Burley Manor New Forest Hampshire hotel — Image by Burley Manor

Glasses of fine English fizz were in full flow as the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Muddy Awards 2025 winners gathered together at Burley Manor Hotel in the beautiful New Forest to toast our brilliant local businesses.

Locally and nationally, the competition this year was incredible. The Muddy Awards 2025 reached over 11 million people with half a million votes and nominations cast – all culminating in another internet-breaking final.

Driving force – Partridge of Hampshire

Partridge of Hampshire BMW sponsors of the Muddy Awards 2025 Hampshire Isle of Wight Winners drinks celebration — Image: (Clockwise) Muddy Stilettos Hampshire Editor Heidi Ruge, the Partridge of Hampshire team, the BMW X3.

Pulling up in some seriously stylish BMWs and a covetable MINI Countryman (and careful not to leave the keys lying around), we were thrilled that our Muddy Awards 2025 sponsors, Partridge of Hampshire, joined in and celebrated with us.

Charge your glasses

Exton Park English sparkling wine; Muddy Awards 2025 Certificates; rose bouquet from Hampshire's Real Flower Co. — Image: (Clockwise) Exton Park English sparkling wine; Muddy Awards 2025 Certificates; rose bouquet from Hampshire’s Real Flower Co.

As corks popped, phones snapped and guests mingled, the talented team at Burley Manor served up trayfuls of seriously moreish canapés in the hotel’s rustic-luxe wedding and events barn.

Winners quaffed glasses of Exton Park Vineyard’s delicious signature reserve blend, homegrown Hampshire fizz, freshly mixed, Isle of Wight Mermaid Gin cocktails and alcohol-free Catalyse Life mineral drinks.

Fragrant, Hampshire-grown roses from The Real Flower Company’s Alresford farm scented the air. There were tasty ‘Gold-Medal’ Muddy Awards 2025 biscuits from Romsey’s Little Bee Bakery on the table to nibble on (or nab). And talented local photographer Gabby Wood was on hand to snap our Muddy Awards 2025 Winners as they posed for their celebratory pics.

Take a bow: Your Muddy Awards 2025 Winners

Muddy Hampshire Editor Heidi congratulates the 2025 Muddy Awards winners; (Right) Best Women's Fashion winners Sass and Edge, Winchester — Image: (Left) Muddy Hampshire Editor Heidi congratulates the 2025 Muddy Awards winners; (Right) Best Women’s Fashion winners Sass and Edge, Winchester.

Pilates Studio New Forest; (Right) The Grosvenor Hotel, Stockbridge. The Muddy Awards 2025 Hampshire and Isle of Wight business winners — Image: (Left) Pilates Studio New Forest; (Right) The Grosvenor Hotel, Stockbridge.

The Orange Grove, Sarisbury, Best Events Venue; Best Hair Salon, Guy Kremer Winchester. The Muddy Awards 2025 Hampshire and Isle of Wight business winners — Image: (Left) The Orange Grove, Sarisbury, Best Events Venue; (Right) Best Hair Salon, Guy Kremer Winchester.

The Muddy Awards 2025 Hampshire and Isle of Wight business winners Best Lifestyle Store, Long Barn, Alresford; (Right) Local producer, Lymington's Beaky Blinders — Image: (Left) Best Lifestyle Store, Long Barn, Alresford; (Right) Local producer, Lymington’s Beaky Blinders.

(Left) Street Croft Farmshop; (Right) Dr. Katie Hodgkinson, Best Wellbeing Business, Hampshire Health & Hormones. Muddy Awards 2025 — Image: (Left) Herriad’s Street Croft Farmshop; (Right) Dr. Katie Hodgkinson of Hampshire Health & Hormones, winner of Best Wellbeing Business.

The Muddy Awards 2025 Hampshire and Isle of Wight business winners — Image: (Left) Completely Gorgeous Beauty, Bitterne; (Right) Two Spoons Café, Fleet.

Southampton City Farm, winners of Best Family Attraction Muddy Awards Hampshire 2025 — Image: Southampton City Farm, winners of Best Family Attraction.

Image: (Left) Grounded in Southsea, winners of Best Florist. (Right) Southampton’s Baboo Ji Vegetarian Kitchen, winners of Best Casual Dining.

The Muddy Awards 2025 Hampshire and Isle of Wight business winners The Mutton at Hazeley Heath, Best Destination Pub; Skye Helen Hackett, Best Fitness Instructor — Image: (Left) The Mutton at Hazeley Heath; (Right) Best Destination Pub; Skye Helen Hackett, Best Fitness Instructor

Muddy Awards 2025 Winners’ images: Gabby Wood Photography

Huge thanks from us – and them

The Muddy Awards relies on our brilliant Muddy Stilettos readers and local business supporters – and once again you didn’t let us down. So, it’s a sincere thank you to all of you who nominated and voted and showed your support and love for local businesses in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. It’s your passion and involvement that continues to make our awards so different, personal and relevant to our communities.

Your Muddy Awards 2025 Hampshire and Isle of Wight local business winners

Here’s a refresher of our worthy Hampshire and Isle of Wight Muddy Awards Winners and Finalists for 2025. Work your way through the list of these fab companies over the next year – and enjoy!

Arts, Culture & Theatre

Hanger Farm theatre arts Wedding Venue New Forest Hampshire Minstead Trust — Image: Hanger Farm, The Minstead Trust

WINNER: Hanger Farm (Totton)

FINALISTS:

Anvil Arts (Basingstoke)

Isle of Wight Open Studios (Newport)

Sage and Salt Studio (Petersfield)

Theatre Royal Winchester (Winchester)

Bar

WINNER: Southsea Spirit (Southsea)

FINALISTS:

Cassidy’s Bar (Alton)

Gabardine Bar (Basingstoke)

Rita’s Bar & Kitchen (Southampton)

Salt Bar at Stanwell House (Lymington)

Boutique Stay

Bedroom at The Peat Spade Inn Upham — Image: The Peat Spade, Longstock; Upham Inns

WINNER: The Peat Spade Inn (Longstock)

FINALISTS:

Albert Cottage (East Cowes)

Stanwell House Hotel (Lymington)

The Mortimer Arms (Ower)

The Ropemaker (Emsworth)

Beauty Salon / Clinic

WINNER: Completely Gorgeous Beauty (Bitterne)

FINALISTS:

Baker Miller (Southsea)

Ninety-one: Heath & Beauty (Winchester)

Ta-Da! Beauty (Hartley Wintney)

The Beauty Spot at The Courtyard (Basingstoke)

Café

Waiter with food at Two Spoons Cafe Bar Fleet Hampshire — Image: Two Spoons café, Fleet

WINNER: Two Spoons (Fleet)

FINALISTS:

Dill (Alton)

Meadow (Stockbridge)

The Parlour Tearooms (Basingstoke)

The Tenth Hole (Southsea)

Casual Dining

WINNER: Baboo Ji Vegetarian Kitchen (Southampton)

FINALISTS:

Arepa 2GO (Southsea)

Hermanos (Alton)

Porters Wine & Charcuterie (Southampton)

Stripped Brasserie (Ventnor)

Children’s Business

WINNER: Little Forest Adventures (Eversley)

FINALISTS:

Dance and cheer-a-cality (Southampton)

Edith and Blanche (Southsea)

I Wanna Be Role Play Village (Romsey)

Tea & Crochet (Fareham)

Destination Pub

WINNER: The Mutton at Hazeley Heath (Hook)

FINALISTS:

The Bakers Arms (Droxford)

The Bell Inn (Bramshaw)

The Hoddington Arms (Upton Grey)

The Thomas Lord (West Meon)

Event Venue

WINNER: Orange Grove Hotel & Gardens (Warsash)

FINALISTS:

Forte Kitchen (Winchester)

Silchester Farm (Silchester)

The Barn at Avington (Winchester)

The Cart & Horses (Kings Worthy)

Family Experience

A pig in the grass at Southampton City Farm Hampshire — Image: Southampton City Farm

WINNER: Southampton City Farm (Millbrook)

FINALISTS:

Hampshire Hawk Walk (Chawton)

Isle of Wight Donkey Sanctuary (Wroxall)

The Rotherwick Patch (Rotherwick)

The Watercress Line (Alresford)

Farm Shop / Deli

WINNER: Street Croft Farm (Herriad)

FINALISTS:

Hampshire Deli & Farm Shop (Tadley)

Harvey Browns (Newport)

Newlyns Farm Shop (North Warnborough)

Thyme & Tides (Stockbridge)

Florist

WINNER: Grounded in Southsea (Southsea)

FINALISTS:

Blossom Boutique (Southsea)

Business is Blooming (Ower)

Sarah Guild Floral Design (Wickham)

Willow & Sage (Four Marks)

Hair Salon

WINNER: Guy Kremer Salon (Winchester)

FINALISTS:

Green Mango (Portsmouth)

Malone Hair (Church Crookham)

Studio K (North Warnborough)

William Guy Hairdressing (Ringwood)

Hotel

WINNER: The Grosvenor (Stockbridge)

FINALISTS:

Albion (Freshwater Bay)

Aviator (Farnborough)

Burley Manor (Burley)

Queens Hotel (Portsmouth)

Local Food / Drink Producer

WINNER: Beaky Blinders (Lymington)

FINALISTS:

Forest Edge Roasting (Lyndhurst)

Maverick Brewing Co (Kingsley)

New Forest Ice Cream (Lymington)

Penn Croft (Crondall)

Lifestyle Store

Long Barn Alresford Hampshire — Image: Long Barn, Alresford

WINNER: Long Barn (Alresford)

FINALISTS:

Bayliss & Booth (Wootton)

Coastal Remedy (Southsea)

Duxmore Botanics (Ryde)

Overton Gallery (Overton)

Restaurant

WINNER: The Aquitania at The Seaview Hotel (Seaview)

FINALISTS:

36 On the Quay (Emsworth)

Hartnett Holder & Co at Lime Wood (Lyndhurst)

Kyoto Kitchen (Winchester)

The Briny (Southsea)

Sport & Fitness Instructor

WINNER: Skye Helen Hackett, Skyefit (Holbury)

FINALISTS:

Claire Mylrea, Hart Outfit (Hartley Wintney)

Jennifer Hampton Lockhart, HaLo Health and Fitness (Dibden Purlieu)

Vanessa French, Vanessa French Fitness (Basingstoke)

Yvonne Rolfe, Y Fitness (Basingstoke)

Wellbeing Specialist

WINNER: Hampshire Health and Hormones (Southampton)

FINALISTS:

Annie Winter Nutrition (Lymington)

Fallen Willow Sauna (Cottonworth)

Herb House at Lime Wood (Lyndhurst)

Wylder Wellbeing (Mattingley)

Women’s Style

Sass and Edge boutique women's fashion Winchester Hampshire

WINNER: Sass & Edge (Winchester)

FINALISTS:

Alpaca Apparel (Brockenhurst)

Mint Tea (Winchester)

Misha UK (Overton)

Muse & Moi (Lymington)

Yoga / Pilates Studio

WINNER: Pilates Studio New Forest (Dibden Purlieu)

FINALISTS:

@theSTUDIO (Newport)

Petersfield Pilates (Petersfield)

TS Pilates (Kempshott)

Yoga Pilates Live (Oakhanger)

Fizz, clink! Hampshire and Isle of Wight Muddy Awards 2025 Winners’ party

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