IT WAS a good night for Somerset’s holiday parks who scooped bronze, silver and gold awards at the Bristol, Bath and Somerset Tourism Awards.

The awards were held at Somerset County Cricket Club in Taunton on November 14 where 70 trophies were presented to businesses and holiday parks across the region by Laura Rawlings from BBC Radio Bristol and Marcus Trescothick MBE.

Warren Farm Holiday Park in Brean came out on top in the Holiday Park of the Year category, winning gold.

Holiday Resort Unity in Brean narrowly missed out on gold but scooped a silver award for Access and Inclusivity with judges describing the holiday park’s new accommodation as ‘state of the art.’ Wall Eden Farm and Adventure Holidays, in East Huntspill, had a bumper night and collected three bronze awards for Access and Inclusivity, Glamping and Self Catering Business of the Year. Lympsham-based Dulhorn Farm Holiday Park collected a silver accolade for Camping and Caravanning Park of the Year.

The winners were presented with individually crafted hand inscribed awards by Will Shakspeare, from Shakspeare Glass in Langport.

Deborah Matthews, a tourism consultant, who had five clients pick up six awards collectively, said: “I was delighted to attend these awards and see so many local tourism businesses picking up awards.

“There were by far more entries from across Somerset than Bristol and Bath collectively and this can only be good news for Somerset tourism at a time where inbound tourism and the staycation are very much on the increase.

“We have a stunning area to promote along this stretch of the Somerset coast and events like this put it firmly on the map”

Sandy Glade Holiday Park in Brean also received a Highly Commended accreditation in the Holiday Park of the Year category and Eat:Festivals won gold for Tourism Event of the Year for Burnham-on-Sea Food Festival.