Coast Awards

There were 4 runners' up from Thanet in this year's Coast Magazine awards: Two, The Reading Rooms and Eddie Gilbert's are teaming up to offer a special rate midweek break with a fish supper, to entice over night visitors to The Turner Contemporary. COAST MAG AWARDS The annual Coast Awards celebrate the people and places that represent all that is innovative, valuable and exciting around the British coastline. This year’s ten categories include Best Boutique Hotel by the Sea, Best-Loved Pier, Best Green Marine Campaign, Unsung Coastal Hero and the Joules Award for Best Coastal Path. Coast magazine was inundated with thousands of votes from across the UK and, searching for the very best Britain’s coast has to offer, a panel of seven experts – including TV presenter Michaela Strachan, Director of The Twentieth Century Society Catherine Croft, Managing Director of Joules Tom Joule and Director of Strategy and Communications at VisitBritain Patricia Yates. The ‘Best British Beach’ and ‘Best Seaside Holiday Destination’ categories were decided on Coast reader votes alone. TV presenter Michaela Strachan awarded the winners their prizes at the Coast Awards 2011 ceremony, which was held at the Country Living Fair in London. The winners of the Coast Awards 2011, in association with Joules, are: Best British Beach – Coast readers’ voteWINNER: Holkham in NorfolkRUNNERS-UP: Studland in Dorset and Botany Bay in Kent Best Seaside Holiday Destination – Coast readers’ voteWINNER: St Ives, CornwallRUNNERS-UP: Bournemouth in Dorset and Brighton in East Sussex Best Boutique Hotel by the SeaWINNER: The Scarlet in Mawgan Porth, CornwallRUNNERS-UP: The Reading Rooms in Margate, KentThe Rosevine, near Portscatho in Cornwall Best-Loved PierWINNER: Cromer Pier in Cromer, NorfolkRUNNERS-UP: Brighton Pier in Brighton, East SussexSouthwold Pier in Southwold, Suffolk Best Coastal Pub/CaféWINNER: East Beach Café in Littlehampton, West SussexRUNNERS-UP: Hive Beach Café in Burton Bradstock, DorsetThe Lord Nelson in Southwold, Suffolk Best Seaside RestaurantWINNER: Fifteen Cornwall in Watergate Bay, CornwallRUNNERS-UP: Eddie Gilbert’s in Ramsgate, KentUrban Reef in Bournemouth, Dorset Joules Award – Best Coastal PathWINNER: Norfolk Coast PathRUNNERS-UP: Pembrokeshire Coast Path National TrailSouth West Coast Path Best Green Marine CampaignWINNER: Marine Conservation Society, BeachwatchRUNNERS-UP: Surfers Against Sewage, Blue Flag CampaignThanet Coast Project Best Seafront Cultural AttractionWINNER: The De La Warr Pavilion in Bexhill-on-Sea, East SussexRUNNERS-UP: National Maritime Museum in Falmouth, CornwallTate St Ives in St Ives, Cornwall Unsung Coastal HeroWINNER: Dan Thompson, Revolutionary Arts in Worthing, West SussexRUNNERS-UP: Dani Church, Walberswick Ferry in Southwold, Suffolk Conrad Humphreys, Blue Mile Project in Plymouth, Devon For full details of the Coast Awards 2011 check out the June issue of Coast, on sale 25 April.