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Enjoy England Awards for Excellence 2007

TIME : 2016/2/26 9:53:30

SS Great BritainI’m pleased to learn that a vessel that I did voluntary work on back in my school days has received the award for the UK’s best large tourist attraction. Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s SS Great Britain in Bristol picked up the accolade at the Enjoy England Awards for Excellence. The full list of Gold Award winners from the event are as follows:

  • Bed & Breakfast of the Year: Number One, Blackpool (Lancashire)
  • Small Hotel of the Year: Stanley House, Mellor (Lancashire)
  • Large Hotel of the Year: The Chester Grosvenor and Spa, Chester (Cheshire)
  • Caravan Holiday Park of the Year: Skelwith Fold Caravan Park, Ambleside (Cumbria)
  • Self-Catering Holiday of the Year: Higher Wiscombe, Southleigh (Devon) and Ashwall House, Bulmer (North Yorkshire)
  • Small Visitor Attraction of the Year: The RAF Air Defence Radar Museum, near Norwick (Norfolk)
  • Large Visitor Attraction of the Year: Alnwick Castle, Alnwick (Northumberland) and SS Great Britain, Bristol (Somerset)
  • Taste of England Award: The Star Inn & Perns of Helmsley, Helmsley (North Yorkshire)
  • Business Tourism Award: Harrogate International Centre, Harrogate (North Yorkshire)
  • Tourist Information Centre of the Year: Once Brewed Visitor Centre, Hexham (Northumberland) and Towncentric TIC, Gravesend (Kent)
  • Tourism Website of the Year: Barbican Centre, London
  • Outstanding Customer Service Award: Graham Worton of Dudley Museum & Art Gallery, Dudley (West Midlands)