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Revealed: Winners Of The Isle Of Wight Rural Awards 2020
By Iona Stewart-Richardson
The winners of the Isle of Wight Rural Awards 2020 have been revealed.
The overall winner of the awards - which celebrates rural work and life on the Island - was Nettlestone Farm.
But the usual presentation, which was due to take place in the summer at the Royal Isle of Wight County show, was cancelled because of coronanvirus.
The winners of the Isle of Wight Rural Awards 2020 are:
The overall Rural Tourism Business of the Year was Nettlecombe Farm, the Whitwell holiday lettings business. Jose Morris, of Nettlecombe Farm, said: “We’re delighted to have won this incredibly prestigious award. I take it as recognition of how hard all the members of our team at Nettlecombe Farm work to give our guests a unique experience during their stay with us. Nettlecombe Farm has been in my late husband John’s family for over a century, he set a culture of continuous improvement and re-investment into the land and environment which is now part of our DNA. By opening the farm to guests, visitors and educational trips we have, so far, navigated that balance. I hope that we can continue to give people a fully immersive experience of a working farm and the rural way of life for generations to come.”