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Along with voting for favourites in reality television shows, the Great British public also love to vote for places they have visited on holiday. The British Travel Awards have been around since 2008 but Which? magazine, the Sunday Times Travel Magazine, Visit England, Nivea, the Daily Telegraph and TripAdvisor have also been asking the public for their opinions about their favourite holiday destinations, beaches and tourist attractions.

is Lusty Glaze in Newquay

Caerhays Estate, near St Austell, has been honoured by the

with the 2016 Garden of the Year Award.

top destination for a UK "Staycation" is Cornwall.

: 5th place Porthmeor Beach at st Ives, 6th place Fistral Beach at Newquay, 7th place Porthminster Beach at St Ives, 8th place Perranporth Beach, 16th place Porthgwidden Beach at St Ives, 18th place Porth Beach at Newquay, 19th place Crantock Beach near Newquay.

: 8th place Trevose Harbour House at St Ives, 18th place The Lookout Guesthouse at St Austell

: 14th place Trevose Harbour House at St Ives

: 16th place Trevose Harbour House at St Ives

: 20th place Trelaske Hotel and Restaurant at Looe

: 3rd - St Mary's, Isles of Scilly

to Treworgey Cottages in Looe

: Gold to Trevose Harbour House in St Ives

: Gold to Railholiday in Saltash

: Silver to The Dining Room in Rock

: Bronze to Whalesborough Cottages in Bude

: Bronze to Pebble House in Mevagissey

: Bronze to the UK's most westerly hotel, Hell Bay Hotel on the island of Bryher in the Isles of Scilly

Highly Commended awards to Padstow Touring Park (Holiday Park), the Rising Sun in Truro (Tourism Pub) and Wheal Martyn (Small Visitor Attractions)

Hell Bay Hotel, on the island of Bryher in the Isles of Scilly, has also been named the

by

and awarded a prestigious Cesar award.

Although not a Tourisn Award, it is worth mentioning that Knightor Winery near St Austell has also won a Gold Medal for their Mena Hweg (which means Sweet Hill in Cornish) in the Critics Choice category of the

.

Cornwall has held onto its crown as the Best UK Holiday Destination in the British Travel Awards for the eighth consecutive year.

The Lost Gardens of Heligan gained the gold award in the Best UK Leisure Attraction category with the Eden Project dropping to the silver award after holding the gold award for five consecutive years.

Bude retained the gold award for Best UK Coastal Resort for the second tear running.

The Eden Project has been voted their UK Attraction of the Year.

Cornwall has held onto its crown as the Best UK Holiday Destination in the British Travel Awards for the seventh consecutive year.

The Eden Project also triumphed by retaining its gold title in the Best UK Leisure Attraction category for the fifth year running.

Bude improved on their third place in 2014 year by taking the first place for Best UK Coastal Resort.

has been awarded to the National Maritime Museum Cornwall's Education Team.

include two in Cornwall - the Bedruthan Steps and the Watergate Bay, both near Newquay.

St Austell Brewery wins Best Pub Menu at

's Development Chef Awards 2015 for their Coastal Pub and Kitchen menu.

The Love Looe scheme was awarded first prize for the Best Marketing Campaign.

The Eden Project came second in a poll of favourite places in England funded by

.

Top 25 UK Beaches 2015: 5th - Porthminster Beach, St Ives; 6th - Perranporth Beach; 7th - Fistral Beach, Newquay.

Top 10 UK Islands 2015: 9th - St Mary's, Isles of Scilly

Top 25 UK Small Hotels 2015: 5th - The Tide House, St Ives

Top 25 UK B & B's and Inns 2015: 14th - West By Five Guest House, St Ives, 17th - Newmoor Park, Launceston

Top 25 Hotels for families 2015: 10th - Sands Resort and Spa, Newquay, 17th - Fowey Hall, Fowey

Top 25 UK Hotels for Service 2015: 12th - The Tide House, St Ives

is Polhawn Fort, which overlooks the sea on the Rame peninsula according to a competition run by the romance publisher, Mills and Boon

First place - Sky House, at St Agnes; Second place - The Sand House, at Portreath; Third place - The Beach Hut, at Widemouth Bay; Fourth place - Trevone Farm, near Padstow.

Cornwall is joint first as British tourist destination along with Scotland.

survey of parents with children under 16 revealed that Cornwall is third on a "must see" list behind the Lake District and Stonehenge.

The survey found parents choose to holiday in the UK over trips abroad for the natural beauty of the region (67%), to get on the beach (43%) and to be active as a family (39%).

list of the UK's ten best ice cream parlours has Perran Dairy Ice Cream Parlour in Perranporth in second place with Moomaid of Zennor in St Ives at eighth.

The Camel Trail in North Cornwall has come second in a national vote to find the

, in a poll hosted by charity Sustrans.

In the

the Eden Project won the Green category.

was won by the National Maritime Museum Cornwall.

The National Maritime Museum Cornwall was named Cornwall’s Best Museum.

Cornwall has held onto its crown as the Best UK Holiday Destination in the British Travel Awards for the sixth consecutive year.

The Eden Project also triumphed by retaining its gold title in the Best UK Leisure Attraction category for the fourth year running.

The National Maritime Museum Cornwall won silver for Best UK Heritage Attraction for a second year.

Bude added further to Cornwall’s success this year by taking the bronze award for Best UK Coastal Resort.

Judges decided the best place to spend a penny was the Cribbar, on Gover Lane in Newquay, which scooped a platinum award.

All of the toilets are graded from bronze to gold, with unacceptable toilets not graded at all.

The platinum rating is given only to outlets which offer "exceptional toilets".

In 6th place was Cornwall - the only UK destination in the Top Ten.

Top 25 UK Beaches: 3rd -

, St Ives; 5th -

; 8th -

, Newquay; 18th -

, Hayle.

Top 25 UK Small Hotels: 5th - Boskerris Hotel, St Ives

Top 25 Hotels with exceptional service: 17th - Boskerris Hotel, St Ives

Top 25 UK B&Bs and Inns: 13th - Trevose Harbour House, St Ives; 15th - No 1, St Ives

Second place in the Top 25 Small Hotels in the United Kingdom category to the Boskerris Hotel in St Ives.

Third place to the Boskerris Hotel in St Ives, fourth place to Trelaske Hotel and Restuarant at Looe and 9th place to the Scarlet Hotel at Mawgan Porth in the Top 10 Hotels for Romance - United Kingdom .

Seventh place to Pollaughan Farm at Portscatho and 21st place to Pencubitt Country House at Liskeard in the Top 25 Bargain Hotels in the United Kingdom category.

Second place to No 1 at St Ives, 18th place to the Bosanneth Hotel in Falmouth, 22nd place to the Little Leaf Guest House in St Ives and 24th place to Salt House in St Ives in the Top 25 B&Bs and Inns in the United Kingdom category.

Third place to

St Ives, 6th place to

Newquay, 13th place to

and 25th place to

near Hayle in the Top 25 Beaches - United Kingdom category.

Second place for the Sands Resort and Spa at Newquay and 8th place for The Bedruthan Hotel and Spa at Mawgan Porth in the Top 10 Hotels for Families — United Kingdom category.

The Rashleigh Arms at Charlestown, St Austell was Highly Recommended in the Tourism Pub of the Year category.

Trethem Mill Touring Park, St Just In Roseland was the Silver Winner in the Caravan Holiday Park category.

Bedruthan Hotel & Spa at Mawgan Porth was the Silver Winner in the Large Hotel of the Year category.

Bosinver Farm Cottages, near St Austell, was Highly Commended in the Self Catering Holiday Provider of the Year category.

The Scarlet Hotel at Mawgan Porth was Highly Commended in the Small Hotel of the Year category.

Fal River Cornwall was voted second best UK water and Lake Boat Operator, the

won gold for the best UK Leisure Attraction for the second year running and the

won bronze in the Best UK Heritage Attraction category.

Pentillie Castle & Estate at St Mellion were Gold Winners of the Bed and Breakfast / Guest Accommodation of the Year Award - Roundhouse Barn Holidays of Roseland were Highly Commended in the same category.

Gwel an Mor at Portreath was Gold Winner of the Caravan Holiday Park/Holiday Village of the Year Award.

Roundhouse Barn Holidays of Roseland were Silver Winners in the Self-Catering Holiday category.

The section of the

between Tintagel and Crackington Haven was voted Number 1 in a poll of Britain’s top 50 walks.

Cornwall is officially the top UK holiday destination for those aged 50 and over in the first

. (York was second and London was third.) 211,465 votes were cast across 53 categories.

Cornwall was voted the Best UK Holiday County or Region for the third year running, St Ives was voted the Best UK Seaside Town for the second year running and the Eden Project won gold for the Best UK Leisure Attraction.

Global Boarders of Cornwall were Silver Winners in the Best Tourism Experience category.

Bedruthan Steps Hotel and Spa were Gold Winners in the Sustainable Tourism category.

Porthminster Beach Café at St Ives were Gold Winners in the Taste of England category.

Three Cornish resorts were in the top 10 British Resorts in the

- First place going to St Ives, Second place to Newquay and 8th place to Padstow.

Five of the 15

have gone to Cornish beaches - Gold Award:

, Silver Award:

, Bronze Awards: Sennen Cove,

and Kennack Sands.

The

won the silver award for Best UK Heritage Attraction, Cornwall received the Gold award in the Best UK Holiday County or Region category and St Ives won the Gold award in the Best UK Seaside Town category.

Highly Commended for Bedruthan Steps Hotel and Spa in the Best Accommodation for the Environment.

Woodlands Country House, Padstow was a Regional Winner in the Bed and Breakfast/Guest Accommodation category.

Cornwall Classic Car Hire of Bodmin was a National Finalist in the Best Tourism Experience category.

Trethem Mill Touring Park, Roseland, Truro was the Winner of the Caravan Holiday Park category.

The Eden Project, St Austell was a Regional Winner in the Large Visitor Attraction of the Year category.

Boscrowan at Penzance was a Regional Winner in the Self Catering Holiday of the Year category.

The Cove, Maenporth Beach, Falmouth was a Regional Winner in the Taste of England category.

Cornwall took first place in the Favourite UK Country Escape in the

2010.

Cornwall is officially the most scenic county in Britain, taking 65% of the vote in a survey commissioned by

.

A

put Newquay (6th) and St Ives (8th) into the top ten favourite seaside towns.

Cornwall received the Gold award in the Best UK Holiday County or Region category.

National Maritime Museum, Falmouth was a Regional Winner in the Large Visitor Attraction of the Year category

Cornwall received the Bronze award in the Best UK Holiday County or Region category.

Highly Commended for Bedruthan Steps Hotel in the Best Large Hotel (more than 50 rooms) in the World category.

Highly Commended for The Trelowarren Estate (near Camborne) in the Best for Innovation or Technology category.