Best child-friendly businesses and activities in Hampshire honoured with awards

Little Ankle Biters, a Hampshire-based website that provides reviews of the best local activities for children, has announced the winners of its community-voted Business and Community Awards

This is the second year Little Ankle Biters has held the awards for Hampshire.

This year, nominations and voting hit into the thousands within the first hours of going live on their website.

Editor of Little Ankle Biters Hampshire, Louise Panton, called this response “phenomenal.”

She said: “The response we had to this year's awards, our second in Hampshire, has been phenomenal - voting for the winners was up in the thousands within the first few hours of going live! We have some amazing businesses in Hampshire and it’s great to be able to celebrate their success in this way."

Louise continued: “We would like to once again congratulate all of our amazing winners and also each of the runners up. We have learnt about some incredible local businesses through the awards and cannot wait to try them all out! Also a huge thank you to our sponsors of the Little Ankle Biters’ Awards in Hampshire, Embley Hampshire – Embley is an independent and boarding school for children aged from 2-18 years old."

To find out more, visit hants.ankle-biters.co.uk.

Below are the winners: 

Best Charity or Not for Profit Organisation

WINNER: Marvels and Meltdowns ADHD & Autism Family Centre, Portsmouth

RUNNER UP: Southampton Hospitals Charity

Best Children’s Activity Class (music, dance, drama, sensory etc)

WINNER: Baby Sensory Chichester, Havant and Petersfield

RUNNER UP: Street Beatz Dance Academy, Southampton

Best Children’s Party Entertainer

WINNER: Silly Scott, Portsmouth

RUNNER UP: Little Learners, Basingstoke

Best Children’s Party Venue

WINNER: Little Big Village, Southampton

RUNNER UP: Play Shack, Southampton

Best Children’s Sports Club

WINNER: Jessie Leigh Dance & Cheer, Gosport

RUNNER UP: Planet Education, Hampshire

Best Family Attraction

WINNER: Marwell Wildlife, Winchester

RUNNER UP: Finkley Down Farm, Andover

Marwell

Best Family Friendly Place to Eat (pub, café or restaurant)

WINNER: Sweet Peas Play Café, Fareham

RUNNER UP: The Parlour Tea Rooms, Basingstoke

Best for the Grown Ups (spas, gyms, restaurants, salons etc)

WINNER: The Alchemist, Gunwharf Quays

RUNNER UP: The Tea Party, Lee-on-the-Solent

Best Local Event

WINNER: Victorious Festival, Portsmouth

RUNNER UP: Watercress Line – Steam Illuminations, Alresford

Watercress Line

Best Local Independent Business

WINNER: Little Big Village, Southampton

RUNNER UP: Little Leaf Play Café, Petersfield

Best Museum

WINNER: Portsmouth Historic Dock Yard

RUNNER UP: Milestones, Basingstoke

Milestones

Best New Business (family-friendly business launched in last 24 months)

WINNER: Wild Wonderland, Gosport

RUNNER UP: Sparkle and Dream Teepees, Basingstoke

Best Parent Run Business

WINNER: Pop Up Play Village, Portsmouth

RUNNER UP: Bloom, Basingstoke

Best Party Supplier

WINNER: The Teepover Club, Southampton

RUNNER UP: Partycloud, Hampshire

Best Pregnancy Business or Service

WINNER: Sarah Lewis Pregnancy and Postnatal Services

RUNNER UP: Heavenly Hypnobirthing, Southampton

Best Soft Play

WINNER: Play Shack, Southampton

RUNNER UP: Wild Wonderland, Gosport

Best Theatre

WINNER: The Mayflower, Southampton

RUNNER UP: Kings Theatre, Portsmouth

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