Award-Winning Destination

Each year the Beautiful South Awards celebrates the cream of the South East’s tourism industry, celebrating the top places to stay, visit and enjoy across the region, awarding Gold, Silver, Bronze and Commended in recognition for the work undertaken over the past year. These awards celebrate the tourism businesses that go that extra mile, creating visitor experiences that customers enjoy time and time again. They celebrate great places to stay with an extra special warm South East welcome and places to eat that champion local producers and seasonal produce. They also honour some of the top events happening within the destination that you just shouldn't miss and those businesses within the industry that are bringing about change in sustainability, inclusivity, staff training and development.

Take a look and discover this years award-winning hotels, top places to visit and events that will be pulling in the visitors for 2026.

Award-Winning Places to Visit

• Drusillas Park, Alfriston - Bronze winner of Accessible and Inclusive Tourism Award
• WWT Arundel Wetland Centre, Arundel - Gold winner of Accessible and Inclusive Tourism Award
• Windsor Tourist Guides, Windsor - Gold winner of International Tourism Award
• The Wildheart Animal Sanctuary - Bronze winner of Regenerative Tourism Award
• Eton Information Centre - Gold winner of Visitor Information Service of the Year
• Gusbourne - The Nest, Appledore - Bronze winner of Small Visitor Attraction of the Year
• Oxford Castle & Prison, Oxford - Silver winner of Small Visitor Attraction of the Year
• The D-Day Story, Portsmouth - Gold winner of Small Visitor Attraction of the Year
• Hever Castle, Edenbridge - Silver winner of Wedding Venue of the Year
• Chichester Cathedral, Chichester - Bronze winner of Large Visitor Attraction of the Year
• Drusillas Park, Alfriton - Bronze winner of Large Visitor Attraction of the Year
• Hever Castle & Gardens - Silver winner of Large Visitor Attraction of the Year
• Bletchley Park, Milton Keynes - Gold winner of Large Visitor Attraction of the Year

Award-Winning Hotels & B&Bs

• DoubleTree by Hilton Brighton Metropole, Brighton - Silver winner of Accessible and Inclusive Tourism Award
• Hythe Imperial Hotel Spa & Golf, Hythe - Bronze winner of Business Events Venue of the Year
• De Vere Wokefield Estate, Reading - Silver winner of Business Events Venue of the Year, Bronze winner of Wedding Venue of the Year and Bronze winner of Large Hotel of the Year
• Hurley House Hotel, Hurley - Gold winner of Business Events Venue of the Year
• The Old Rectory, Hastings - Gold winner of B&B Guesthouse of the Year
• New Park Manor Hotel, Brockenhurst - Bronze winner of Dog Friendly Business of the Year
• Sandy Balls Holiday Village, Fordingbridge - Silver winner of Dog Friendly Business of the Year
• Luccombe Manor, Shanklin - Gold winner of Dog Friendly Business of the Year
• Luccombe Hall Hotel, Shaklin - Bronze winner of Small Hotel of the Year
• The Five Arrows, Aylesbury - Bronze winner of Small Hotel of the Year
• The Montagu Arms Hotel, Beaulieu - Silver winner of Small Hotel of the Year
• Stanwell House Hotel, Lymington - Gold winner of Small Hotel of the Year
• East Afton Farmhouse, Freshwater - Silver winner of Wedding Venue of the Year
• Chapel House Estate, Ramsgate - Gold winner of Wedding Venue of the Year
• The Grand, Brighton - Silver winner of Large Hotel of the Year
• The Roseate, Reading - Silver winner of Large Hotel of the Year
• Foxhills Club & Resort, Ottershaw - Gold winner of Large Hotel of the Year

Award-Winning Self Catering Accommodation

• Stubcroft Farm, Chichester - Gold winner of Accessible and Inclusive Tourism Award,  Gold winner of Camping & Caravanning Park of the year and Gold winner of Regenerative Tourism Award
• Kits Coty Glamping, Aylesford - Gold winner of Glamping Business of the Year
• Mount Ephraim Glamping Pods, Faversham - Silver winner of Glamping Business of the Year
• Long Meadow Campsite, Lymington - Silver winner of Camping & Caravanning Park of the Year
• Heath Farm Holiday Cottages, Chipping Norton - Silver winner of Regenerative Tourism Award and Silver winner of Self Catering Accommodation of the Year
• Stable Oak Cottages, Maidstone - Bronze winner of Self Catering Accommodation of the Year
• Cedar Hollow @ The Oaks, Oxford -  Silver winner of Self Catering Accommdation of the Year
• Grenville at Wallops Woods, Southampton - Gold winner of Self Catering Accommdation of the Year
• Crowhurst Park, Battle - Silver winner of Holiday Park of the Year
• Seal Bay Resort, Selsey - Gold winner of Holiday Park of the Year
• Mill Rythe Coastal Village, Hayling Island - Bronze winner of Holiday Park of the Year

Award-Winning Places to Eat and Drink

• The Bow at Waddesdon Manor, Aylesbury - Silver winner of New Tourism Business of the Year
• No. 124 by Guesthouse, Brighton - Gold winner of New Tourism Business of the Year
• Lordington Park, Chichester - Gold winner of Cafe/Tearoom of the Year and Silver winner of Dog Friendly Business of the Year
• Kent & East Sussex Railway, Tenterden - Bronze winner of Restaurant of the Year
• The Royal Hotel, Isle of Wight, Ventnor - Bronze winner of Restaurant of the Year
• TERRA Restaurant at Tottington Manor, Henfield - Silver winner of Restaurant of the Year
• The Reading Room, Reading - Silver winner of Restaurant of the Year
• Chalk at Wiston Estate, Brighton - Gold winner of Restaurant of the Year
• Henry's Pub at The Master Buillder's, Beaulieu, Bromze winner of Pub of the Year
• The Hinds Head, Bray - Silver winner of Pub of the Year
• The Mutton at Hazeley Heath, Hook - Silver winner of Pub of the Year
• The Loch & The Tyne by Adam Handling, Windsor - Gold winner of Pub of the Year

Award-Winning Events and Experiences

• Zoo Keeper for the Day at Drusillas Park, Alfriston - Bronze winner of Active & Learning Experience of the Year
• High Ropes Experience at Go Ape! Leeds Castle, Maidstone - Silver winner of Active & Learning Experience of the Year
• Let's Glow 2025, Love Basingstoke, Basingstoke - Bronze winner of Tourism Event/Festival of the Year
• New Forest and Hampshire County Show 2025, New Forest Agricultural Society, Brockenhurst - Bronze winner of Tourism Event/Festival of the Year
• Wallop Wheels annd Wings at Army Flying Museum, Stockbridge - Silver winner of Tourism Event/Festival of the Year
• The Dwarves of the Steam Gala 2025 at The Kent & East Sussex Railway, Tenterden - Gold winner of Tourism Event/Festival of the Year
• Swim, Massage and Meal at Thames Lido, Reading - Bronze winner of Spa & Wellbeing Experience of the Year 
• The Taste of Summer at Solent Hotel and Spa, Fareham - Silver winner of Spa & Wellbeing Experience of the Year 
• Emerge Spa Day at Eforea Spa, Hilton Southampton Utilita Bowl, Southampton - Gold winner of Spa & Wellbeing Experience of the Year 

Unsung Heros Awards - Celebrating the People

• Sarah Anderson from Kits Coty Glamping, Aylesford - Gold winner Unsung Hero Award
• Amelia Killick at Tottington Manor, Henfield - Silver winner of Unsung Hero Award
• Dimitrios Lazaridis with Fresco DeliKafessen, Guildford  - Bronze Unsung Hero Award

Congratulations to all the 2025/26 award-winners, a massive thank you for all of your hard work and dedication to make the South East an award-winning destination to work in, visit and holiday in.