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The Town Mayor, Yvonne Watson, attended the Coast Award 2011 prize ceremony in London on Thursday 24 March to accept the award for Best Seaside Holiday Destination on behalf on the town. TV presenter Michaela Strachan awarded the winners and runners-up their prizes held at the Country Living Fair in London.
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The annual Coast Awards, launched in 2008, were established to 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 Campaigh, 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 - TV presenter Michaela Strachan, Director of the Twentieth Century Society Catherine Croft, Managing Director of Joules Tom Joule, Restaurateur, Fishmonger, Writer and Chef Mitch Tonks, Vice President, Sustainable Markets, SeaWeb Melanie Siggs, Travel Writer Christopher Somerville and Director of Strategy and Communications at VisitBritain Patricia Yates - joined Coast Editor Clare Gogerty to sift through scores of nominees and decide eight of the ten category winners and runners-up.
The ‘Best British Beach’ and ‘Best seaside Holiday destination’ categories were decided on Coast reader votes alone.
Link for Winners of the Coast Award 2011
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Photo: Caroline Eluyemi
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