Hadrian's Wall Path National Trail wins Best UK Tourism Project Award.

10 November 2003

PRESS RELEASE London, 10 October 2003

The British Guild of Travel Writers is delighted to announce that Hadrian's Wall Path National Trail has won the Best UK Tourism Project award.

The Award is given in recognition of strong community and environmental benefits attached to a successful project. The winner, nominated by Anthony Lambert, meets both these criteria by spreading the tourist spend among B&Bs, pubs and shops along the length of the wall and by encouraging visitors to use public transport.

The 84-mile Path enables walkers to follow the entire length of Hadrian's Wall from coast to coast; from Wallsend on Tyneside, beside the river through Newcastle city centre, across rolling fields and rugged moorland, to the peace and solitude of the Solway estuary. Created by the Countryside Agency, with the help of the Heritage Lottery Fund, the Hadrian's Wall Path is part of a £6 million investment to make it easier for tourists see more of the area, help protect the fragile monument for future generations, and bring much-needed jobs and income to rural economies in Northumberland and Cumbria.

Isobel Coy, Head of Media & Parliamentary Affairs at The Countryside Agency collected the commemorative plaque. New for 2003 the British Guild of Travel Writers commissioned a handsome trophy to recognise the winner of the Best UK Tourism Project. Crafted from stainless steel and mounted on a Hopton Wood Derbyshire stone plinth, it was designed by Alison Counsell in Sheffield.

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For further information and for images, please contact:
Mary Anne Evans
BGTW, T: 0778 6081 274
020-7242 5222
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For Press enquiries on the Hadrian's Wall Path National Trail, contact:
Isobel Coy
Head of Media & Parliamentary Affairs
The Countryside Agency
Tel: 020 7340 2906
Mobile: 07973 94 28 92.

For media visits and attractions along the wall contact: Hilary Norton at Hadrian's Wall Tourism Partnership on 01434 602505.

Photographs of the Award Presentation are available from: www.simply-photography.co.uk. View Events.