The Safeway Excellence in England Tourism Awards 2003 reward the very best of English tourism.  Run by VisitBritain (the new body created by the merger of the English Tourism Council and British Tourist Authority on 1 April), the national award ceremony was held on St George's Day, 23 April 2003.  

BED & BREAKFAST OF THE YEAR WINNER
The Old Bakery, Blockley, Gloucestershire

SILVER
Bracken House, Bratton Fleming, Devon
The Moorlands Country House, Levisham, North Yorkshire

CARAVAN HOLIDAY PARK OF THE YEAR WINNER
Oakdown Touring and Holiday Home Park, Weston, Devon

SILVER
Merley Court Touring Park, Merley, Dorset
Oxon Hall Touring Park, Shrewsbury, Shropshire

HOTEL OF THE YEAR (UNDER 60 BEDROOMS) WINNER
Beechwood Hotel, North Walsham, Norfolk

SILVER
Hartwell House, Nr Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire

HOTEL OF THE YEAR (OVER 50 BEDROOMS) WINNER
Claridge's, Brook Street, London

SILVER
Marriott Hanbury Manor Hotel and Country Club, Ware, Hertfordshire
Pennyhill Park Hotel and Country Club, Bagshot, Surrey

MARKETING IN TOURISM WINNER
The Deep, Hull, Humberside

SILVER
Lancashire Tourism Partnership, Preston, Lancashire
The Eden Project, St Austell, Cornwall

THE PEOPLE AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING CUSTOMER SERVICE WINNER
Maureen Rowlatt, Tor Cottage Chillaton, Devon

SELF-CATERING HOLIDAY OF THE YEAR WINNER
Park Hall Country Cottages, St Osyth, Essex

SILVER
Barnacre Cottages, Preston, Lancashire
Bruern Stable Cottages, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire

TOURISM WEBSITE OF THE YEAR WINNER
Beechenhill Farm, Ashbourne, Derbyshire

SILVER
Leeds Castle, Nr Maidstone, Kent
The Mersey Partnership, Cunard Building, Liverpool

TOURIST INFORMATION CENTRE OF THE YEAR WINNER
Leicester Tourist Information Centre, Leicester, Leicestershire

SILVER
Towncentric, Gravesend, Kent

VISITOR ATTRACTION OF THE YEAR (UNDER 100,000 VISITORS) WINNER
Muncaster Castle, Ravenglass, Cumbria

SILVER
Explosion! Museum of Naval Firepower, Grosport, Hampshire
Hatworks Museum, Stockport, Cheshire

VISITOR ATTRACTION OF THE YEAR (OVER 100,000 VISITORS) WINNER
The Eden Project, St Austell, Cornwall

SILVER
Harewood House, Leeds, West Yorkshire
The Museum of Science & Industry, Castlefield, Manchester

For more information on the winners, silvers and finalists contact Hannah Montgomery or Hazel Watson at BGB & Associates on 020 7233 2300.