Manor Farm Park & Woodlands, East Leake, Wins Best Large Visitor Attraction In Visit Leicester’s Leicestershire Tourism & Hospitality Awards 2025

Multi award-winning East Midlands family attraction Manor Farm Park & Woodlands has underlined its position as a great family day out near Nottingham, Leicester and Derby by being judged the Best Large Visitor Attraction in this year’s Visit Leicester Leicestershire Tourism and Hospitality Awards.

The awards, run by Visit Leicester, were presented during a gala dinner held at Leicester’s Athena venue on the 3rd December, 2025 and showcased the very best of Leicestershire’s tourism businesses, celebrating the people and the places that drive the region’s tourism offer.

Victory for Manor Farm Park & Woodlands has earned it a place in the national VisitEngland Tourism Awards finals, due to be held in the New Year.

Manor Farm Park & Woodlands Chief Operations Officer Jordan St Germain, who collected the award, said: “This is the result of a lot of hard work and dedication from the whole team, who go above and beyond to ensure that a day out with us is filled with fun memories and quality time for all our visitors”.

“We have been on a journey to grow our popularity as a tourism destination and this award goes to show how a vision can lift a company and its profile.”

As well as winning the Best Large Visitor Attraction award, Manor Farm Park &
Woodlands was also nominated in five other categories:

• Best Team
• Best Breakfast – Antlers Bistro
• Best Casual Dining – Antlers Bistro
• Best Sunday Lunch – Antlers Bistro
• Rising Star – Jordan St Germain (Chief Operations Officer)

In the last few months, the East Leake family attraction has also been chosen by respected business publication SME News, in collaboration with AI Global Media, as “Best Family Day Out 2025 – Nottinghamshire” in the prestigious Business Elite Awards. This followed a series of shortlists and wins across regional and national schemes, underlining Manor Farm Park & Woodlands’ reputation as one of the region’s leading family attractions.

It is also celebrating its first ever nominations in the annual NFAN Awards, run by the National Farm Attractions Network, which unites the farm and rural attraction industry.

Manor Farm is up for awards in the Best Event category for its World Mud Pie Championships.

It has also been nominated in the Best Food & Beverage category and for the Large Farm Park of the Year award, with winners announced at a ceremony in January 2026.

Manor Farm Park & Woodlands has also been nominated for the Attraction of the Year and Team of the Year awards in the 2025/26 Nottinghamshire Tourism Awards, with owner Glennis Robinson nominated in the Unsung Hero of the Year category.

Other recent accolades include the 2025 E2 Media Awards Winner: Family Attraction of the Year – and SME Leicestershire & Rutland Business Awards Finalists for Family Business of the Year 2025 and Business of the Year >50 Employees 2025.

Manor Farm Park & Woodlands is dedicated to environmental conservation and community engagement. The family farm park provides a range of activities and events that cater to families and nature enthusiasts alike. From seasonal attractions to educational programs, it offers a memorable and enriching experience for all visitors.

A full day out for families in the East Midlands

Manor Farm Park & Woodlands offers a full day of fun for children and grown-ups alike. It's the ultimate family friendly attraction near Nottingham, set in scenic countryside on the Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire and Derbyshire border – just over 10 minutes from the M1 motorway.

The family farm park has more than 50 different species of animals to see, woodlands to explore and both indoor and outdoor play areas to discover, including Nottinghamshire's largest indoor adventure play centre. Visitors can enjoy daily animal activities such as petting sessions and bird handling, falconry flying displays, donkey grooming at weekends and during school holidays, plus the World of Dinosaur Roar! Discovery Trail and a seasonal maize maze.

Families enjoy hot and cold food at great prices, indoor and outdoor picnic benches, pathways suitable for pushchair access and a maize maze available during the summer months. On-site dining includes Antlers Bistro at the main entrance and the Laughing Donkey Café in the Indoor Playbarn, both serving family-friendly meals, snacks and drinks.

Book your family day out: the best prices are always online – book and save £2 per person.

For further information contact:

Jordan St Germain
Chief Operations Officer
07842 349 561
[email protected]