BUSINESSES from East Lancashire scooped 11 awards at the county’s annual tourism award ceremony.
The winners of the Lancashire Tourism Awards 2017 were announced at a glittering event held on Thursday evening in the magnificent Blackpool Tower Ballroom.
Burnley businesses picked three awards including Bertram’s Restaurant which won the Taste Lancashire award.
Director Olivier Foucre said: “We have been after this award for over three years.
“We are delighted we have done it this year and a lot of effort has been put into this from the whole team.
“We do not think we have changed much but the word must be going around as we serve 70,000 customers a year.”
Burnley’s Crow Wood received the Guest Accommodation award while horse charity HAPPA, based at Shores Hey Farm, Briercliffe, picked up the Small Visitor Attraction award.
Browsholme Hall, in Clitheroe, picked up three awards, the Sustainable Tourism Award, Inclusive Tourism Award and Wedding Venue award.
Owner Amanda Parker said: “We were absolutely delighted with the three awards and the recognition.
“The restoration of the 18th century-listed Tithe Barn six years ago was the catalyst not only to create a unique wedding venue but also manage the whole rural business in a sustainable way.
“We are committed to creating an attraction that is inclusive to all visitors which is challenging in a building that is 500 years old.”
The Spread Eagle, Sawley, won the dog friendly award while Whalley Warm and Dry received the Retail Experience award. The small tourism event award was handed to music festival Cloudspotting, in Slaidburn, and Potters Barn, Ribchester, received the Lancashire Cafe award.
Whitewell’s trial bike attraction Inch Perfect Trials won the visitor experience award and Tithe Barn in Clitheroe won a wedding venue award.
Ruth Connor, chief executive of Marketing Lancashire, said: “We have so many talented individuals and teams.”
Lancashire Tourism Awards Finalists and Winners 2017
Small Visitor Attraction Award*
Carnforth Station Heritage Centre
HAPPA, Shores Hey Farm, Burnley - WINNER
Inside Spa, Nelson
Mrs Dowsons Farm, Blackburn
Thornton Hall Country Park
The Woodland Spa, Burnley
Large Visitor Attraction Award*
Blackpool Zoo
Brockholes Nature Reserve, Preston
East Lancashire Railway
Farmer Ted's Adventure Park, Ormskirk
Sandcastle Waterpark, Blackpool
Viva Blackpool - WINNER
Dog Friendly Award*
The Aspinall Arms, Mitton
Park Leisure Ribble Valley
Pendle Inn, Barley
The Spread Eagle Inn, Sawley - WINNER
Retail Experience Award
Freeport Fleetwood
Leyland Market
Whalley Warm & Dry - WINNER
Large Hotel Award*
Barton Grange Hotel, Preston
Best Western Plus Samlesbury Hotel, Preston
The Elgin Hotel, Blackpool
Lancaster House
The Midland, Morecambe - WINNER
The Spa Hotel, Ribby Hall Village, Wrea Green
Business Tourism Provider Award*
Barton Grange Hotel, Preston
Best Western Plus Samlesbury Hotel, Preston
Lancaster House
Winter Gardens Blackpool - WINNER
Small Tourism Event Award
Burnley Canal Festival
Canal Fest at Botany Bay, Chorley
Chorley Flower Show
Cloudspotting, Slaidburn - WINNER
Great British Rhythm & Blues Festival, Colne
Lytham Hall Open Air Theatre
Large Tourism Event Award
The Hobbit, The Dukes Theatre, Lancaster
Lancashire Encounter, Preston
LightPool Festival, Blackpool - WINNER
Light Up Lancaster
Lytham 1940s Wartime Weekend
The National Festival of Making, Blackburn
Vintage by the Sea, Morecambe
Lancashire Café/Tearoom Award
Alices Tearoom, Lytham St Annes
Countrystyle Kitchen, Lancaster
The Dearden Tea Rooms, Haslingden
The Mill, St Catherine's Park, Preston
Potters Barn, Ribchester - WINNER
The Village Tearoom at Wheelton
Self-Catering Holiday Award*
Box Tree Farm Glamping, Kirkby Lonsdale
Breck Apartments, Poulton-le-Fylde
Moss Wood Caravan Park, Cockerham
Newton Hall Holiday Park, Blackpool - WINNER
Pine Lake by Diamond Resorts, Carnforth
Queens Mansions, Blackpool
Sunset Park Holiday Village, Poulton-le-Fylde
Visitor Experience Award
Blackpool Ghost Walks
Dining with Distinction at East Lancashire Railway
Farmaggedon, Ormskirk
Go Ape Rivington
Inch Perfect Trials, Whitewell - WINNER
The Woodland Spa, Burnley
New Business Award
Ascent Trampoline Park, Blackpool - WINNER
Clip 'n Climb Preston
Crafty Events, Leyland
Holmes Mill, Clitheroe
Moor Hall Restaurant with Rooms, Aughton
The Oxfordshire Hotel, Blackpool
The Rookery Roughlee
Wedding Venue Award
Avenham and Miller Parks, Preston
Beeston Manor, Hoghton
Browsholme Hall and Tithe Barn, Clitheroe - WINNER
Farington Lodge Hotel, Leyland
The Midland, Morecambe
Ribby Hall Village, Wrea Green
The Spread Eagle Inn, Sawley
Taste Lancashire Award*
The Bay Horse Inn, Lancaster
Bertram’s Restaurant, Burnley - WINNER
Hipping Hall, Kirkby Lonsdale
The Midland, Morecambe
Olive Tree Brasserie, Preston
Twelve Restaurant & Lounge Bar, Thornton-Cleveleys
The Villa Wrea Green
Lancashire Pub/Inn Award*
The Bay Horse Inn, Lancaster
The Cartford Inn, Little Eccleston - WINNER
The Clog and Billycock, Pleasington
Eagle and Child, Ramsbottom
Freemasons at Wiswell
The Millstone at Mellor
The Spread Eagle Inn, Sawley
Lancashire Producers & Makers Award
Brindle Distillery, Chorley
Choc Amor, Mawdesley
Dewlay Cheesemakers, Garstang - WINNER
Sustainable Tourism Award*
Browsholme Hall, Clitheroe - WINNER
Lancaster House
Moss Wood Caravan Park, Cockerham
Inclusive Tourism Award*
Browsholme Hall, Clitheroe - WINNER
The Dearden Tea Rooms, Haslingden
The Mill, St Catherine's Park, Preston
Sandcastle Waterpark, Blackpool
Culture & Heritage Award
Clitheroe Concerts Society
In-Situ, Brierfield
Lancashire Theatre Workshop/Ribcaged Productions, Clitheroe
Lytham St Annes Spitfire Ground Display Team
Winter Gardens Blackpool - WINNER
Guest Accommodation Award*
Crow Wood, Burnley – WINNER
The Red Pump Inn, Clitheroe
Small Hotel Award*
Farington Lodge Hotel, Leyland
Kings Hotel, Blackpool
The Villa Wrea Green - WINNER
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