Beautiful South Awards - Gold Award
Shepherd Neame’s Visitor Centre has been rewarded for its eco-friendly efforts with the Gold Award in the Sustainable Tourism category of this year’s Beautiful South Awards.
Organised by Tourism South East, the honours recognise excellence and significant contribution to the tourism industry across the region. The Sustainable Tourism Gold Award is given to a business that demonstrates proven commitment to sustainable best practice.
One of Kent’s leading attractions, Shepherd Neame offers award-winning tours and dining experiences, and also hosts corporate and private functions including weddings in its Visitor Centre and Old Brewery Store events venue. Its eco-friendly practices include creating a new interactive display to share its green story, introducing a bigger range of recycling bins, and expanding its online booking system so the events team now works in a virtually paperless office.
VisitEngland 'Best Told Story'
Shepherd Neame’s Visitor Centre has been awarded a VisitEngland 'Best Told Story' Accolade.
The brewery has received the award in recognition of its innovative and effective tour, telling the brewery story in a way that captures the visitor’s imagination.
Shepherd Neame’s Visitor Centre is set in a beautifully-restored medieval hall house on the historic brewery site. From there, visitors join an 80 minute guided tour through the busy working brewery, to learn about the ancient art of brewing.
TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence
Shepherd Neame’s award-winning Visitor Centre has won its fourth Certificate of Excellence award from the world’s largest travel website TripAdvisor.
The award celebrates hospitality excellence and is given only to establishments which consistently achieve outstanding reviews on TripAdvisor.
Visitor Centre manager Graham Hukins said
I am delighted that the dedication and passion of our Visitor Centre team has been recognised with consistently excellent customer feedback.
