2 April 2013 Last updated at 11:53 ET <\/p>\n
Gymnast Beth Tweddle has been given the Freedom of the Borough of Cheshire East. <\/p>\n
Borough mayor George Walton presented the Olympic bronze medallist with the award at a nursery school in Sandbach. <\/p>\n
The 28-year-old also opened an adventure playground at the school. <\/p>\n
The council has already announced that a road on a new housing development in Bunbury, where she grew up, will be called Beth Tweddle Close. <\/p>\n
Ms Tweddle, who won bronze on the uneven bars at London 2012 to add to her four world titles, said she was \"proud\" to receive the honour. <\/p>\n
The most decorated GB gymnast in history said: \"I do gymnastics because I love it. <\/p>\n
\"I don't expect the recognition that you get from it but when your local community comes together and gives you something like the freedom of the borough [and] my street that's been named after me it is a very proud moment. <\/p>\n
\"It's only when you take a step back that you realise you do have an impact. <\/p>\n
\"I don't see myself as anyone different. <\/p>\n
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