Safari Park wins two awards

We are pleased to announce that we have won two awards at this year's Theme Parks UK Awards.

The awards, hosted at Thorpe Park on Thursday 19 September, is a national ceremony, recognising the best attractions, events, accommodation and rides in the industry.

The public nominate their favourite tourist attractions for 22 different categories, then a shortlist is created for public votes, which combined with the votes from a panel of expert judges decides, finalists are chosen for bronze, silver and gold awards.

Judges included Paul Kelly (Chief Executive of the British Association of Leisure Parks, Piers and Attractions) and Andy Hine MBE (Chairman - Roller Coaster Club of Great Britain). 28,652 nominations were received, with 367,441 public votes determining the winner of each category.

Out of the 38 tourist attractions nominated, 20 won awards, so it is a great achievement to have won an award in two categories.

Our Safari Lodges won the gold award for new category – Best Theme Park Lodges or Glamping and we also won the silver award for Best Theme Park with Animals.

This year, we were nominated for five awards and were up against some great competition, including from our sister parks, Drayton Manor Resort and Pleasurewood Hills.  

The awards are organised by ThemeParks-UK.com, an independent consumer guide to UK theme parks.