Yorkshire’s top hotels, restaurants, spas, cafes, pubs and B&Bs are to be recognised for their outstanding contributions to the region’s economy and cultural life at a prestigious awards event.
Shortlists have been chosen for the fiercely-competitive Yorkshire Post Tourism Awards following an intensive judging process.
Many of Yorkshire best-loved tourism attractions and hospitality venues are in the running for awards at the annual event alongside a vast array of smaller independent businesses, with the winners due to be revealed at an awards evening at New Dock Hall in Leeds on November 30.
Among those in the running are the likes of Castle Howard; Stockeld Park; Fountains Abbey & Studley Royal; Harewood House; York Dungeon and The Piece Hall.
The hotly-contested Best Fine Dining award underlines Yorkshire’s growing reputation as a gastronomic destination with the shortlist including Shaun Rankin at Grantley Hall, inset right; Pignut and The Hare; Yorebridge House; Grassington House; The Box Tree Restaurant; The Pheasant Hotel and Rafters Restaurant.
New categories for this year include Best Wellbeing/Spa Business; Café of the Year; Event Venue of the Year and Hidden Gem of Yorkshire, as well as a Tourism Trailblazer award.
Catherine Scott, Yorkshire Post Magazine editor, said: “Judges were blown away by the incredibly high standards of entries, which really showcased the depth of the region's strengths in food, drink and hospitality.
"Making the shortlist is a real achievement in itself and there were some incredibly tough decisions for our judges when it came to selecting the winners.
"The night itself will be a great celebration of Yorkshire’s fantastic tourism and hospitality industry.”
Industry experts from different fields made up the judging panel for this year’s awards.
Chef consultant Steph Moon, Managing Director of Cedar Court Hotels Wayne Topley and Arts Council England director Pete Massey were joined by Dr Peter Robinson, Head of Subject for Events, Tourism and Hospitality Management at Leeds Beckett University, Andrew Pawson, the CEO of Continuum Attractions, chef Jono Hawthorne and Visit North Yorkshire’s head of tourism Tony Watson.
This year’s sponsors and partners include Arts Council England, Christie & Co, Uyare and Impulse Decisions, while the charity being supported at this year’s event is the Children's Heart Surgery Fund.
Here is The Yorkshire Post Tourism Awards 2026 shortlist in full:
Accessible & Inclusive Tourism Award
Broadgate Farm Cottages; Cast; Eureka! The National Children's Museum; Harewood House Trust; Hull Truck Theatre; The Art House; York Dungeon
B&B or Guest House of the Year
Bay Tree Harrogate; Brickfields Farm B&B; Broom House at Egton Bridge; The Farrier
Best Fine Dining
Grassington House; Pignut and The Hare; Rafters Restaurant; Shaun Rankin at Grantley Hall; The Box Tree Restaurant; The Pheasant Hotel; Yorebridge House.
Best Pub Award
The Black Bull Inn, Sedbergh; The Drovers Arms Restaurant & Country Pub; The Highland Laddie; The Inn South Stainley; The Library Bar Malton; The Victoria & Commercial; The Wenlock Arms.
Best Wellbeing / Spa Business
Avalon Wellbeing; Manor Farm Spa; R1SE Urban Spa; SubRosa; The Farmhouse Treatment Rooms at Holdsworth House Hotel
Best Yorkshire Experience
City Sightseeing York; Flower Carpet; Harmonic Fields; How Stean Gorge; SEALIFE Scarborough; Stockeld Park; The Bloody Tour of York; Wizarding Afternoon Tea; York Dungeon.
Boutique Hotel of the Year (up to 50 bedrooms)
Grantley Hall; Sandburn Hall Hotel; Swinton Park Hotel; The Pheasant Hotel; Yorebridge House
Café of the Year
Birdhouse Tea Bar & Kitchen ;Empire Cafe; Kofi&Co Ltd; Swinton Bivouac Café; The Pot Still Coffee Shop at Spirit of Yorkshire Distillery; The Riverfront Cafe Bar
Cultural Event of the Year
Flower Carpet; Hull Maritime Musuem reopening celebrations; Live at The Piece Hall; Making Waves: Japanese Woodblock Print at York Art Gallery; York Pride
Event Venue of the Year
Carriageworks Theatre; Hotham Hall Estate; The Fleece Countryside Inn; York Theatre Royal
Hidden Gem of Yorkshire
Bumblebee Escapes; Catgill Farm Camping & Glamping; Elise Thomas Photography Exhibition; Pignut and The Hare; Ryedale Folk Museum; Settle Victoria Hall - Miss Victoria's Refreshment Gardens; The Feather & Beak @ Brickfields
Holiday Rental of the Year
Ashes Farm Holiday Accommodation; Broadgate Farm Cottages; Griffon Forest Holiday Lodges; Harewood Holidays; Overdale Cottage; The Mallard, Baywood Cabins; The Velveteen Bath House
Large Hotel of the Year (over 50 bedrooms)
Dakota Hotels; Hotel Indigo; York Hyatt Place & Hyatt House; Leeds Marriott Hotel; The Grand, York
Large Tourist Attraction of the Year: Over 75k visitors per year
Castle Howard; Hull Maritime Museum; Monk Park Farm; National Trust, Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal; Newby Hall & Gardens; North Yorkshire Water Park; Stockeld Park; WEB ADVENTURE PARK; York Dungeon.
Outstanding Customer Service Award
Etzison Chatziou, The Pheasant Hotel; Lia Emmerson-Taylor, Rosewall Cottage; Manor Farm Spa; The Bloody Tour of York; John Prior, Weston Hotel; York Dungeon
Small Tourist Attraction of the Year: Under 75k visitors per year
Filey Zoo; Ripon Workhouse Museum; The Art House; The Bloody Tour of York; World of James Herriot; Yorkshire Air Museum + Allied Air Forces Memorial; Yorkshire Ghost Tours.
Sustainable Tourism Award
Pignut and The Hare; SEALIFE Scarborough; Transdev; Wildcats Wild Crafts
Tourism Trailblazer
Isaac Arikawe, Grantley Hall; Mad Alice, The Bloody Tour of York; Rose German, SEALIFE Scarborough; Yasmine Clelland, Hotel Indigo, York.
To book tickets for the event or for more information, visit www.nationalworldevents.com/ypta-2026. For sponsorship enquiries, email jodie.selby@iconicmediagroup.co.uk.