THE FINALISTS for the Cumbria Tourism Awards 2018 have been revealed.

With 18 awards on offer, brand new categories for 2018 include Culture & Heritage Experience of the Year and Adventure Experience of the Year.

Tickets for this year’s awards ceremony at Cartmel Racecourse, on Wednesday June 20, will go on sale shortly.

Managing director of Cumbria Tourism, Gill Haigh, said: “The award categories celebrate the huge range and diversity of Cumbria’s tourism industry.”

Cumbria Tourism Awards 2018 finalists:

Large Hotel of the Year (35+ rooms) - Sponsored by Armstrong Watson

• Armathwaite Hall, Bassenthwaite

• North Lakes Hotel & Spa, Penrith

• The Trout Hotel, Cockermouth

Small Hotel of the Year - Sponsored by Colliers International

• Cedar Manor Hotel & Restaurant, Windermere

• Rothay Garden Hotel, Grasmere

• Briery Wood Country House Hotel, Windermere

• Lindeth Howe, Bowness-on-Windermere

Boutique Guest Accommodation of the Year - Sponsored by Lamont Pridmore

• 1863 Bar Bistro Rooms, Pooley Bridge

• Askham Hall

• Lindeth Fell Country House, Windermere

Bed and Breakfast of the Year - Sponsored by Cumberland Business

• Westwood, Cockermouth

• Raise View, Grasmere

Self-Catering Holiday Provider of the Year - Sponsored by Out of Eden

• Tottergill Farm Cottages, near Brampton

• Bridge End Farm Cottages, Eskdale Valley

• Iconic collection Whitbarrow Village, near Penrith

Self-Catering Holiday Property of the Year – Sponsorship opportunity available

• Heart of the Lakes - Bristowe Hill, Keswick

• Heart of the Lakes - High Cunsey, Far Sawrey

• Glen Bank, Brampton, near Appleby

Holiday Park of the Year - Sponsored by NatWest Commercial Banking

• Black Beck Holiday Park, Bouth

• The Quiet Site, Ullswater

• Park Cliffe Camping & Caravan Estate, Windermere

Visitor Attraction of the Year - Sponsored by H&H Reeds Printers

• Old Hall Farm, Bouth

• Cocoa Bean, Hawkshead

• Derwent Pencil Museum, Keswick

• Senhouse Roman Museum, Maryport

Large Visitor Attraction of the Year - Sponsored by Burnetts

• Lakes Distillery, Bassenthwaite

• Lowther Castle & Gardens

• Honister Slate Mine

Tourism Pub of the Year - Sponsored by Christie & Co

• The Wheatsheaf @ Brigsteer

• Queens Head, Troutbeck

• Dockray Hall, Penrith

Taste Cumbria - Sponsored by Enterprise Answers

• The Plough at Lupton

• The Castle Dairy, Kendal

• 1863 Bar Bistro Rooms, Pooley Bridge

• The Moon Highgate, Kendal

• The Cottage in the Wood, Whinlatter Forest

• Merewood Country House Hotel, Windermere

• George & Dragon, Clifton

• The Three Hares, Sedbergh

Sustainable Tourism Award - Sponsored by Lake District National Park

• Cedar Manor Hotel & Restaurant, Windermere

• Newlands Adventure Centre

• Upfront Arts Venue, near Penrith

Culture & Heritage Experience of the Year - Sponsored by Carlisle Lake District Airport

• Line of Beauty – Percy Kelly Exhibition, Tullie House, Carlisle

• Ravenglass Railway Museum

• Blackwell, The Arts & Crafts House, Bowness-on-Windermere

Adventure Experience of the Year – Sponsorship opportunity available

• Newlands Adventure Centre & Keswick Climbing Wall

• Go Ape Whinlatter

• Cyclewise Whinlatter

Tourism Event of the Year – Sponsorship opportunity available

• Eden Arts - Winter Droving, Penrith

• Eden Arts - C-Art

• Printfest, Ulverston

• Westmorland County Show, Crooklands

Wedding Venue of the Year - Sponsored by Napthens Solicitors

• Broadoaks Country House, Windermere

• Castle Green Hotel, Kendal

• Heather Glen, Ainstable Village, near Carlisle

New Tourism Business Award – Sponsored by Thomson Hayton Winkley

• Another Place, The Lake, Ullswater

• Wheatsheaf at Beetham

• Snooty Fox, Kirkby Lonsdale

The Sheila Hensman Award for Outstanding Customer Service

• Rachel Dunckley (Hazelbank Country House Hotel, Borrowdale Valley)

• Victoria Blanco (Tree Top Trek, Windermere)

• Christine Brown (Castle Green Hotel, Kendal)

Cumbria Tourism would like to thank all its generous sponsors for making the event possible. To find out more about the Cumbria Tourism Awards, visit: www.cumbriatourism.org/awards