This year's Enjoy England Awards for Excellence, for the East of England, are
awash with nominees from Norfolk in categories including best small hotel, large
visitor attraction and sustainable tourism.
As well as competing against businesses from Suffolk, Essex, Cambridgeshire,
Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire, some of the Norfolk contingent will find
themselves battling against each other.
Deepdale Leisure, at Burnham Deepdale, will go head to head with Fairhaven
Woodland and Water Garden, South Walsham, in the Sustainable Tourism category.
And, as the only business with two nominations, Incleborough House at East
Runton will go up against Carrick's Castle Farm at Swanton Morely in the bed and
breakfast section and Nutmeg and Plum Tree Cottages, of Wroxham, in the
self-catering category.
The other finalists are Broad House Hotel, Wroxham, for best small hotel; the
RAF Air Defence Radar Museum, Neatishead, in the small visitor attraction
section; Park House Hotel, Sandringham, for the Access for All category; Denver
Mill, Denver, near Downham Market, in the Taste of England section; and
Bewilderwood adventure play park, Hoveton, for best large visitor attraction.
Lydia Smith, team manager for Norfolk Tourism said: “Congratulations to the
Norfolk businesses shortlisted in the East of England awards. To get this far in
a competition across six counties is a tremendous endorsement.”
Known as the Oscars of the tourism industry, the awards promote high
standards and healthy competition in the East and winners will go on to battle
it out at the national awards next spring.
The East of England awards ceremony takes place on Thursday at Ickworth, near
Bury St Edmunds.
For more information visit www.eet.org.uk
