Our Awards
At Verdant Leisure, we pride ourselves on the exceptional standards of our parks and the customer experience for our holiday guests, this is all thanks to our incredible team at all our parks and Head Office who work tirelessly everyday.
We're absolutely delighted to have been recognised for multiple awards over the last few years. You can take a look below at just some of our fantastic achievements so far!

AA Hospitality Award
We are thrilled to have been awarded 5 Gold Stars from the AA Hospitality Awards at Golden Coast (2025), with a quality score of 91%!
The AA Hospitality Awards are the largest and best known event in the UK hospitality calendar. They celebrate the best hotels, restaurants, accommodation and individuals within the industry. 5 Gold Stars means that Golden Coast shows exceptional quality of cleanliness, service, maintenance, sustainability and customer care.

Hoseasons Diamond Award
We are proud that Viewfield Manor has received the Hoseasons Diamond Award for Best Scottish Park in the Small Parks category (2024).
This award celebrates holiday parks, recognising those that have achieved highest scores in guest satisfaction surveys and winning demonstrates the exceptional quality and customer service found at Viewfield Manor.

British Travel Awards
The British Travel Awards are one of the most prestigious awards available and we are delighted to have received multiple awards. We have been awarded the following:
- Best UK Family Company, Silver (2019 & 2020)
- Best UK Parks & Lodges Holiday Company, Gold (2020)
- Best Medium Company for UK Family Holidays, Silver (2022)
- Best Medium Company for UK Parks & Lodges Holidays, Gold (2022)
- Best Company for UK Family Holidays, Silver (2023)
- Best Company for UK Parks & Lodges Holidays, Bronze (2023)

Best Companies Awards
We have received three-star accreditation from Best Companies, which means that our employee engagement is World Class!
This is an amazing achievement, based purely on ratings from our employees.
We were named 1st Best Leisure and Hospitality Company to work for in the UK! We're also:
- 13th Best Large Company to work for in the UK
- 2nd Best Company in the North East
- 4th Best Company in Scotland
- 29th Best Company in the North West
- 32nd Best Company in South West England

TripAdvisor Travellers' Choice Awards
We are thrilled that multiple Verdant Leisure parks have been recognised by Tripadvisor in their Travellers' Choice Awards (2023).
Each year, Tripadvisor curates reviews and ratings from travellers around the world to showcase the very best in various categories, and we are proud to have received awards at:
- Riverside
- Erigmore
- Heather View

Green Tourism
We are proud to have received the Green Tourism Award. This scheme showcases businesses and attractions which demonstrate a commitment to people, places and our planet.
As a Green Tourism award holder we have confirmed our commitment to champion investment and improvement in our local communities, conserve the local economy and find new ways to reduce our footprint and help the quest to overcome excessive global warming.

Visit England & Scotland Awards
The Visit England & Scotland awards are our park ratings and we are proud that we have received 5 and 4 star awards for our holiday parks, along with Visit England's Gold Accolade for Kingfisher Holiday Park.
We also received not one but two, 4 star ratings from the Scottish tourist board. One for the small holiday park category and one for the holiday park category.
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