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Regional Winners


Well that was FUN! The cocktail glasses were overflowing as the Muddy Stilettos Awards 2023 romped to a close last week. Cue an astonishing 77,000 businesses nominated and 800,000 votes cast in 2023. I know, bonkers!

We have always proudly run the Muddy Awards – this year supported by Lightfoots Solicitors – on the basis of being free for all businesses to take part, and on our 10th anniversary, it’s still as exciting as ever to shine a light on brilliant lifestyle indies that make our lives so much more fun and vibrant.

A whopping great THANK YOU to all of you Muddy readers who took part or voted – the Muddy Awards are nothing without you! OK enough waffling.

The Muddy Awards 2023 winners are…

ART GALLERY: Carina Haslam Art (Great Missenden)

BAR: The Keep (Wallingford)

BEAUTY SALON / CLINIC: LA Skin Studio (Olney)

BOOKSHOP: Chapter Two (Chesham)

BOUTIQUE STAY: The Five Arrows (Waddesdon)

BRIDAL STORE: Bride Like Me (Newport Pagnell)

CAFÉ: Roots (Chesham)

CHILDREN’S BUSINESS: Mimi’s Wild Wood Rangers (Slough)

DAY SPA: Spa Illuminata Danesfield House (Marlow)

DESTINATION PUB: The Greyhound Inn (Letcombe Regis)

FAMILY ATTRACTION: Cotswold Wildlife Park (Burford)

FARMSHOP / DELI: Peterley Manor Farm (Prestwood)

FITNESS INSTRUCTOR: Leah Maclean Fitness at the Farm (Frilford)

FLORIST: House of Flowers (Wantage)

HAIR SALON: Brendan O’Sullivan (Amersham)

HOTEL / INN (+ 30 ROOMS): Hartwell House (Aylesbury)

JEWELLER: Lover’s Rock (Watlington)

LIFESTYLE STORE: Last Interior Design (Haddenham)

LOCAL FOOD/DRINK PRODUCER: Skywave Gin (Bicester)

NEW LIFESTYLE START-UP: Monkey Puzzle (Thame)

RESTAURANT: The Swan Inn (Islip)

SUSTAINABLE LIFESTYLE BUSINESS: Little Karma Co (Long Crendon)

THEATRE/ARTS VENUE: Kenton Theatre (Henley on Thames)

WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER: Danielle Newton Photography (Wycombe)

WEDDING VENUE: Tip Top Venues (Newton Longville)

WOMEN’S FASHION STORE: Nephele (Bicester)

YOGA/PILATES STUDIO: Yogalina (Witney)