 villages eligible to take part in England, Cuddington has already been successful in being chosen at County level to go through to the first round of the National competition.

The village community were winners of the Calor Gas best village of the year at county level in 2008.Cuddington was judged in the East England section of Calor Village of the Year, alongside Elton in Cambridgeshire, Elmswell in Suffolk, Sharnbrook in Bedfordshire, Langham in Essex, Denton in Norfolk and Woolmer Green in Hertfordshire.

The winner of the East England region was Denton in Norfolk and national finals are in July.