Muddy Stilettos


<figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="1944" height="1676" src="https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/MS_MA25_plain-logo.png" alt="Muddy Awards 2025 logo" class="wp-image-114906" srcset="https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/MS_MA25_plain-logo.png 1944w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/MS_MA25_plain-logo-600x517.png 600w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/MS_MA25_plain-logo-1000x862.png 1000w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/MS_MA25_plain-logo-1536x1324.png 1536w" sizes="(max-width: 1944px) 100vw, 1944px" /></figure>



<p>Pop those Champagne corks and fire up the confetti cannons — we’re thrilled to reveal this year’s&nbsp;‘Best of the Be<em>s</em>t<em>’</em>&nbsp;indie businesses from across&nbsp;<strong>35 Muddy counties</strong>.</p>



<p>After days of intense (and at times, heated!) debate, our expert panel of Muddy Editors has whittled down thousands of brilliant regional winners to uncover the standout stars across&nbsp;<strong>21 hotly-contested lifestyle categories</strong>. With such fierce competition, the decisions were&nbsp;<em>tough</em>&nbsp;– every finalist is a superstar in our eyes.</p>



<p>So, who made the cut? Ready to meet the crème de la crème of 2025? Sashay this way.</p>



<div style="height:30px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-arts-culture-amp-theatre-venue">ARTS, CULTURE &amp; THEATRE VENUE</h2>



<p class="has-black-color has-text-color"><strong>WINNER: The Piece Hall (Halifax, Yorkshire)</strong></p>



<div style="height:15px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div>



<ul>
<li>Jackson Foundation Gallery (St Just, Cornwall)</li>



<li>New Brewery Arts (Cirencester, Gloucestershire)</li>



<li>The Box (Plymouth, Devon)</li>



<li>The Rex Cinema (Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire)</li>
</ul>



<div style="height:30px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-bar">BAR</h2>



<p><strong>WINNER: The Shambles Bar (Windsor, Berkshire)</strong></p>



<div style="height:15px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div>



<ul>
<li>Exhibit (Balham, London)</li>



<li>Peaches (Leamington Spa, Warwickshire)</li>



<li>The Gallery (Ipswich, Suffolk)</li>



<li>Stirr-ups (Evesham, Worcestershire)</li>
</ul>



<div style="height:30px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-beauty-salon-clinic">BEAUTY SALON / CLINIC</h2>



<p><strong>WINNER: Still London (Dalston, London)</strong></p>



<div style="height:16px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div>



<ul>
<li>Elegant Touch Beauty&nbsp;(Mercia Marina, Derbyshire)</li>



<li>Glow with Jenna Jones (Brighton, Sussex)</li>



<li>Scratch Nail Bar &amp; Beauty Salon (Stourbridge, West Midlands)</li>



<li>The NuSkin Beauty Clinic (Trowbridge, Wiltshire)</li>
</ul>



<div style="height:30px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-boutique-stay">BOUTIQUE STAY</h2>



<p><strong>WINNER: The Mirror Houses (Kirtlington, Oxfordshire)</strong></p>



<div style="height:15px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div>



<ul>
<li>Burnworthy Retreat (Taunton, Somerset)</li>



<li>Elmley Nature Reserve (Isle of Sheppey, Kent)</li>



<li>The Old Mission Church (Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire)</li>



<li>The Roebuck Inn (Knutsford, Cheshire)</li>
</ul>



<div style="height:30px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-cafe">CAFÉ</h2>



<p><strong>WINNER: Market West Coffee (Rochford, Essex)</strong></p>



<div style="height:15px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div>



<ul>
<li>BrewBlood (Newbury, Berkshire)</li>



<li>Kali Café (Thame, Oxfordshire)</li>



<li>Swiss Bread Bakery &amp; Café (Ham, London)</li>



<li>The Lazy Goose (Eastington, Gloucestershire)</li>
</ul>



<div style="height:30px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-casual-dining">CASUAL DINING</h2>



<p><strong>WINNER: Native Burger (Bodmin, Cornwall)</strong></p>



<div style="height:15px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div>



<ul>
<li>Alder Vineyard Kitchen + Bar (Lewdown, Devon)</li>



<li>Aurora Kusina (Shepton Mallet, Somerset)</li>



<li>Paradiso Burger (Soho, London)</li>



<li>Rind (Settle, Yorkshire)</li>
</ul>



<div style="height:30px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-children-s-business">CHILDREN’S BUSINESS</h2>



<p><strong>WINNER: World of Play (Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk)</strong></p>



<div style="height:15px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div>



<ul>
<li>Bumble &amp; Bea (Stroud, Gloucestershire)</li>



<li>Join The Band (Banbury, Oxfordshire)</li>



<li>Little Forest Adventures (Hook, Hampshire)</li>



<li>Little Wedding Crêche (Chiswick, London)</li>
</ul>



<div style="height:30px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-destination-pub">DESTINATION PUB</h2>



<p><strong>WINNER: The Blind Bull (Little Hucklow, Derbyshire)</strong></p>



<div style="height:15px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div>



<ul>
<li>The Ebrington Arms (Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire)</li>



<li>The Finch&#8217;s Arms (Oakham, Rutland)</li>



<li>The Punch Bowl (Mayfair, London)</li>



<li>William IV (Albury, Surrey)</li>
</ul>



<div style="height:30px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-event-venue">EVENT VENUE</h2>



<p><strong>WINNER: Kelmarsh Hall<em>&nbsp;</em>(Kelmarsh, Northamptonshire)</strong></p>



<div style="height:15px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div>



<ul>
<li>Hayne Devon (Zeal Monachorum, Devon)</li>



<li>Hackness Grange (Scarborough, Yorkshire)</li>



<li>Stratton Court Barn (Bicester, Oxfordshire)</li>



<li>White Birch Manor (Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire)</li>
</ul>



<div style="height:30px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-family-experience">FAMILY EXPERIENCE</h2>



<p><strong>WINNER: The Story Museum (Oxford, Oxfordshire)</strong></p>



<div style="height:15px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div>



<ul>
<li>Attwell Farm Park (Redditch, Worcestershire)</li>



<li>Bucklebury Farm (Bucklebury, Berkshire)</li>



<li>Jimmy&#8217;s Farm &amp; Wildlife Park (Ipswich, Suffolk)</li>



<li>Jordans Mill (Biggleswade, Bedfordshire)</li>
</ul>



<div style="height:30px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-farmshop-deli">FARMSHOP / DELI</h2>



<p><strong>WINNER: Kenyon Hall Farm (Warrington, Cheshire)</strong></p>



<div style="height:15px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div>



<ul>
<li>Cowdray Farm Shop (Midhurst, Sussex)</li>



<li>Gulliver&#8217;s Farm Shop (Ferndown, Dorset)</li>



<li>Peterley Manor Farm Shop (Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire)</li>



<li>The Peppered Pear Pantry (Godalming, Surrey)</li>
</ul>



<div style="height:30px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-florist">FLORIST</h2>



<p><strong>WINNER: Paintbox Blooms (Kenilworth, Warwickshire)</strong></p>



<div style="height:15px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div>



<ul>
<li>Blossom &amp; Bells Bespoke Florist (Hatfield Heath, Essex)</li>



<li>Charlotte Staff Flowers (Great Yarmouth, Norfolk)</li>



<li>Lowena Flowers (Falmouth, Cornwall)</li>



<li>The British Flower Box (Welton, Northamptonshire)</li>
</ul>



<div style="height:30px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-hair-salon">HAIR SALON</h2>



<p><strong>WINNER: The Loch Salon (Kensington, London)</strong></p>



<div style="height:15px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div>



<ul>
<li>Barry Alan Hair Salon (Norwich, Norfolk)</li>



<li>Collections Hair Club (Weybridge, Surrey)</li>



<li>Mellow (Long Melford, Suffolk)</li>



<li>Ruby Hook Hairdressing (Towcester, Northamptonshire)</li>
</ul>



<div style="height:30px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-hotel">HOTEL</h2>



<p><strong>WINNER: Broadwick Soho (Soho London)</strong></p>



<div style="height:15px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div>



<ul>
<li>No.15 Bath, by GuestHouse (Bath, Somerset)&nbsp;</li>



<li>The Grosvenor (Stockbridge, Hampshire)</li>



<li>The Old Bell Hotel (Malmesbury, Wiltshire)</li>



<li>The Pig at Bridge Place (Canterbury, Kent)</li>
</ul>



<div style="height:30px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-lifestyle-store">LIFESTYLE STORE</h2>



<p><strong>WINNER: Sunshine &amp; Snow (Bideford, Devon)</strong></p>



<div style="height:15px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div>



<ul>
<li>Caribou Home &amp; Lifestyle (Perhsore, Worcestershire)</li>



<li>Ed&nbsp;(East Dulwich, London)</li>



<li>Long Barn (Alresford, Hampshire)</li>



<li>The Country Crib (Sherborne, Dorset)</li>
</ul>



<div style="height:30px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-local-food-drink-producer">LOCAL FOOD / DRINK PRODUCER</h2>



<p><strong>WINNER: Wild Breads Bakery (Nuneaton, Warwickshire)</strong></p>



<div style="height:15px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div>



<ul>
<li>Heyl Bakery (Plymouth, Devon)</li>



<li>The Cherry Tree (Martock, Somerset)</li>



<li>The Real Fruit Creamery (Knutsford, Cheshire)</li>



<li>Wood Row Chocolate (Diss, Norfolk)</li>
</ul>



<div style="height:30px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-restaurant">RESTAURANT</h2>



<p><strong>WINNER: Caldesi in Campagna (Bray, Berkshire)</strong></p>



<div style="height:15px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div>



<ul>
<li>Alfredo&#8217;s (Somerton, Somerset)</li>



<li>Linden Stores (Knutsford, Cheshire)&nbsp;</li>



<li>The Greyhound (Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire)</li>



<li>The Tasting Club (Brailsford, Derbyshire)</li>
</ul>



<div style="height:30px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-sports-amp-fitness-instructor">SPORTS &amp; FITNESS INSTRUCTOR</h2>



<p><strong>WINNER: PT Mick Burrows, Revive Wellness Club (Coventry, West Midlands)</strong></p>



<div style="height:15px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div>



<ul>
<li>Hester&#8217;s Outdoor Fitness &amp; Lifestyle (Ardington, Oxfordshire)</li>



<li>Lily Murphy, Tigerfit UK&nbsp; (Weybridge, Surrey)</li>



<li>Okan Caylak, Great Bear Fitness&nbsp;(London)</li>



<li>Sean Burgess, SB Fitness (Poole, Dorset)</li>
</ul>



<div style="height:30px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-wellbeing-specialist">WELLBEING SPECIALIST</h2>



<p><strong>WINNER: The Body Retreat, (Dorchester, Dorset)</strong></p>



<div style="height:15px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div>



<ul>
<li>Kiln Sauna (Falmouth, Cornwall)</li>



<li>Make + Move (Lydney, Gloucestershire)</li>



<li>Surrey HIlls Wellness (Godalming, Surrey)</li>



<li>The Lions&#8217; Den&nbsp;(Norwich, Norfolk)</li>
</ul>



<div style="height:30px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-women-s-fashion-accessories">WOMEN’S FASHION / ACCESSORIES</h2>



<p><strong>WINNER: Form SE15 (Peckham, London)</strong></p>



<div style="height:16px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div>



<ul>
<li>Identity Fashion (Plymouth, Devon)</li>



<li>SACS (Ashbourne, Derbyshire)</li>



<li>Sass &amp; Edge (Winchester, Hampshire)</li>



<li>Slate Clothing (Stanford Bridge, Worcestershire)</li>
</ul>



<div style="height:30px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-yoga-pilates-studio">YOGA / PILATES STUDIO</h2>



<p><strong>WINNER: The Pilates Workshop (Dunstable, Bedfordshire)</strong></p>



<div style="height:15px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div>



<ul>
<li>Form &amp; Flow Pilates (Warwick &amp; Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire)</li>



<li>Studio Flex (Ipswich, Suffolk)</li>



<li>Pilates Studio New Forest (Southampton, Hampshire)</li>



<li>The Pilates Lab Studio (Epsom, Surrey)</li>
</ul>


Drumroll please… Meet the 2025 National Muddy Awards winners

You may also like