Our Awards

At Dalraddy Cottage we take our customer service, environmental concerns  and hospitality very seriously.  Detailed below are some of the many awards we have won - pretty impressive, I think you'll agree.

2018 awards

2024 Special Award SEQM ( Staffordshire Environmental Quality Mark) for over 10years of our commitment to protecting the environment and promoting Staffordshire.

2023 Awarded 4 star GOLD by Visit Britain/AA

2023 Awarded "Walkers Welcome" by Visit Britain

2023 Awarded SEQM ( Staffordshire Environmental Quality Mark for our commitment to protecting the environment and promoting Staffordshire.)

2022 Finalist in Staffordshire Tourism awards

2022 Awarded 4 star GOLD by Visit Britain/AA

2022 Awarded SEQM ( Staffordshire Environmental Quality Mark for our commitment to protecting the environment and promoting Staffordshire.)

2022 Walkers Welcome by Visit Britain/AA

2021 Awarded 4 star GOLD by Visit Britain/AA

2021 Walkers Welcome by Visit Britain/AA

2021 Awarded SEQM ( Staffordshire Environmental Quality Mark for our commitment to protecting the environment and promoting Staffordshire.)

2020 Awarded 4 star GOLD by Visit Britain Quality in Tourism for the Eleventh year running.

2020 Awarded "Walkers Welcome" by Visit Britain

2020 Good to go by Visit Britain

2019 Awarded 4 star GOLD by Visit Britain Quality in Tourism for the tenth year running.

2019 Awarded Staffordshire Environmental Quality Mark for our commitment to protecting the environment and promoting Staffordshire.

2018 Awarded GOLD Best self-catering property in Staffordshire at the Staffordshire Tourism Awards for the third year running

2018 Awarded Silver (2nd) in Sustainability at the Staffordshire Tourism awards

2018 Awarded 4 star GOLD by Visit Britain Quality in Tourism for the ninth year running.

2018 Awarded Staffordshire Environmental Quality Mark for our commitment to protecting the environment and promoting Staffordshire.

2017  Awarded GOLD in the 2017 Enjoy Staffordshire Tourism Awards for Best Self-catering property in Staffordshire for the second year running.  

2017 Awarded Highly Commended (aka 3rd place) in Enjoy Staffordshire Tourism awards for "Sustainability"

2017  Awarded 4 star GOLD by Visit Britain Quality in Tourism for the eighth year running.

2017  Sonia is now a Cannock Chase AONB Ambassador as well as a Staffordshire Ambassador.

2017 Awarded Staffordshire Environmental Quality Mark for our commitment to protecting the environment and promoting Staffordshire.

2016 Awarded GOLD in the 2016 Enjoy Staffordshire Tourism Awards for Best Self-catering property.  The businesses awarded gold will now represent Staffordshire on a national level, automatically going forward to the 2017 VisitEngland Awards for Excellence, which will be held in Spring 2017

2016 Awarded 4 star GOLD by Visit Britain Quality in Tourism for the seventh year running.

2016 Awarded Staffordshire Environmental Quality Mark for our commitment to protecting the environment and promoting Staffordshire.

2015 Awarded Highly commended (aka 3rd place) in Staffordshire Tourism awards for "Self-catering holiday provider of the year"

2015 Awarded Highly Commended (aka 3rd place) in Staffordshire Tourism awards for "Sustainability"   - impressive when we were up against organisations like Alton Towers and Drayton Manor Park!!!!  Yeah - well done us!

2015 Awarded Staffordshire Environmental Quality Mark for our commitment to protecting the environment and promoting Staffordshire.

2015 Awarded 4 star GOLD by Visit Britain Quality in Tourism for the sixth year running.

2014 Awarded Staffordshire Environmental Quality Mark for our commitment to protecting the environment and promoting Staffordshire.

2014 Awarded 4 Star GOLD by VisitBritain Quality in Tourism for the FIFTH year running

2013 Awarded Staffordshire Environmental Quality Mark for our commitment to protecting the environment and promoting Staffordshire.

2013 Awarded 4 Star GOLD by VisitBritain Quality in Tourism for the fourth year running

2012 Awarded Staffordshire Environmental Quality Mark for our commitment to protecting the environment and promoting Staffordshire.

2012 Awarded 4 Star GOLD by VisitBritain Quality in Tourism for the third year running.

2011 Awarded Staffordshire Environmental Quality Mark for our commitment to protecting the environment and promoting Staffordshire.

2011 Sonia awarded City & Guilds in Customer Service 

2011 Awarded 4 Star GOLD by VisitBritain Quality in Tourism for the second year running.

2010 Awarded 4 Star GOLD by VisitBritain Quality in Tourism. An award that only the very best achieve!

2007 - 2009 We were awarded the Silver Servicemark award from Quality at Heart which acknowledges our major commitment to providing excellent customer service. (This award is now administered on a commercial basis only and is far too expensive for us to re-enter. - rest assured that our service will continue to be excellent ) 

2007 - We were also proud to be in the top 4 for the Regional Excellence in Tourism Awards 2007 for best self-catering holiday in our region. (six areas of Birmingham, the Black Country, Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Shropshire, Staffordshire and Warwickshire). 

Welcome to Excellence award 2003 - 2011

Visit Britain 4 star self-catering award. (2003 til now)