Tamworth Castle scoop’s silver at Staffordshire Tourism and Good Food Awards.

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Castle staff receiving award

24 March 2025

  • Tamworth Castle awarded silver place at Staffordshire awards
  • More than 140 entries from across the county
  • Visit the castle website for details of events and admission: www.tamworth.co.uk
  • Middleport Pottery, Stoke-on-Trent
  • The Brampton Museum, Newcastle-under-Lyme
  • Dorothy Clive Garden, near Newcastle-under-Lyme 

Tamworth Borough Council are delighted to announce that Tamworth Castle has scooped silver for the Small Visitor Attraction at this year’s Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Tourism Awards.

Staffordshire's best tourism and hospitality businesses have been crowned at the 2025 ceremony which took place on Thursday 20 March where businesses from across the county gathered at the Doubletree by Hilton Stoke-on-Trent for the glittering black-tie event.

The event sponsored by University of Staffordshire, was hosted by BBC Midlands Today’s Rebecca Wood.

Following a rigorous independent judging process, over 140 entries from across the county were whittled down to help decide the shortlist of finalists in the 20 categories. 

Tamworth Castle was up against some big names for the Small Visitor Attraction award, sponsored by RH Advertising, including:

Councillor Lewis Smith, portfolio holder for people services, engagement and leisure for Tamworth Borough Council, said: “The Enjoy Staffordshire Tourism and Good Food Awards are all about celebrating our amazing hospitality and tourism businesses and the people working in them.

 

“The competition is a great way of promoting our amazing castle that consistently delivers outstanding customer experiences. 

“I’d like to congratulate all those businesses shortlisted in this year’s awards and our castle team for their hard work and dedication in making the castle an amazing place to visit.”

For more information on the castle please visit the website at: www.tamworthcastle.co.uk. 

Notes to editors:

Celebrating 11 years of Staffordshire Excellence in 2025, the Tourism Awards competition gets bigger and better every year and now attracts more entries than any other competition in the Midlands.

The competition is one of 16 affiliated to VisitEngland Awards for Excellence 2025 and the ONLY route to the national stage for Staffordshire businesses. 

The competition is open to any tourism, hospitality and leisure business in Staffordshire and is FREE to enter for eligible businesses.

Category sponsors at the 2025 Enjoy Staffordshire Tourism & Good Food Awards were University of Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent College, Shepherd PR, RH Advertising, Duchess China 1888, Trentham Estate, Staffordshire Means Business, the Staffordshire Chambers of Commerce, and We Are Staffordshire.