The Midlands’ finalists have been announced in the 2011 Countryside Alliance Awards, with 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 Midlands finalists are:
Local Food category finalists
- 19 Gales Farmhouse Foods, Bentley, Atherstone, Warwickshire, 01827 716551/716758 www.19gales.co.uk
- Farndon Fields Farm Shop, Market Harborough, Leicestershire, 01858 464 838 www.farndonfieldsfarmshop.co.uk
- Lancaster Farm Shop, Higham Ferrers, Northamptonshire, 01933 356305
- Manor Farm Shop & Tearoom, Catthorpe, Lutterworth, Leicestershire 01788 869 002 www.manorfarmcatthorpe.co.uk
Village Shop/ Post Office category finalists
- Alderton Stores and Post Office, Alderton, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, 01242 620201
- Ashleworth Post Office, Ashleworth, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, 01452 700215
- Marchington Village Shop, Marchington, Staffordshire 01283 821248 www.marchingtonshop.co.uk
- Shop@Stanwick, Stanwick, Northamptonshire 01933 622055
- Redbrook Village Stores, Monmouth, Gloucestershire, 01600 772488
- Brockweir & Hewelsfield Village Shop, Brockweir, Chepstow, Chepstow 01291 689995 www.bandhvillageshop.co.uk
Enterprise category finalists
- 103 The Eye, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire 01664 565 315 www.103theeye.co.uk
- Park Hill Farm, Hales, Market Drayton, Shropshire 01630 652178 www.parkhillfarm.co.uk
- Sycamore Inn Shop, Parwich, Ashbourne, Derbyshire 01335 390212
- The Pavilion Community Interest Company, Leominster, Herefordshire 01568 615159
Butcher category finalists
- C. R. Potter & Sons, Stanwick, Northamptonshire 01933 622232 www.crpotterandsons.co.uk
- Glyn Slade Jones & Family Butchers, Kington, Herefordshire 01544 230 470
- 'Pete the Meat'Butcher, Astwood Bank, Redditch, Worcestershire 01527 892654
- Sauls of Spratton, Spratton, Northamptonshire 01604 847214 www.saulsofspratton.co.uk
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