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Welcome to the Visit Cheshire Tourism Awards 2026

WELCOME to the ENTRY pages for the Visit Cheshire Tourism Awards
 These awards celebrate excellence and outstanding achievement by local businesses and individuals working in Cheshire's visitor economy,
which is worth over £3.9billion to the regional economy, supporting over 38k jobs. 

There are 17 categories in which you can nominate and there is an award category to suit businesses across the visitor economy sector. The winners from many of these may go on to represent Cheshire at national level at the VisitEngland Awards for Excellence 2026, to help showcase the great tourism offer that we have here in Cheshire.

For further information, including how to enter, hints and tips, deadlines, terms and conditions please go to: 

Visit Cheshire Tourism Awards 2025

APPLICATIONS DEADLINE -  Friday 22 August 2025, 4pm

The Visit Cheshire Tourism Awards ceremony will be on Thursday 6 March 2026, save the date.

We highly recommend that you view the key points to submitting an award winning nomination before you start your entry. 

To apply today, select a category below to start drafting an application:

Accessible and Inclusive Tourism Award 
Best Event or Festival (Marketing Cheshire category)
Best Tourism Marketing Project of the Year (Marketing Cheshire category) 
Business Events Venue of the Year 
Camping, Glamping and Holiday Park of the Year 
Experience of the Year 
Large Hotel of the Year 
  New Tourism Business of the Year
Pub of the Year 
Regenerative Tourism Award
Self Catering Accommodation of the Year 
Small Serviced Accommodation of the Year 
Taste of Cheshire*
Team of the Year (Marketing Cheshire category)
Unsung Hero Award 
Visitor Attraction of the Year 
Wedding Venue of the Year (Marketing Cheshire category)

* Winners of this award will be put forward for the VisitEngland Taste of England Award.

Once you have drafted your application, you must copy and paste your entry into the Openwater online portal here

Terms & Conditions

 

The * indicates where VisitEngland categories have been split into sub-categories (shown underneath) for the Visit Cheshire Tourism  Awards. If you want to enter, click on the award you wish to enter, then click to begin a new submission, then select the group e.g. Taste from the drop-down list, then at the bottom of the page select the award you wish to enter from the second drop-down list that appears.