It’s the moment you’ve been waiting for. Pop the Champagne corks and confetti cannons, we are delighted to announce 2024’s ‘Best of the Best’ National Muddy Awards winners, in association with Tide!

Our experienced judging panel of Muddy Editors across 28 counties have been wrangling for days to determine which indie businesses stood head and shoulders above the competition. It has been an incredibly difficult decision, all the National Finalists are fabulous, but there can only be one winner in each of the 21 lifestyle categories.

Ready to meet the ‘Best of the Best (and our fabulous finalists), sashay this way.

ARTS, CULTURE & THEATRE VENUE

WINNER: Warwick Arts Centre (Coventry, West Midlands)

• The Clay Studio (Herons Ghyll, East Sussex)
• The Marlowe (Canterbury, Kent)
• The Sub Rooms (Stroud, Gloucestershire)
• Plymouth Arts Cinema (Plymouth, Devon)

BAR

WINNER: Sixways Wine Bar (Cheltenham, Gloucestershire)

• Fivedots (Worthing, Sussex)
• Plonk’d (Wadebridge, Cornwall)
• The Shambles Bar (Windsor, Berkshire)
• The Wee Vinoteca (Hitchin, Hertfordshire)

BEAUTY SALON / CLINIC

WINNER: Rebalance Skin (Reading, Berkshire)

• Alison Miller Skincare & Aesthetics (Totnes, Devon)
• Beautique (Newquay, Cornwall)
• Belle Beauty (Malvern, Worcestershire)
• Still London (Dalston, London)

BOUTIQUE STAY

WINNER: Bull Burford (Burford, Oxfordshire)

• Nymetwood Treehouses (Crediton, Devon)
• The Maynard (Hope Valley, Derbyshire)
• The Stroud Hotel (Stroud, Gloucestershire)
• The Zetter (Clerkenwell, London)

CAFÉ

WINNER: The Oat Shed (Nottingham, Nottinghamshire)

• Forge Coffee (Culworth, Northamptonshire)
• Six On Castle (Bampton, Devon)
• Stables Speciality Coffee Co. (Arborfield Green, Berkshire)
• The Milk Shed (Western-on-the Green, Oxfordshire)

CASUAL DINING

WINNER: The High Pavement (Frome, Somerset)

• Boat House (Chichester, Sussex)
• Cosmic Kitchen (Plymouth, Devon)
• Ginger Wings (Marlow, Buckinghamshire)
• Marleys (Folkestone, Kent)

CHILDREN’S BUSINESS

WINNER: Squid & The Kid (Topsham, Devon)

• Forest Folk Play (Sherwood, Nottinghamshire)
• The Baby Service (Chobham, Surrey)
• The Little Dining Club (Southend, Essex)
• Tigers ‘n’ Tiaras (Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire)

DESTINATION PUB

WINNER: The Finch’s Arms (Hambleton, Rutland)

• The Belgian Arms (Holyport, Berkshire)
• The Mutton at Hazeley Heath (Hook, Hampshire)
• The Red Lion (Chobham, Surrey)
• The Sun Inn Felmersham (Felmersham, Bedfordshire)

EVENT VENUE

WINNER: Somersbury Barn (Ewhurst, Surrey)

• Coombe Abbey (Coventry, West Midlands)
• Parade House (Trowbridge, Wiltshire)
• The Barn at the Farmhouse Redcoats (Hitchin, Hertfordshire)
• The Kingscote Barn (Tetbury, Gloucestershire)

FAMILY ATTRACTION

WINNER: Jimmy’s Farm & Wildlife Park (Wherstead, Suffolk)

• Attwell Farm Park (Redditch, Worcestershire)
• Discovery Land at Priory Farm (South Nutfield, Surrey)
• Hertfordshire Zoo (Broxbourne, Hertfordshire)
• Horniman Museum & Gardens (Forest Hill, London)

FARMSHOP / DELI

WINNER: Delilah Fine Foods (Nottingham, Nottinghamshire)

• The De Beauvoir Deli (Hackney, London)
• Laceys Farm Shop (High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire)
• Laura’s Larder (Petts Wood, Kent)
• Malt Kiln Farm Shop (Rugby, West Midlands)

FITNESS INSTRUCTOR

WINNER: Ro Feilden-Cook of The SHE Collective (Bath, Somerset)

• Coached by Ren (High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire)
• Emma Simarro – Building Body Confidence  (Leatherhead, Surrey)
• Jolanta Radko, Phoenix Transformation Gym (Loddiswell, Devon)
• Lorraine Whitmore, The Body Barn (Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire)

FLORIST

WINNER: Full of Grace (Borehamwood, Hertfordshire)

• Common Farm Flowers (Wincanton, Somerset)
• Evelyn Rose Floristry (Halstead, Essex)
• Laurenne Hopkins Flowers (Oxcroft, Derbyshire)
• Suzanne Evetts (Southam, Warkwickshire)

HAIR SALON

WINNER: Butchers Salon (Camden, London)

• Amanda Marsden (Totnes, Devon)
• CHOPP (Southend on Sea, Essex)
• The Beauty Barn (Stroud, Gloucestershire)
• Sally Montague Hair (Sadler Gate, Derbyshire)

HOTEL

WINNER: Carbis Bay Hotel (Carbis Bay, St Ives, Cornwall)

• Bailiffscourt Hotel & Spa (Climping, West Sussex)
• The Barnsdale (Oakham, Rutland)
• The Retreat at Elcot Park (Newbury, Berkshire)
• Sopwell House (St Albans, Hertfordshire)

LIFESTYLE STORE

WINNER: Hunter Jones (Rye, Sussex)

• Bayliss & Booth Interiors (Wootton Bridge, Isle of Wight)
• Brassica Mercantile (Beaminster, Dorset)
• Moonstruck (Cirencester, Gloucestershire)
• SanctuaryEleven (Leamington Spa, Warwickshire)

LOCAL FOOD / DRINK PRODUCER

WINNER: TEMPRD Chocolate (Maldon, Essex)

• Bar Buoy Cocktails (Exmouth, Devon)
• Gorilla Spirits (Basingstoke, Hampshire)
• The English Distillery (Norwich, Norfolk)
• The Food Library (Northampton, Northamptonshire)

RESTAURANT

WINNER: AO by Daniel Rogan (Southampton, Hampshire)

• Crockers (Tring, Hertfordshire)
• Damson Restaurant (Winterbourne, Berkshire)
• Parsonage 53 (Dursley, Gloucestershire)
• Twenty Seven by Jamie Rogers (Kingsbridge, Devon)

WINE & BEER SPECIALIST

WINNER: The Solent Cellar (Lymington, Hampshire)

• Corks & Cru (Bampton, Devon)
• DRINK (Biggleswade, Bedfordshire)
• Taurus Wines (Guildford, Surrey)
• The Wine Bank (Southwell, Nottinghamshire)

WOMEN’S FASHION / ACCESSORIES

WINNER: Feathers & Stitch (Richmond, London)

• Emily Mortimer Jewellery (Woodbridge, Suffolk)
• Love of Lemons Vintage (Nansledan, Newquay, Cornwall)
• Lulu & Boo Jewellery (Wilton, Wiltshire)
• SWAN Boutique (Worcester, Worcestershire)

YOGA / PILATES STUDIO

WINNER: Oceanflow Yoga (Newquay, Cornwall)

• Anasa Boutique Reformer Pilates (Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire)
• Pilates Studio New Forest (Southampton, Hampshire)
• The Pilates Movement Studio (Guildford, Surrey)
• Yoga Borne (Birmingham, West Midlands)