Fence Gate Lodge receives ‘Perfect Stay’ award

The Fence Gate Lodge in Pendle has won the ‘Perfect Stay’ award at the Lancashire Tourism Awards 2023. 

The category, which honours venues who offer “unrivalled facilities and an unsurpassed customer experience”, comes as a huge break for the boutique hotel as it already received this award in 2019. 

Fence Gate Lodge also has a gold star AA rating and as the winner of the ‘Perfect Stay’ award, it will now automatically be entered into the ‘VisitEngland Awards for Excellence 2023’, representing Lancashire in this category.  

The lodge was opened in 2017 as a 24-bedroom venue with suites, an apartment and a function room. Formerly, it was six cottages that were later converted to a public house. 

The winners of the Lancashire Tourism Awards 2023 were announced at a black-tie ceremony at Blackpool’s Winter Gardens with celebrity host, Steve Royle.

Kevin Berkins, owner of Fence Gate Lodge, said: “To win this award against such esteemed finalists is a great achievement and I am fiercely proud of the team that has made this happen. We pride ourselves on the unsurpassed customer journey we offer; the personal touches and attention to detail and to have this recognised by Marketing Lancashire is the cherry on top as we celebrate our 40th year in hospitality.

“Key to our vision was to create a bespoke offering that captures attention to detail and quality throughout a seamless customer journey and winning this award against such tough competition is the affirmation needed that we have achieved our goals.”

Rachel McQueen, chief executive of marketing, said: “Success in 2022 was hard fought, hard won, against, quite literally, all the odds. But successes there were, and significant ones too.

“There is absolutely no shortage of pride, passion and ambition in this room, and myself and the Marketing Lancashire team look forward to working with you to support the county’s tourism and hospitality sector to thrive.”