Fifteen local indie businesses have won hotly-contested awards from a leading lifestyle website.

The nominees are chosen by readers of the award-winning Muddy Stilettos  (https://muddystilettos.co.uk)  which describes itself as "the urban guide to the countryside for cosmopolitan women outside London".

There are 27 different lifestyle categories from Best Destination Pub to Yoga/Pilates Studio, Boutique Stay to Wedding Venue – and shining a light on the most creative, unique indie businesses.

75,000 businesses were nominated across the awards in total with 765,000 votes cast, making it the most popular Muddy Awards to date.

The list of Oxfordshire winners are as follows:

NORTH OXON

BEST ARTSPACE: Darl-e and the Bear (Woodstock)

BEST BOUTIQUE STAY: The Wild Rabbit (Kingham)

BEST CHILDREN’S BUSINESS: Pop (Banbury)

BEST FITNESS INSTRUCTOR: Rhys Jenkins BSC (Bicester)

MID OXON

BEST BOOKSHOP: Gulp Fiction (Oxford)

BEST FARMSHOP/DELI: The Kitchen Company (Oxford)

WEST OXON

BEST DESTINATION PUB: The Red Lion (Northmoor)

BEST FAMILY ATTRACTION: The Cotswold Wildlife Park and Gardens (Burford)

SOUTH OXON

BEST BAR: Soirée (Wallingford)

BEST HOTEL/INN: Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons (Great Milton)

BEST JEWELLER: Wendy Penrose (Shiplake)

BEST LOCAL PRODUCER (FOOD/DRINK): The Orange Bakery (Watlington)

BEST NEW LIFESTYLE START-UP: Django’s Smokehouse restaurant (Didcot)

BEST SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS: Oxford Wood Recycling (Abingdon)

BEST YOGA/PILATES STUDIO: Grace & Gravity Studio (Wallingford) 

 

All regional winners will automatically be put through to the inaugural National Muddy Stilettos Awards 2022, to be judged by experienced Muddy editors through the summer.

Five successful finalists per category will be shortlisted to go into the National Finals to be announced in September, with the ‘Best of the Best’ winners crowned in October.  

Journalist Hero Brown, founder and editor-in-chief, said: "The response to this year’s Muddy Awards has been astonishing – thousands and thousands voted giving such a fantastic boost and a well-deserved pat-on-the-back to so many. 

"I hope it will give the winning businesses even greater confidence to keep persevering, growing and being creative."

The full list of Muddy Awards 2022 Winners across 28 counties nationally is available at Muddystilettos.co.uk/Awards