Yorkshire’s finalists have been announced in the 2011 Countryside Alliance Awards, with top local businesses vying for one of four Yorkshire Champion titles and the chance of national acclaim.
The Countryside Alliance Awards, nicknamed the ‘Rural Oscars’, are now in their seventh year of celebrating 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 finalists for Yorkshire are:
Local Food category finalists
- Beningbrough Home Farm Shop, Benningborough, York, North Yorkshire
- Hunters of Helmsley, Helmsley, North Yorkshire, 01439 771307 www.huntersofhelmsley.com
- Keelham Farm Shop, Brighouse and Denholme Road, Thornton, West Yorkshire, 01274 833 472 www.keelhamfarmshop.co.uk
- The Farmer's Cart, Towthorpe Moor Lane, York, North Yorkshire 01904 499183, www.thefarmerscart.co.uk/
Village Shop/ Post Office category finalists
- Carlton Post Office, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, 0113 282 4064
- Dale Stores, Birstwith, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, 01423 770271 www.dalestores.co.uk
- Wardill Bros General Store, Thornton Le Dale, Pickering, North Yorkshire, 01751 474335, http://wardillbros.com
Enterprise category finalists
- Grassington Post Office, Grassington, Skipton, N Yorks, 01756 752 226
- The Hovingham Village Market, Hovingham, York, North Yorkshire, 01653 627255, http://market.apcp.com/hovingham1.htm
- Wholecrop Marketing, Kirkburn, Driffield, East Yorkshire, 01377 217873, http://wholecropmarketing.co.uk
- Yummy Yorkshire Ice Cream Comapny, High Flatts, Denby Dale, West Yorkshire, 01226 762551, www.yorkshiremilk.co.uk
Butcher category finalists
- C & L Herd Family Butchers, Keighley, West Yorkshire, 01535 605 970
- Ellisons Butchers, Cullingworth, Bradford, West Yorkshire, 01535 272 491
- Lishman's of Ilkley, Ilkley, West Yorkshire, 01943 609436, www.lishmansonline.co.uk
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