Tourism awards unveils 2017 shortlist

Marketing Lancashire has revealed the finalists of the Lancashire Tourism Awards 2017.

Winners will be announced at a black-tie event at The Blackpool Tower Ballroom on Thursday 9 November.

An additional Tourism Superstar shortlist will also be announced that is to be decided by the public vote.

“Those who have reached this stage of the competition are to be congratulated, as applications increase each year and the field of competition grows. We look forward to sharing their success at a spectacular event in the country’s most famous ballroom, in the UK’s favourite seaside resort.”

Lancashire Tourism Awards Finalists 2017

Small Visitor Attraction Award*Large Visitor Attraction Award*

Dog Friendly Award*The Aspinall Arms, Mitton Park Leisure Ribble Valley Pendle Inn, Barley The Spread Eagle Inn, Sawley

Retail Experience Award

Large Hotel Award*Barton Grange Hotel, Preston Best Western Plus Samlesbury Hotel, Preston The Elgin Hotel, Blackpool Lancaster House The Midland, Morecambe The Spa Hotel, Ribby Hall Village, Wrea Green

Business Tourism Provider Award*

Small Tourism Event Award Burnley Canal Festival Canal Fest at Botany Bay, Chorley Chorley Flower Show Cloudspotting, Slaidburn Great British Rhythm & Blues Festival, Colne Lytham Hall Open Air Theatre

Large Tourism Event Award

Lancashire Café/Tearoom AwardAlices Tearoom, Lytham St Annes Countrystyle Kitchen, Lancaster The Dearden Tea Rooms, Haslingden The Mill, St Catherine’s Park, Preston Potters Barn, Ribchester The Village Tearoom at Wheelton

Self-Catering Holiday Award*

Visitor Experience AwardBlackpool Ghost Walks Dining with Distinction at East Lancashire Railway Farmaggedon, Ormskirk Go Ape Rivington Inch Perfect Trials, Whitewell The Woodland Spa, Burnley

New Business Award

Wedding Venue Award Avenham and Miller Parks, Preston Beeston Manor, Hoghton Browsholme Hall and Tithe Barn, Clitheroe Farington Lodge Hotel, Leyland The Midland, Morecambe Ribby Hall Village, Wrea Green The Spread Eagle Inn, Sawley

Taste Lancashire Award*

Lancashire Pub/Inn Award*The Bay Horse Inn, Lancaster The Cartford Inn, Little Eccleston 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

Sustainable Tourism Award*Browsholme Hall, Clitheroe Lancaster House Moss Wood Caravan Park, Cockerham

Inclusive Tourism Award*

Culture & Heritage AwardClitheroe Concerts Society In-Situ, Brierfield Lancashire Theatre Workshop/Ribcaged Productions, Clitheroe Lytham St Annes Spitfire Ground Display Team Winter Gardens Blackpool

Guest Accommodation Award*

Small Hotel Award*Farington Lodge Hotel, Leyland Kings Hotel, Blackpool The Villa Wrea Green* winners of the starred categories will have the opportunity to represent Lancashire in the 2018 VisitEngland Awards for Excellence

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