A Cumbrian hotel group took home a Cumbria Tourism Award last week just a few weeks after collecting a Family Business Award.

The Lake District's only four-star town house hotel, Waterhead Boutique Hotel and Dining in Ambleside, was announced as the winner of ‘Large Hotel of the Year’ at the award ceremony held at Cartmel Racecourse.

The hotel, which is run by English Lakes Hotels Resorts & Venues, won the highest praise for offering impeccable standards of accommodation and service in the category for hotels with over 35 bedrooms.

English Lakes Hotels Resorts & Venues also recently picked up the prestigious ‘Hotel and Leisure Family Business of the year’ award at the Family Business United awards in London at the beginning of June.

Waterhead general manager Matt Stanaway, said: “It's great news to win this award and I think it's fair to say it reflects our drive to instil in our whole team a culture to be creative and excel in customer service, not only with our guests, but also suppliers and the local community. "This is a great reward for all the hard work the Waterhead team puts in around the clock throughout the working year.

“We need to ensure that the hotel keeps this up and maintains its reputation as a well-run, successful and highly valued place for Lake District visitors to come and stay.”

Now in their 14th year, the Cumbria Tourism Awards celebrate the best Cumbria has to offer, with the majority of category winners going on to represent the county at the VisitEngland Awards for Excellence in 2017.