Clough Bottom to appear on the BBC!
We’re really excited to announce that CBBC will be filming here later this month for children’s programme Ed and Oucho’s Excellent Inventions. The research team had been looking for a suitable location to design and build an invention based on an idea from local school girl Molly, aged 12. After looking around our 360 acre organic farm, they stumbled upon our cow shed - and Eureka! Ed and Oucho will be here building and filming her clever invention soon… Just hope the hairy cactus and his friend don’t scare the cows!
Winner of Self Catering Award 2009/10 in the Lancashire & Blackpool Tourist Board Tourism Awards
Clough Bottom Farm Cottages Winner of the Lancashire & Blackpool Tourist Board Self Catering Award 2009/10
On Wednesday 10th June 2009, we were invited to the Lancashire and Blackpool Tourist Board (LBTB) Tourism Awards 2009/10 awards lunch. Clough Bottom Farm Cottages was nominated for two awards this year – the Self Catering Award and the Sustainable Tourism Award, which was a great honour and wonderful recognition for what we aim to do here – provide a truly memorable holiday experience in characterful, converted cottages on our 360 acre organic working farm in the Ribble Valley. We have a strong commitment to the environment and take a more responsible approach to tourism by reducing our waste and encouraging recycling. We also encourage our guests to ’stay local, eat local, see local, buy local’ thereby reducing car journeys and supporting local businesses. This together with our range of Food from the Farm ready meals (made with our own organic and home-grown produce as well as seasonal locally-sourced produce) means that our guests get a real taste of rural Lancashire.
Despite some incredibly stiff competition in both categories this year, we are very proud to announce that we won the Self Catering Award. Radio 2’s Stuart Maconie was the Awards Presenter, and as our holiday cottages feature in his latest book ‘Stuart’s Short Stories for Short Breaks’ it was even more thrilling to have won this category.
Now it’s off to Blackpool to compete in the Self Catering category for the North West regional award. Wish us luck!