Meet the 2026 North East England Tourism Awards finalists
Bamburgh Castle by Jamie Dobson
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Accessible and Inclusive Tourism Award

  • Dalton Park Outlet & Outdoors, County Durham
  • Life Science Centre, Tyne & Wear
  • Whitehouse Farm Centre, Northumberland

B&B and Guest House of the Year

  • Redesdale Arms, Northumberland
  • The Beresford Arms, Northumberland
  • The Lord Crewe, Bamburgh, Northumberland

Business Events Venue of the Year

  • Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Tyne & Wear
  • Crowne Plaza Newcastle - Stephenson Quarter, Tyne & Wear
  • The Catalyst, Tyne & Wear
  • Utilita Arena Newcastle, Tyne & Wear

Camping, Glamping and Holiday Park of the Year

  • Northumberland Nook, Northumberland
  • The Roundhouses, Northumberland
  • Tranwell Farm Holidays, Northumberland

Experience of the Year

  • Athey's Moor Flying School, Northumberland
  • Blackfriars Cookery School, Tyne & Wear
  • Newcastle Tour Company, Tyne & Wear
  • The Canny Chocolate Company, Tyne & Wear

Tourism Festival or Event of the Year

  • Father Christmas at The Old Gaol, Northumberland
  • Kynren – An Epic Tale of England, County Durham
  • Santa Experience, Life Science Centre, Tyne & Wear
  • Northumberland County Show, Northumberland

Large Hotel of the Year

  • Great North Hotel, Tyne & Wear
  • INNSiDE by Meliá Newcastle, Tyne & Wear
  • Rockliffe Hall, County Durham

Large Visitor Attraction of the Year

  • Beamish, The Living Museum of the North, County Durham
  • Life Science Centre, Tyne & Wear
  • Roman Vindolanda Fort & Museum, Northumberland

New Tourism Business of the Year

  • Good Times Bike Hire, Northumberland
  • Hepple Wilds, Northumberland
  • Sheepfolds Stables, Tyne & Wear
  • Warksburn Old Church, Northumberland

Pub of the Year

  • Rigg & Furrow, Northumberland
  • The Kirkstyle Inn and Sportsman's Rest, Northumberland
  • The Middle Inn, Northumberland
  • Three Mile, Tyne & Wear

Regenerative Tourism Award

  • Dalton Moor Farm and School of Sustainable Living & Wellbeing, County Durham
  • Dalton Park Outlet & Outdoors, County Durham
  • Hepple Wilds, Northumberland
  • Maldron Hotel Newcastle, Tyne & Wear

The Rising Star Award

  • Elizabeth Cowell, Vindolanda, Northumberland
  • Jaden Dixon, Kynren, County Durham
  • Natasha Hambly, Forestry England, County Durham

Self Catering Accommodation of the Year

  • Mains Cottages, Northumberland
  • Tiptoe Retreat, Northumberland
  • Warksburn Old Church, Northumberland

Small Hotel of the Year

  • Jesmond Dene House, Tyne & Wear
  • Lord Crewe Arms, Blanchland, Northumberland
  • Seaham Hall, County Durham
  • The Tempus, Northumberland

Small Visitor Attraction of the Year

  • Ad Gefrin Anglo-Saxon Museum & Whisky Distillery, Northumberland
  • Kielder Observatory, Northumberland
  • Tanfield Railway, Tyne & Wear

Taste of North East England Award

  • Babul's, County Durham
  • Blackfriars, Tyne & Wear
  • The Lord Crewe Bamburgh, Northumberland

Unsung Hero Award

  • Big River Bakery, Tyne & Wear
  • The Glasshouse International Centre for Music, Tyne & Wear
  • The Vindolanda Charitable Trust, Northumberland

Volunteer of the Year

  • Kynren Volunteers, County Durham
  • Lit & Phil Volunteers, Tyne & Wear
  • Northumberland County Show Volunteers, Northumberland
  • Northumberland National Park Volunteers, Northumberland
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