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Full list of winners and entrants

The full list of the White Rose Awards 2008 including the winners and finalists by category is detailed below.

Best Newcomer to Tourism Award

Winner Ackroyd House, Holmfirth

Finalists 5 Leys Holiday Accommodation, Filey; Austwick Hall, Settle; Go Apre! Pickering; Hotel Du Vin, York; Old Coach House B&B, North Stainley; The Black Swan Tearoom and Patisserie, Helmsley.

Outstanding Customer Service Award

Winner Magna Science Adventure Centre: John Heaps, Rotherham.

Finalists Holiday Inn Royal Victoria, Tom Ellis, Sheffield; Marriott Hollins Hall Hotel and Country Club, Baildon; Thorpe Park Hotel and Spa, Keith Brooke, Leeds.

Best Tourism Experience of the Year

Winner huntfun.co.uk

Finalists Jorvik Viking Festival, York; National Coal Mining Museum for England - Santa Underground, Wakefield; Summer Wine Classic Car Hire Ltd, Holmfirth; Visit Hull and East Yorkshire Tourism Partnership - Shop Ahoy Day Trip Package, Hull.

Tourism Website of the Year

Winner Rudding Park, Harrogate

Finalists Black Sheep Brewery Visitor Centre, Masham; Lightwater Valley Attractions Ltd, North Stainley; Low Penhowe, Burythorpe; Yorkshire Air Museum, York.

Taste of Yorkshire Award

Winner The Pipe and Glass Inn, South Dalton, Beverley.

Finalists Hotel du Vin, Harrogate; Low Penhowe, Burythorpe; Outlon Hall, Oulton; The General Tarleton, Ferrensby, Knaresborough; Thorney Mire Barn B&B, Appersett, Hawes.

Sustainable Tourism Award

Winner The Deep, Hull.

Finalists Off the Rails, Settle; Starfish Accommodation, Whitby; The Devonshire Fell Restaurant with Rooms, Burnsall; The Moors National Park Centre, Danby.

Access for All Tourism Award

Winner Novotel Sheffield Centre, Sheffield.

Finalists Easthill Farm House and Gardens, Thornton-le-Dale; Field House Farm and Cottages, Bridlington; YHA Whitby, Whitby; Yorkshire Waterways Museum, Goole.

Tourist Information Service of the Year Award

Winner Wakefield Tourist Information Centre.

Finalists Holmfirth, Knaresborough, Malton, Settle, Skipton.

Business Tourism Award of the Year

Winner The Queens Hotel, Leeds.

Finalists National Media Museum, Bradford; National Railway Museum, York; Royal Armouries (International) Plc, Royal Armouries Museum, Leeds; Sheffield City Hall, Sheffield; Yorkshire South Tourism/Conference Yorkshire South, Sheffield.

Yorkshire Pub of the Year

Winner The Durham Ox, Crayke.

Finalists Blue Bell Inn Restaurant with Rooms, Weaverthorpe; Dog and Gun, Malsis; The Grouse Inn, Oldfield, Keighley; The Pipe and Glass Inn, South Dalton, Beverley, Ye Olde Sun Inn, Colton, Tadcaster.

Guest Accommodation of the Year

Winner Low Penhowe, Burythorpe.

Finalists 17 Burgate, Pickering; Clowbeck House, Croft on Tees; The Wold Cottage, Wold Newton; Thorney Mire Barn B&B, Appersett, Hawes.

Self Catering Holiday of the Year

Winner Noelles Cottages, Pickering.

Finalists Cherrygarth Cottages, Slingsby; Cottage in the Dales, West Burton; Higher Scholes Cottage, Oakworth, Hodgson's Choice, York; The Juniper, York.

Caravan Holiday Park of the Year

Winner Far Grange Park, Skipsea

Finalists Goosewood Holiday Park, Sutton on the Forest; Hollicarrs, Escrick; Lebberston Touring Park, Lebberston; Skirlington Leisure Park, Skipsea.

Hotel of the Year (up to 50 bedrooms)

Winner Dean Court hotel, York.

Finalists Holdsworth House Hotel, Halifax; Middlethorpe Hall and Spa, York; Swinton Park, Masham; The White Swan, Pickering.

Hotel of the Year (35 bedrooms and over)

Winner Thorpe Park Hotel and Spa, Leeds.

Finalists Best Western Premier Mount Pleasant Hotel, Doncaster; Crown Spa Hotel, Scarborough; Marriott Hollins Hall Hotel and Country Club, Baildon; Oulton Hall, Oulton, Leeds; Radisson SAS Hotel, Leeds.

Visitor Attraction of the Year (under 50,000 visitors)

Winner Wentworth Castle Gardens and Stainborough Park, Barnsley.

Finalists Captain Cook Memorial Museum, Whitby; DIG - An Archaeological Adventure, York; Filey Museum, Filey; Standedge Tunnel and Visitor Centre, Marsden.

Visitor Attraction of the Year (50,000 visitors and over)

Winner Harewood House, Leeds.

Finalists Lightwater Valley Theme Park, Ripon; Magna Science Adventure Centre, Rotherham; National Media Museum, Bradford; National Railway Museum, York; The Deep, Hull.





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