Finalists in the wonderful Visit Worcestershire's Tourism Awards 2022!
Ruby Edwards • April 20, 2022
Alongside some iconic venues, we’re delighted to announce that Bowbrook Lodges is a finalist in this year’s wonderful Visit Worcestershire's Tourism Awards!
The 2021/22 Visit Worcestershire Tourism Awards opened for applications on 14 June 2021, with tourism and hospitality businesses applying for 12 awards across a range of different areas.
To enter, businesses answered four key questions and provided links to their online presence and images. After two rounds of judging, entrants were shortlisted, and all finalists went forward to the event itself where winners are announced.
All winners of the Visit Worcestershire Tourism Awards are forwarded for entry into the Visit England Awards for Excellence, for a chance to win on the national stage and represent Worcestershire as one of the best destinations in England.
Bowbrook Lodges didn;t win but we're delighted to have been shortlisted for our application.
Explain a bit about their organisation (briefly) to give context/background to the project.
Bowbrook Holidays offer pods, safari tents, lodges and caravan pitches. Some of our pods have under cover hot tubs and outside showers and the more luxury pods are fully self catered. We are gradually moving towards a more sustainable offering with solar and wind power planned for the future. Our firsts steps have been to plant more than 3000 trees with Natural Networks and Worcester Wildlife trust. We have created a nature reserve including lakes, wetlands, fruit trees. To further open this to the public we will be looking to create a coffee shop and large car park for the public in the next 1-2 years.
What impact has the grant funding had on your local community?
There is now a 1 mile hard path around the lakes, woodlands and fruit trees allowing all year round access to the public. Stunning walks along Bow Brook and the Estate.
What has it allowed you to create?
Woodlands, varied fruit trees, wildlife corridors, wetlands, lakes and attractive walks.
Would you recommend the scheme to others and if so why?
Absolutely, this has really made our site attractive for the public to visit and essentially put us on the map. A huge thanks to both Sean and Latie for the hard work they have put in to help us realise the grant and therefore do the work.
Thank you all!
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