Meet the 2025 VisitEngland Awards for Excellence Winners
category listing
New Tourism Business of the Year
B&B and Guest House of the Year
Small Visitor Attraction of the Year
Business Events Venue of the Year
Self Catering Accommodation of the Year
Large Visitor Attraction of the Year
Camping, Glamping and Holiday Park of the Year
Accessible and Inclusive Tourism Award
New Business and B&B
New Tourism Business of the Year
GOLD: Ad Gefrin Anglo-Saxon Museum & Whisky Distillery, Northumberland
Silver: Eureka! Science + Discovery, Merseyside
Bronze: Eight at Gazegill by Doug Crampton, Lancashire
Small Hotel and Attraction
Small Hotel of the Year
Experience and Biz Venue
Business Events Venue of the Year
GOLD: Keele University Events and Conferencing, Staffordshire
Silver: Jodrell Bank Centre for Engagement, Cheshire
Bronze: The Glasshouse International Centre for Music, Tyne & Wear
Experience of the Year
Silver: The Wizard Walk of York, North Yorkshire
Bronze: Introduction to Sailing, Mylor Sailing School, Cornwall
Self-Cater and Pub
Large Hotel and Attraction
sponsored by Raw Charging Network Ltd
Large Visitor Attraction of the Year
GOLD: Black Country Living Museum, West Midlands
Silver: National Space Centre, Leicestershire
Bronze: Liverpool Football Club Tours & Experiences, Merseyside
sponsored by Ecclesiastical
Large Hotel of the Year
GOLD: Mallory Court Country House Hotel & Spa, Warwickshire
Taste and International
Travel Content and Unsung Hero
Travel Content Award
GOLD: Jane Anderson, The i Paper – ‘The UK’s sunniest island vying to become a ‘sauna isle’
Silver: Phoebe Smith, The Guardian – ‘Saving the seas one dive at a time in Northumberland’
Bronze: Hannah Summers, The Times – ‘The British seaside town at its best (and cheapest) in winter’
Unsung Hero Award
GOLD: Hannah Clapp, Muncaster Castle, Cumbria
Silver: Caitlin Brown, The Escape Key, Tyne & Wear
Bronze: Andrew Hurley, Avoncroft Museum, Worcestershire
Camping and Accessible
Ethical and outstanding
sponsored by Sykes Holiday Cottages
Ethical, Responsible and Sustainable Tourism Award
GOLD: Sunnyside Guest House Southport, Merseyside
Outstanding Contribution to Tourism Award
This special award is given each year by the VisitEngland Advisory Board to an individual, institution or collective that has contributed something special and unique to tourism in England. This year, the Advisory Board recognised the excellent planning, the commitment to partnership working and the sheer determination of the small team with a limited budget, who have worked tirelessly on this particular anniversary for over a year already.
It was unanimously agreed that in recognition of this hard work to champion past, present and future this award should go to Railway 200.
