The winners of The Great Outdoors Awards 2018 were announced in the January 2019 issue. Here are the full results.
2018 RESULTS AND SHORTLISTS
Contents
- Walkers’ Pub of the Year
- Walkers’ Café or Restaurant of the Year
- Hostel or Bunkhouse of the Year
- Campsite of the Year
- Walkers’ App the Year
- Outdoor Personality of the Year
- Outdoor Book of the Year
- Campaign or Campaigner of the Year
- The Extra Mile Award
- Independent Retailer of the Year
- Online Retailer of the Year
- Chain Retailer of the Year
- Outdoor Clothing or Equipment Brand of the Year
Walkers’ Pub of the Year
- GOLD: Applecross Inn – North-west Highlands
- SILVER: Dog & Gun – Keswick, Lake District
- BRONZE: Old Dungeon Ghyll – Langdale, Lake District
- The Bear Hotel – Crickhowell
- Beckside Bar, The Glenridding Hotel – Ullswater
- The Bridges – Ratlinghope, Shropshire
- Craven Arms – Appletreewick, North Yorkshire
- The George – Keswick, Lake District
- Golden Rule – Ambleside, Lake District
- Kirkstile Inn – Loweswater, Lake District
- Old Nags Head – Edale, Peak District
- Pack Horse Inn – Crowdecote, Peak District
- Yr Wyddfa Bar – Plas y Brenin, Snowdonia
- Tan Hill Inn – Yorkshire Dales
- Tweeddale Arms – Gifford, East Lothian
Walkers’ Café or Restaurant of the Year
- GOLD: Moel Siabod Café – Capel Curig, Snowdonia
- SILVER: The Real Food Café – Tyndrum
- BRONZE: Fellpack – Keswick
- The Bealach Café – Strathcarron
- Chesters by the River – Ambleside
- Fox Tor Café – Princeton, Dartmoor
- Grindleford Station Café – Derbyshire
- Little Chamonix Café – Keswick
- The Bothy – Braemar
- The Shack – Dunfanaghy, Donegal
- Yondermann Café – Wardlow Mires, Derbyshire
- Yum Yums – Corwen
Hostel or Bunkhouse of the Year
- GOLD: YHA Borrowdale – Lake District
- SILVER: The Star Bunkhouse – Bwlch, Brecon Beacons
- BRONZE: Skyewalker Hostel – Isle of Skye
- Allt Beithe SYHA – Glen Affric
- Forest Way Bunkhouse – Ullapool
- Blackwater Hostel – Kinlochleven
- Greencarts Farm Bunkhouse – Northumberland
- Kip in the Kirk – Drymen
- Northcombe Camping Barns – Somerset
- The Golden Lion Hotel Bunkhouse – Horton in Ribblesdale
- Tra Na Rossann Hostel – Downings, Donegal
- Yr Hen Felin – Cynwyd, Denbighshire
Campsite of the Year
- GOLD: Glenbrittle Campsite – Isle of Skye
- SILVER: Castlerigg Farm – Keswick
- BRONZE: Eskdale Campsite – Lake District
- Beadnell Bay Campsite – Northumberland
- Burnbake Forest Lodges and Campsite – Studland, Dorset
- Church House Campsite – Melverley, Shropshire
- Dolgam Campsite – Capel Curig, Snowdonia
- Gwern Gof Uchaf – Ogwen Valley, Snowdonia
- North Lees Campsite – Hathersage, Derbyshire
- Seal Shore Camping – Isle of Arran
- Troutbeck Caravan and Camping Park – Lake District
- Trywyn y Wylfa – Penmaenmawr, North Wales
- Usha Gap Campsite – Muker, North Yorkshire
- Waterside House Campsite – Ullswater, Lake District
Walker’s App of the Year
- GOLD: OS Maps
- SILVER: ViewRanger
- BRONZE: Strava
- Golden Hour
- iGeology
- Komoot
- Lake District Maps Offline
- Maverick GPS Navigation
- Memory-Map
- Social Hiking
Outdoor Personality of the Year
- GOLD: Max and Paddy and Kerry Irving – hill-bagging spaniels and human companion
- SILVER: Steve Backshall – naturalist and adventurer
- BRONZE: Alan Hinkes – mountaineer, hillwalker and real ale advocate
- Alastair Humphreys – writer, adventurer and Microadventures creator
- Chris Townsend – outdoor writer and long-distance walker
- Glyn Dodwell – for inspiring the over-60s to get outside
- Hazel Strachan – multiple bagger of Munro rounds
- Laura Kennington – adventure athlete
- Lynn Robinson – first female president of the BMC
- Phoebe Smith – outdoor writer and “extreme sleeper”
- Seanna Fallon – blogger “overcoming adversity through adventures in the outdoors”
- Terry Abraham – filmmaker
Outdoor Book of the Year
- GOLD: There’s Always the Hills – Cameron McNeish
- SILVER: River Tyne Trail: Sources to Sea – Peter Donaghy and John Laidler
- BRONZE: The Mountains are Calling – Jonny Muir
- Bothy Tales – John D Burns
- Britain’s Best Small Hills – Phoebe Smith
- Capture Lakeland – James Bell
- Kinder Scout: The People’s Mountain – Ed Douglas and John Beatty
- Over the Hill at 60 Something? – Barry Holmes
- The Adventurer’s Guide to Britain – Jen and Sim Benson
- The Hidden Ways: Scotland’s Forgotten Roads – Alistair Moffat
- The Wood – John Lewis-Stempel
- Where the Wild Winds Are – Nick Hunt
Campaign or Campaigner of the Year
- GOLD: Chris Packham (naturalist) – read our interview with Chris Packham here
- SILVER: John Muir Trust (wild land charity)
- BRONZE: Friends of the Lake District (charity)
- The Alpkit Continuum Project (re-purposing textiles)
- June Davison, Campaign to Protect Pont Valley
- Katie Tunn (ocean advocate)
- Mark Avery (campaigner against grouse-shooting)
- Mend Our Mountains (fundraising campaign)
- Nick Kempe (founder, Parks Watch Scotland)
- Ordnance Survey (GetOutside campaign)
- Lizzie Carr (Plastic Patrol)
- The Dam Truth campaign (Patagonia’s campaign to protect European rivers)
- Fiona Campbell, Zip Off campaign (against Thirlmere zipwires)
The Extra Mile Award
- GOLD: Sarah Howcroft, Gift Your Gear, “Enabling thousands of young people to benefit from life changing experiences in the great outdoors, regardless of their circumstance”
- SILVER: Jason Rawles, “For taking NHS workers on free guided walks”
- BRONZE: Central Scotland Green Network, “Tirelessly working to improve access in Scotland and very responsive to questions”
- Team at the Bridge Hotel, Buttermere, “For going the extra mile and always making you welcome”
- Bowness on Windermere Tourist Information, “Always so friendly and helpful and dog friendly”
- Corwen Walking Festival, “Run by volunteers, all walks are free including evening navigation training”
- Heather Thomas-Smith, “Consistently goes beyond the call of duty in her freelance guiding company Heathery Heights”
- John Robson, “For living beyond the consequences of a chronic pain condition to regularly challenge himself and inspire others with talks in schools of his mountaineering days”
- Life Cycle UK, “For help those who are disabled or visually impaired to get into the great outdoors on bikes by utilising tandems”
- Ransome Roamers Walking Club, “A very friendly and welcoming group formed over 50 years ago, accepting anyone from the Newark community who enjoys walking”
Independent Retailer of the Year
- GOLD: Keswick Boot Company – Lake District
- SILVER: The Highland Bookshop – Fort William
- BRONZE: Craigdon Mountain Sports – Scotland
- The Brokedown Palace – Shoreditch, London
- Castleberg Outdoors – Settle
- Foothills – Sheffield
- Taunton Leisure – Taunton
- Walk Outdoors – Whitley Bay
- Braemar Mountain Sports
- Catstycam – Glenridding, Lake District
- Crickhowell Adventure – Brecon Beacons
- Cunningham’s Outdoors – Ambleside, Lake District
- Gaynor Sports – Ambleside
- Joe Brown Shop – Capel Curig, Snowdonia
- Outside – Hathersage, Peak District
Online Retailer of the Year
- GOLD: alpkit.com
- SILVER: wiggle.co.uk
- BRONZE: ordnancesurvey.co.uk
- aboveandbeyondoutdoors.com
- alpinetrek.co.uk
- backpackinglight.co.uk
- dash4it.co.uk
- foothills.co.uk
- gearpest.com
- harveymaps.co.uk
- rockrun.com
- ultralightoutdoorgear.co.uk
Chain Retailer of the Year
- GOLD: Cotswold Outdoor
- SILVER: Go Outdoors
- BRONZE: Tiso / George Fisher
- Blacks
- Decathlon
- Ellis Brigham Mountain Sports
- Hawkshead
Outdoor Clothing or Equipment Brand of the Year
- GOLD: Rab
- SILVER: Berghaus
- BRONZE: Patagonia
- Alpkit
- Arc’teryx
- Craghoppers
- Hilleberg
- Jack Wolfskin
- Montane
- Mountain Equipment
- Osprey
- Páramo
- Regatta
- Teva
