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Yorkshire’s Magnificent Seven
Story published: Tuesday, 23 February 2010
Seven tourism attractions and businesses in Yorkshire are finalists in the most prestigious tourism awards in the country, it has been announced today.
The highly coveted Enjoy England Awards for Excellence, organised by VisitEngland, promote the best places to visit and stay in England from large hotels to small Bed and Breakfasts, and tourist attractions.
The seven finalists include the highly acclaimed Railway Children performance by York Theatre Royal at the National Railway Museum in York for Best Tourism Experience; Lebberstone Touring Park in Scarborough is up for the Best Caravan Holiday Park; Linda Banks who works in the Wakefield Tourist Information Centre is a finalist in the Outstanding Customer Service category; Ripley Castle is hoping to win the Best Small Visitor Attraction Awards; the Crown Spa Hotel at Scarborough is short listed for the Sustainable Tourism Award; the well known fish restaurant Green’s in Whitby is up for the Taste of England Award and Wakefield Tourist Information Centre will be battling it out against Nottingham and Portsmouth for the Best Tourist Information Service.
The finalists are winners from Welcome to Yorkshire’s White Rose Awards, which was held at the Royal Armouries in Leeds in October and was one of the biggest and most glitzy award ceremonies ever held in the region.
It’s the highest number of finalists Yorkshire has had to date. Last year saw five Yorkshire finalists, out of which three achieved the top accolade of being the best in the country. Harewood House took the Large Visitor Attraction beating off competition from Blenheim Palace and The Science Museum in London. Noelle’s Cottages in North Yorkshire was awarded the best Self Catering Holiday of the Year and the prestigious Taste of England Award went to the Pipe & Glass Inn, East Yorkshire, which has since achieved its first Michelin Star.
Gary Verity, chief executive of Welcome to Yorkshire, is looking forward to seeing Yorkshire winners taking this year’s glittering prizes.
“The national awards celebrate the very best England has to offer. Last year we achieved a hat trick of awards and I am confident that with the quality of Yorkshire’s tourism offer we are sure to see a winning result. Congratulations and the very best of luck to everyone shortlisted.”
The winners will be announced at the Enjoy England Awards for Excellence ceremony in Brighton in April.
Gary Verity says,
“I will be there to cheer on all our Yorkshire finalists and I am confident we will be coming home winners.”
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The shortlisted candidates from Yorkshire are:
Best Tourism Experience The Railway Children, York Theatre Royal, York
www.yorktheatreroyal.co.uk
Caravan Holiday Park Lebberston Touring Park, Scarborough
www.lebberstontouring.co.uk
Outstanding Customer Service Linda Banks, Wakefield Tourist Information Centre
www.experiencewakefield.co.uk
Small Visitor Attraction (Under 50,000) Ripley Castle, Harrogate
www.ripleycastle.co.uk
Sustainable Tourism Award Crown Spa Hotel, Scarborough
www.crownspahotel.com
Taste of England Award Green’s Restaurant, Whitby
www.greensofwhitby.com
Tourist Information Service Wakefield Tourist Information Centre
www.experiencewakefield.co.uk
Editors’ Notes:
Images can be downloaded from
www.whiteroseawards.com
• Welcome to Yorkshire is the official tourism body for Yorkshire, working to grow the region’s visitor economy.
• Welcome to Yorkshire is funded by Yorkshire Forward, the Regional Development Agency charged with improving the Yorkshire and Humber economy.
• Key facts include:
- Tourism in Yorkshire is worth £6.5 billion annually
- The region’s industry employs a quarter of a million people
- There are 209 million visits to Yorkshire each year
For further information please contact:
Beverley Richmond - Press Officer
Email: brichmond@yorkshire.com
Direct Line: 0113 322 3507
Mobile: 07769 257380
Dee Marshall - Head of Communications
Email: dmarshall@yorkshire.com
Direct Line: 0113 3223505
Mobile: 07950 325 901
Full Shortlist for the Enjoy England Awards for Excellence 2010
Yorkshire finalists highlighted in yellow
Category National Finalist Region
Access for all Tourism Award Hidelow House Cottages, Acton Beauchamp, Worcestershire
www.hidelow.co.uk
The Heart of England
Imago at Burleigh Court, Loughborough
www.welcometoimago.com
East Midlands Tourism
North Music Trust (Sage Gateshead), Newcastle, Gateshead
www.thesagegateshead.org
One North East
Bed & Breakfast / Guest Accommodation Underleigh House, Hope Valley
www.underleighhouse.co.uk
East Midlands Tourism
The Ashton, Lancaster
www.theashtonlancaster.com
North West Development Agency
The Old School, Northumberland
www.northumberlandbedandbreakfast.co.uk
One North East
Best Tourism Experience Cornwall Classic Car Hire, Bodmin
www.cornwallclassiccarhire.com
South West Tourism
Livingstone Lodge Overnight Safari, Hythe
www.totallywild.net
Tourism South East
The Railway Children, York Theatre Royal, York
www.yorktheatreroyal.co.uk
Yorkshire
Business Tourism Award ExCeL London, London
www.excel-london.co.uk
Visit London
Sunderland Football Club, Sunderland
www.safc.com
One North East
Brunel’s ss Great Britain, Bristol
www.ssgreatbritain.org
South West Tourism
Caravan Holiday Park Poston Mill Park, Peterchurch, Herefordshire
www.postonmillholidays.co.uk
The Heart of England
Trethem Mill Touring Park, Truro
www.trethem.com
South West Tourism
Lebberston Touring Park, Scarborough
www.lebberstontouring.co.uk
Yorkshire
Large Hotel (Over 35 bedrooms) The Lowry Hotel, Manchester
www.roccofortecollection.com
North West Development Agency
Thurlestone Hotel, Kingsbridge
www.thurlestone.co.uk
South West Tourism
South Lodge Hotel, Horsham
www.southlodgehotel.co.uk
Tourism South East
Large Visitor Attraction (Over 100,000 visitors) Blisits Hill Victorian Town, Telford, Shropshire
www.ironbridge.org.uk
The Heart of England
BeWILDerwood, Hoveton
www.bewilderwood.co.uk
East of England
Imperial War Museum North, Manchester
www.north.iwm.org.uk
North West Development Agency
RHS Garden Wisley, Woking
www.rhs.org.uk/whatson/gardens/wisley
Tourism South East
Outstanding Customer Service Debbie Bisseker, Cadbury World, Birmingham
www.cadburyworld.co.uk
The Heart of England
Christina Dixon, Jurys Inn Hotel, Liverpool
www.liverpoolhotels.jurysinns.com
North West Development Agency
Linda Banks, Wakefield Tourist Information Centre, Wakefield
www.experiencewakefield.co.uk
Yorkshire
Self Catering Holiday of the Year Blakelow Farm Holiday Cottages, Winster
www.blakelowcottages.co.uk
East Midlands Tourism
Doxford Cottages, Northumberland
www.doxfordcottages.co.uk
One North East
Coldharbour Cottage, Kent
www.coldharbourcottage.co.uk/
Tourism South East
Small Hotel of the Year (Under 50 Bedrooms) Kilworth House Hotel, North Kilworth
www.kilworthhouse.co.uk
East Midlands Tourism
Gilpin Lodge Country House, Windermere
www.gilpinlodge.co.uk
North West Development Agency
Lainston House Hotel, Winchester
www.exclusivehotels.co.uk
Tourism South East
Small Visitor Attraction (Under 50,000) Museum of the Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham
www.bmag.org.uk/museum-of-the-jewellery-quarter
The Heart of England
Oakham Treasures, Bristol
www.oakhamtreasures.co.uk
South West Tourism
Ripley Castle, Harrogate
www.ripleycastle.co.uk
Yorkshire
Sustainable Tourism Award Hunting Hall, Berwick on Tweed
www.huntinghall.co.uk
One North East
Bordeaux Quay, Bristol
www.bordeaux-quay.co.uk
South West Tourism
Crown Spa Hotel, Scarborough
www.crownspahotel.com
Yorkshire
Taste of England Award The Bildeston Crown, Bildeston, Suffolk
www.thebildestoncrown.com
East of England
Low Sizergh Barn Farm Shop, Kendal
www.lowsizerghbarn.co.uk
North West Development Agency
Green’s Restaurant, Whitby
www.greensofwhitby.com
Yorkshire
Tourism Event Blackpool Illuminations, Blackpool
www.visitblackpool.com
North West Development Agency
Salisbury International Arts Festival, Salisbury
www.salisburyfestival.co.uk
South West Tourism
Brighton Festival, Brighton
www.brightonfestival.org
Tourism South East
Tourist Information Service Nottingham Tourism Centre, Nottingham
www.visitnotts.com
East Midlands Tourism
Portsmouth Information Service, Portsmouth
www.visitportsmouth.co.uk
Tourism South East
Wakefield Tourist Information Centre, Wakefield
www.experiencewakefield.co.uk
Yorkshire
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