Archive for the ‘Barrow & Furness’ Category

The winners of the Cumbria Tourism Awards 2008 were announced last night at a special ceremony at the Castle Green Hotel in Kendal. The winners were:

Most Outstanding Customer Service Award – Daniel Fairweather, Windermere Marina Village
Unsung Hero – Alan Denwood, Lakes Aquarium
Lady Inglewood Award for Innovative People Management - The Old England, Bowness-on-Windermere
Large Hotel of the Year - The Old England Hotel, Bowness-on-Windermere
Small Hotel of the Year - Appleby Manor Country House Hotel, Appleby
Bed & Breakfast of the Year - Augill Castle, Kirkby Stephen
Self Catering Holiday of the Year - The Lodge, Brampton
Holiday Park of the Year - Park Cliffe Camping and Caravan Estate, Windermere
Large Visitor Attraction - South Lakes Wild Animal Park, Dalton-in-Furness
Small Visitor Attraction – The Quaker Tapestry, Kendal
Taste of Cumbria – Village Bakery, Melmerby, Penrith
Tourism Experience Award – Shacklabank Free Range Walking, Sedbergh
Business Tourism Award – Rheged, Penrith
Tourism Website – Windermere Lodge, Windermere

The Laurel and Hardy Museum in Ulverston has been granted planning permission by South Lakeland District Council to move into larger premises. Owner Marion Grave expects the move from Upper Brook Street to a warehouse near Booths supermarket to take place at the end of the summer.

City centre restaurants in Manchester and Liverpool have failed to gain a coveted Michelin Star in the latest edition of the Michelin Guide to Great Britain and Ireland published yesterday. The North West restaurants retaining their single star were Juniper in Altrincham, Northcote Manor in the Ribble Valley, the Arkle at the Chester Grosvenor, L’Enclume in Cartmel, and Sharrow Bay on Ullswater.

Barrow’s Christmas celebrations will start on Sunday November 25 when the town’s Christmas lights are switched on. The festivities will take place on Town Square between 1 pm and 5 pm and will feature street entertainers, Santa’s grotto and children’s rides.

The Lakeland Motor Museum’s proposed move from Holker Hall to Backbarrow has been approved by the Lake District National Park Authority. The museum was founded by Donald Sidebottom in 1978 and its collection now numbers more than 30,000 items. Owners Winander Leisure says the move is necessary because of space constraints at Holker Hall.

Barrow is set to receive an £8 million grant to help build a new business park. The funding has been approved by the North West Regional Development Agency and will be used for site preparation costs of the Ramsden Business Park, a key component of the Barrow Waterfront Business Park.

Steven Broomhead, NWDA Chief Executive, said, ‘The successful delivery of the Barrow Masterplan is absolutely critical to the future economic development of South Cumbria. Ramsden Business Park is the first step in the development of the Barrow Waterfront, an area of immense opportunity. The NWDA will now work in partnership with West Lakes Renaissance to attract further private sector investment into the area to help ensure this site reaches its full potential.’