National Results
THE RESULTS ARE IN: MUDDY AWARDS NATIONAL WINNERS ANNOUNCED
Are you ready to meet the ‘Best of the Best?’ Across all 28 counties our on-the-ground Muddy editors and ed-in-chief, Hero Brown have selected one winner from each Awards category in our prestigious National Muddy Awards.
All incredible and worthy of a visit – so take a look below and meet your local champions.
BEST ART GALLERY
WINNER: STUDIO 74 (SOMERSET, DORSET & BRISTOL)
FINALISTS
Carina Haslam Art (Bucks & Oxon)
Jackson Foundation Gallery (Cornwall)
Watts Gallery – Artists’ Village (Surrey)
Forest And Cove (Hants & Iow)
BEST BAR
WINNER: IMPERIAL HAUS (GLOS & WORCS)
FINALISTS
Number 92 (Essex)
Salt Bar At Stanwell House (Hants & Iow)
Gyre & Gimble (Norfolk)
The Wee Vinoteca (Herts & Beds)
BEST BEAUTY SALON/CLINIC
WINNER: THE SONI CLINIC (BERKSHIRE)
FINALISTS
Skinlab Boutique (Herts & Beds)
Beauty By V (Glos & Worcs)
Kolaine Beauty Lounge (Northants)
The Retreat Beauty Salon (Devon)
BEST BOOKSHOP
WINNER: THE IMAGINARIUM (HANTS & IOW)
Gullivers Bookshop (Somerset, Dorset & Bristol)
FINALISTS
Cleeve Bookshop (Glos & Worcs)
Dial Lane Books (Suffolk & Cambs)
Bookbugs & Dragon Tales (Norfolk)
BEST BOUTIQUE STAY
WINNER: SLEEPY OWL DEVON (DEVON)
FINALISTS
The Five Arrows (Bucks & Oxon)
Barnsley House (Glos & Worcs)
Pinkmead Estate & Vineyard (Hants & Iow)
Byfords (Norfolk)
BEST BRIDAL STORE
WINNER: ADELLA BRIDAL SHOWROOM (NORFOLK)
FINALISTS
Marie Chandler Bridal (Berkshire)
Bride Like Me (Bucks & Oxon)
Dress Me Pretty Bridal Room (Leics & Ruts)
Charlotte Elizabeth Bridal (Notts & Derby)
BEST CAFÉ
WINNER: CAFÉ D’URBERVILLE (SOMERSET, DORSET & BRISTOL)
FINALISTS
Roots (Bucks & Oxon)
Table (Essex)
The Boho Bakery (Glos & Worcs)
The Collective (Berkshire)
BEST CHILDREN’S BUSINESS
WINNER: WILD WARRIORS (CORNWALL)
FINALISTS
Mimi’s Wild Wood Rangers (Bucks & Oxon)
Stiches Ain’t Knit (Wilts)
Bootmakers (Somerset, Dorset & Bristol)
Outdoor Explorers (Leics & Ruts)
BEST DAY SPA
WINNER: CALCOT SPA (GLOS & WORCS)
FINALISTS
St Michaels Resort (Cornwall)
Ragdale Hall (Leics & Ruts)
Vita Skin Spa (Wilts)
Poppinghole Farm Spa And Cottages (Sussex)
BEST DESTINATION PUB
WINNER: THE BELL IN TICEHURST (SUSSEX)
FINALISTS
The Greyhound (Letcombe Regis) (Bucks & Oxon)
The Alford Arms (Herts & Beds)
The Plough, Coton (Cambs & Suffolk)
The Loch & The Tyne (Berkshire)
BEST FAMILY ATTRACTION
WINNER: HEVER CASTLE & GARDENS (KENT)
FINALISTS
Cotswold Wildlife Park (Buck & Oxon)
The Lost Gardens Of Heligan (Cornwall)
Weald & Downland Living Museum (Sussex)
Discovery Land A Priory Farm (Surrey)
BEST FARM SHOP/DELI
WINNER: JOHNS OF INSTOW (DEVON)
FINALISTS
Surrey Hills Delicatessen (Surrey)
Disco-Licious (Herts & Beds)
Peterley Manor Farm (Bucks & Oxon)
The Italian Shop (Berkshire)
BEST FITNESS INTRUCTOR
WINNER: LEAH MACLEAN, FITNESS AT THE FARM (BUCKS & OXON)
FINALISTS
Jem Fulbrook, Fulbrook Fitness (Berkshire)
Joan Palmer, Joan’s Wellness Zone (Glos & Worcs)
Anika Billing, Pt Southsea (Hants & Iow)
Lorna Marie Fitness (Notts & Derby)
BEST FLORIST
WINNER: JULIE CAMBRIDGE FLORAL DESIGN (HERTS & BEDS)
FINALISTS
Nightingale Flowers (Surrey)
Happy Roots Farm (Notts & Derby)
Wye Valley Flowers (Glos & Worcs)
Bramble & Wild (Somerset, Dorset & Bristol)
BEST HAIR SALON
WINNER: LORD HAIR SALON (HANTS & IOW)
FINALISTS
Muse Hair And Beauty Studio (Norfolk)
The Lounge – Ashbourne (Notts & Derby)
Meraki Hair (Suffolk & Cambs)
Holloway Wright Hair (Surrey)
BEST HOTEL/INN
WINNER: THE OLD BELL HOTEL (WILTSHIRE)
FINALISTS
Tewkesbury Park (Glos & Worcs)
Woodlands Park Hotel (Surrey)
Woolacombe Bay (Devon)
Hartwell House (Bucks & Oxon)
BEST JEWELLER
WINNER: LAST NIGHT I DREAMT (NOTTS AND DERBY)
FINALISTS
Anja Potze Fine Jewellery (Glos & Worcs)
Julia Thompson Jewellery (Somerset, Dorset & Bristol)
Erin Cox Jewellery (Devon)
Thomas William Jewellery (Berkshire)
BEST LIFESTYLE STORE
WINNER: MAKE BY MARY TEMPERLEY (SOMERSET, DORSET & BRISTOL)
FINALISTS
Berylune (Warks)
Last Interior Design (Bucks & Oxon)
H&B Style (Hants & Iow)
Rock Paper Scissors (Kent)
BEST LOCAL FOOD/DRINK PRODUCER
WINNER: 108 THE BAKERY (HANTS & IOW)
FINALISTS
Epic Brownies (Berkshire)
The Pure Stock Company (Devon)
Baked In The Shire (Glos & Worcs)
Silent Pool Distillers (Surrey)
BEST NEW LIFESTYLE START-UP
WINNER: THE WINE CELLAR BSE (SUFFOLK & CAMBS)
FINALISTS
Restaurant Ao (Hants & Iow)
Blend Organics (Herts & Beds)
El Cerdo Tapas Bar (Berkshire)
Ara Accessories (Surrey)
BEST RESTAURANT
WINNER: CASA ZILLI (SURREY)
FINALISTS
Ember (Northants)
The Swan Islip (Bucks & Oxon)
The Oyster & Fish House (Somerset, Dorset & Bristol)
Muse Brasserie (Glos & Worcs)
BEST SUSTAINABLE LIFESTYLE BUSINESS
WINNER: LEMON & JINJA (HANTS & IOW)
FINALISTS
Refilled Chichester (Sussex)
Chet Valley Vineyard (Norfolk)
Gaia Homeware (Kent)
Zero (Warks)
BEST THEATRE/ARTS VENUE
WINNER: EVERYMAN THEATRE (GLOS & WORCS)
FINALISTS
Corn Exchange (Berkshire)
Kings Theatre (Hants & Iow)
Curve (Leics & Ruts)
Yvonne Arnaud Theatre (Surrey)
BEST WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER
WINNER: GINA FERNANDES PHOTOGRAPHY (LEICS & RUTS)
FINALISTS
Gingersnaps Photography (Surrey)
Esther Louise Triffitt Photography (Notts & Derby)
Joan Jellett (Somerset, Dorset & Bristol)
Verity Westcott (Cornwall)
BEST WEDDING VENUE
WINNER: FOREST EDGE TIPIS (BERKSHIRE)
FINALISTS
Tip Top Venues (Bucks & Oxon)
Rockbeare Manor (Devon)
Priston Mill (Somerset, Dorset & Bristol)
The Farmhouse Redcoats (Herts & Beds)
BEST WOMEN’S FASHION
WINNER: IDENTITY FASHION (DEVON)
FINALISTS
Rubarb (Herts & Beds)
Law & Co (Glos & Worcs)
Sass & Edge (Hants & Iow)
Scarlet (Norfolk)
BEST YOGA/PILATES STUDIO
WINNER: OCEANFLOW YOGA (CORNWALL)
FINALISTS
Mytime Pilates (Kent)
Soo Yoga (Northants)
Cameo Studio (Glos & Worcs)
The New Forest Pilates Studio (Hants & Iow)