England’s fine and mighty have stepped forward to compete for this year’s Enjoy England Awards for Excellence, sponsored by The Caravan Club. These prestigious awards currently in their 22nd year celebrate the very best the country has to offer. Amongst the shortlisted winners for 2011 are the former home of WHSmith, a converted chapel, a café offering foraged food, lodges made of reclaimed telegraph poles, an eco pub offering carbon neutral vodka, an English royal horse racing event, a surfing food trail and some big sheep!
The shortlist finalists for VisitEngland’s Enjoy England Awards for Excellence 2011 are:
Access for all Tourism Award
Hoe Grange Holidays, Derbyshire (East Midlands)
Cadbury World, Birmingham (Heart of England)
Colston Hall, Bristol (South West Tourism)
The Deep, Hull (Welcome to Yorkshire)
Bed & Breakfast / Guest Accommodation of the Year
Number 43, Cumbria (England’s North West)
St Cuthbert’s House, Northumberland (One North East)
Best Tourism Experience
Cumbrian Heavy Horses, Cumbria (England’s North West)
BBC Tours, Birmingham (Heart of England)
Global Boarders, Cornwall (South West Tourism)
Business Tourism Award
Highgate House, Northamptonshire (East Midlands)
Manchester Central Convention Complex, Manchester (England’s North West)
Rockliffe Hall, Darlington (One North East)
Caravan Holiday Park
Woodclose Park, Cumbria (England’s North West)
Poston Mill Park Holidays, Herefordshire (Heart of England)
Faweather Grange, Yorkshire (Welcome to Yorkshire)
Large Hotel (Over 35 bedrooms)
The Radisson Edwardian Hotel, Manchester (England’s North West)
Bovey Castle Country House Hotel, Devon (South West Tourism)
Chewton Glen Hotel, Hampshire (Tourism South East)
The Langham Hotel, London (Visit London)
Large Visitor Attraction (Over 100,000 visitors)
Chatsworth House, Derbyshire (East Midlands)
Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester (England’s North West)
Alton Towers Resort, Staffordshire (Heart of England)
RHS Garden Harlow Carr, North Yorkshire (Welcome to Yorkshire)
Outstanding Customer Service
The Front of House Team at East Lodge, Derbyshire (East Midlands)
The Front of House Team at Tylney Hall Hotel, Hampshire (Tourism South East)
Lucy McEnaney at Event Durham, Durham University, Durham (One North East)
Sarah Lee at The BIG Sheep, Devon (South West Tourism)
Self Catering Holiday of the Year
Stretton Lakes, Rutland (East Midlands)
East View Farm Holiday Cottages, Norfolk (East of England)
Millbrook Cottages, Devon (South West Tourism)
The Dovecote Barns, Yorkshire (Welcome to Yorkshire)
Small Hotel of the Year (Under 50 Bedrooms)
Langley Castle Hotel, Northumberland (One North East)
The Bay Tree Hotel, Oxfordshire (Tourism South East)
The Egerton House Hotel, London (Visit London)
The Feversham Arms Hotel & Verbena Spa, North Yorkshire (Welcome to Yorkshire)
Small Visitor Attraction (Under 50,000)
The Henry Moore Foundation, Hertfordshire (East of England)
Compton Verney, Warwickshire (Heart of England)
Shepherd Neame Visitor Centre, Kent (Tourism South East)
The Walled Garden at Scampston, North Yorkshire (Welcome to Yorkshire)
Sustainable Tourism Award
Clough Bottom Farm Cottages, Lancashire (England’s North West)
The Battlesteads, Northumberland (One North East)
RED Hotels, Cornwall (South West Tourism)
The Cavendish London (Visit London)
Taste of England Award
Hotel Maiyango & Restaurant, Leicestershire (East Midlands)
The Cottage in the Wood, Cumbria (England’s North West)
Ludlow Food Centre, Shropshire (Heart of England)
Porthminster Beach Café, Cornwall (South West Tourism)
Best Tourism Event
Buxton Festival, Derbyshire (East Midlands)
Manchester International Festival, Manchester (England’s North West)
The Times Cheltenham Literature Festival, Gloucestershire (South West Tourism)
Royal Ascot, Berkshire (Tourism South East)
Tourist Information Service
Morecambe Visitor Information Centre, Lancashire (England’s North West)
Durham City Tourist Information Centre, Durham (One North East)
Gloucester Tourist Information Centre, Gloucestershire (South West Tourism)
Winchester Tourist Information Centre, Hampshire (Tourism South East)
