We received a huge number of exciting nominations for the public-voted categories of this year’s awards. Now’s your chance to have a say in who wins. The full shortlists are detailed below, with links to their websites.
Voting is NOW CLOSED.
The Shortlists
Pub of the Year
- Clachaig Inn, Glen Coe
- The Dog & Gun, Keswick
- Kirkstile Inn, Loweswater
- The Lion Inn, Blakey Ridge
- Middle Ruddings Country Inn, Braithwaite
- The Old Dungeon Ghyll, Langdale
- Pen y Gwryd Hotel, Nant Gwynant
- The Sticklebarn, Langdale
- The Traveller’s Rest, Glenridding
- Twice Brewed Inn, Hadrians Wall
- The Wainwright, Keswick
- The Wasdale Head Inn, Wasdale
Café of the Year
- The Apple Pie Café & Bakery, Ambleside
- Fox Tor Café, Princetown
- Grindleford Station Cafe
- Little Chamonix Café, Keswick
- Moel Siabod Café, Capel Curig
- The Mountain Café, Aviemore
- The Oak Tree Inn, Balmaha
- The Old Smithy Tea Rooms, Monyash
- Pete’s Eats, Llanberis
- The Real Food Café, Tyndrum
- Yum Yums, Corwen
Campaign or Campaigner of the Year
- The BMC – for access campaigns and Mend our Mountains
- Fix the Fells – for maintaining the Lakeland fells
- Friends of the Lake District – for their Pylons Campaign
- #GetOutside by Ordnance Survey for their work to help more people to get outside more often
- #itsgreatoutthere – for their efforts to reach new audiences and get them outside
- John Muir Trust – for their wild land campaigns and the John Muir Award
- Mark Avery – for his campaign against driven grouse shooting
- Nick Kempe – for his work on the Parks Watch Scotland blog
- Patricia Stubbs – for her campaigning against motor traffic in Green Lanes
Personality of the Year
- Alan Hinkes – for his mountaineering achievements and ongoing devotion to the outdoors
- Alastair Humphreys – for his efforts to make adventure accessible to all
- Aleks Kashefi – for his barefoot run across Europe
- Alex Staniforth – for his walk across all the UK’s County Tops raising money for Young Minds
- Andrew White – for his television series, Walks Around Britain
- Bex Band – creator of Love Her Wild, an online community encouraging women outdoors
- Chris Townsend – for his writing about walking and gear and campaigning for wild land
- Graham Bradshaw – for his self-taught outdoor photography
- Hazel Strachan – for her ninth Munros round and her fundraising achievements
- Levison Wood – for his long-distance walks
- Nicky Spinks – for her long-distance fell-running achievements
- Phoebe Smith – for promoting wild camping and the joys of being outdoors
- Steve Backshall – for his TV broadcasts and live talks
- Terry Abraham – for his documentary films and photography
- Will Copestake – for the continuous winter round of the Corbetts
Book of the Year
- The Wainwrights in Colour by Andy Beck
- The Scottish Bothy Bible by Geoff Allan
- Chasing the Ephemeral: 50 Routes for a Successful Scottish Winter by Simon Richardson
- Dark Peak Walks by Paul Besley
- Peak District Boundary Walk by Andrew McCloy
- The Last Hillwalker by John D Burns
- The Pants of Perspective by Anna McNuff
- There Is No Map in Hell by Steve Birkinshaw
- Dry Stone Walls: History and Heritage by Angus J.L. Winchester
- Walking the Song by Hamish Brown
- Hidden Histories by Mary-Ann Ochota
- Mind of a Survivor by Megan Hine
- The January Man by Christopher Somerville
Independent Retailer of the Year
- Braemar Mountain Sports
- Catstycam, Glenridding
- Craigdon Mountain Sports
- Cunninghams Outdoors, Ambleside
- Joe Brown Shops, Snowdonia
- Keswick Boot Co.
- Let’s Run, Stokesley
- Mountainfeet, Marsden
- Needle Sports, Keswick
- Outside, Hathersage
- The Climbers Shop, Ambleside
- Whalley Warm and Dry
Chain Retailer of the Year
Online Retailer of the Year
- aboveandbeyond.co.uk
- alpinetrek.co.uk
- alpkit.com
- backpackinglight.co.uk
- basecampfood.com
- dash4it.co.uk
- sportpursuit.com
- ultralightoutdoorgear.co.uk
Brand of the Year
- Alpkit
- Berghaus
- Craghoppers
- Fjällräven
- Jöttnar
- Montane
- Mountain Equipment
- Osprey
- Páramo
- Patagonia
- Rab
- Rohan
- Scarpa
- Vango
The Extra Mile Award – NEW for 2017
- Kate Ashbrook – for her work at the Ramblers and the Open Spaces Society
- Rohan Beyts – for her fundraising and volunteering work with the John Muir Trust and for taking on Donald Trump
- Rich Collins from Curlydog – for enabling people with dementia and their carers to experience the outdoors
- The volunteer organisers of Corwen Walking Festival
- The Fix the Fells Volunteer ‘Lengthsmen’ who maintain Lakeland paths
- Llanberis and Ogwen Valley Mountain Rescue Teams
- Moors for the Future – for restoring the health and ecological diversity of our uplands
- The Mountain Bothies Association – for maintaining the bothy network
- Neil Reid and Neil Findlay – volunteer Maintenance Organisers for Corrour bothy and toilet
- Allie Pennington – the Founder of Freedom Wizard who help disabled people into the outdoors using all-terrain wheelchairs
- Walking for Health Volunteer Walk Leaders