West Norfolk businesses take top spot in 2024 Muddy Stilettos Awards as winners are announced

Businesses in West Norfolk have been announced as winners in the coveted 2024 Muddy Stilettos Regional Awards

Now in their 11th year, the hotly contested awards have been announced with four independent West Norfolk businesses winning the coveted lifestyle crowns across Norfolk.

Sponsored nationally by Tide Banking, readers of the award-winning lifestyle website Muddy Stilettos have been nominating and voting in their hundreds of thousands for their favourite independent businesses.

The Rose & Crown in Harpley. Picture: Google Maps

This is across 21 different lifestyle categories – from Best Destination Pub to Yoga/Pilates Studio, Boutique Stay to Local Food/Drink producer – and shining a light on the most creative, unique indie businesses across the counties.

Reaching over 10 million people nationally in eight weeks, over 515,000 votes and nominations were cast nationwide, making it the most popular Muddy Awards to date.

Free to enter from start to finish, all the winners of Norfolk Awards were announced on https://norfolk.muddystilettos.co.uk/awards/winners/

The White Horse pub in Brancaster. Picture: Google Maps

The list of West Norfolk winners are as follows:

\- Best bar: WhataHoot in Lynn

\- Children’s Business: Hello Friends in Lynn

Chelsea McLoughlin who runs Hello Friends in Hanse House in Lynn

\- Destination Pub: The Rose & Crown in Harpley

\- Restaurant: The White Horse in Brancaster Staithe

All regional winners in WEst Norfolk, along with winners from the rest of the county and the other Muddy counties, will automatically go through to the 2024 National Awards and five businesses in each category will be picked by the Muddy Stilettos Editors to go through to the National Finals, with the ‘Best of the Best’ Winners crowned in July 2024.

WhatAHoot in King's Street, King's Lynn

Generating a great sense of community spirit, the Muddy Stilettos Awards are a great way for locals to say ‘thank you’ to their most loved indie shops, and for independent businesses to use the accolade of a Muddy Award to grow their businesses further.

Hero Brown, founder and editor-in-chief of Muddy Stilettos, said: “I set up these awards 11 years ago to give local lifestyle indies a chance to shine.

“It’s been an honour to showcase these most creative, innovative lifestyle businesses across Norfolk, in partnership with Tide Banking.

“The response to this year’s Muddy Awards has been incredible with thousands voting to support an amazing array of local businesses big and small.”

The full list of Muddy Awards 2024 Winners across all 28 counties nationally is available at https://muddystilettos.co.uk/awards/counties/