The East of England’s finalists have been announced in the 2011 Countryside Alliance Awards, with 14 top local businesses vying for one of four regional titles and the chance of national acclaim.
The Countryside Alliance Awards, now in their seventh year, celebrate the characters, skills, traditions and enterprise of the countryside through the people who work so hard to make it tick. Each finalist has received numerous nominations from adoring customers and supporters and hopes to go all the way to the Parliamentary final next March. The 2011 East of England finalists are:
Local Food category finalists
- Back to the Garden, Letheringsett, Holt, Norfolk, 01263 715996 www.back-to-the-garden.co.uk/
- Garden Friends Farm Shop (c/o Roxton Garden Center), Roxton, Bedfordshire, 01480 210383 www.gardenfriendsvegetablebox.com
- Suffolk Food Hall, Wherstead, Ipswich, Suffolk 01473 786610 www.suffolkfoodhall.co.uk/
- Willowbrook Farm, Helpston Heath, Peterborough, 01780 740261 www.willowbrookfarmshop.co.uk/
Village Shop category finalists
- Caistor Post Office, Caistor, Lincolnshire, 01472 851201
- Kings Walden Post Office and Stores, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, 08457 22 33 44
- Orford General Store, Orford, Ipswich, Suffolk, 01394 450219
- Torskey Village Shop, Torskey, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, 01427 718046
Enterprise finalists
- Marybelle Dairy, Walpole, Halesworth, Suffolk, 01986-784-658 www.marybelle.co.uk
- The Cholmeley Arms, Burton-le-Coggles, Grantham, Lincolnshire, 01476 550 225 www.theeastonestate.co.uk/Arms.asp?S=5&V=1&P=10
- Valley Farm Equestrian Leisure, Wickham Market, Suffolk, 01728 746916, www.valleyfarmonline.co.uk/
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