Green Flag and Green Heritage Site Accreditation status awarded once again for Poole Park and Upton Country Park, recognising the outstanding management and maintenance of these important green spaces …
Park News: Awards
Upton Country Park awarded a coveted Green Flag 2024
We are celebrating having received a coveted Green Flag Award, the international quality mark for parks and green spaces. We also retain our Green Heritage Site Accreditation, supported by Historic England, for the management of our historic features …
‘Visitor Information Service of the Year’ Award winners
We’re delighted that Upton Country Park has been awarded Silver in the Dorset Tourism Awards 2023/24 ‘Visitor Information Service of the Year’ category …
Gold Transformation and Innovation Award winners!
We couldn’t be more delighted to have been awarded Gold in the Transformation and Innovation category at the 2023 Destination Management Board Tourism Awards, placing a spotlight on our popular new Welcome Centre …
Upton Country Park awarded the coveted Green Flag Award and recognised as one of the country’s best parks
We are celebrating having received a coveted Green Flag Award, the international quality mark for parks and green spaces. We also retain our Green Heritage Site Accreditation, supported by Historic England, for the management of our historic features …
Voted a ‘South West Local Favourite’ in Fields in Trust UK’s Favourite Parks 2022
We are delighted to learn that Upton Country Park has been voted among five ‘South West Local Favourites’ in the 2022 Fields in Trust UK’s Favourite Parks 2022
Country Park Awards 2022/23
Multiple awards for the Country Park in 2022! We are very proud recipients of the Green Flag Award, Green Heritage Site Accreditation, and Tripadvisor Travellers’ Choice, recognising the hard work of the team and volunteers in maintaining it to the highest standard …
Country Park Awards 2021/22
We are very proud recipients of the Green Flag Award for 2021/22, together with the much-coveted Green Heritage Site Accreditation which recognises good management & conservation of our historic features …
Tourism Awards & Discovery Project news
The park team are delighted to have been awarded Silver in two categories at the prestigious Dorset Tourism Awards 2020: Business Events & Wedding Venue of the Year and Dog Friendly Business of the Year.
Country Park Awards 2020
Wow, multiple awards for the Country Park in 2020! Gold in the ‘Attraction of the Year’ category at the Coast with the Most Destination Awards, very proud recipients of the Green Flag Award & Green Heritage Site Accreditation, and Tripadvisor Travellers’ Choice (formerly Certificate of Excellence) …
Three Dorset Tourism Awards 2019!
The team is thrilled to announce a Gold ‘Customer Service Superstar’ award for Pete Abbott in the Tea Rooms, and Bronze trophies in the ‘Business Events & Wedding Venue of the Year’ and ‘Dog Friendly Business of the Year’ …
Awards & Weddings
We’re shortlisted in Dorset Tourism’s ‘Dog Friendly Business’ & ‘Business Events and Wedding Venue’ Awards 2019, and have just launched a new Upton House weddings website …
