A raft of unique businesses have won hotly contested Muddy Stilettos 2021 Awards, celebrating local indie businesses across Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire.

Some 752,000 readers of the award-winning Muddy Stilettos lifestyle website voted for 75,000 businesses across 27 lifestyle categories – from Best Destination Pub to Yoga/Pilates Studio, Boutique Stay to Wedding Venue.

North Oxfordshire winners were:

ART GALLERY: Darl-E and the Bear (Woodstock)

FAMILY ATTRACTION: Blenheim Palace (Woodstock)

GARDEN DESIGNER: Nicholsons (North Aston)

BOUTIQUE STAY: The Lamb (Burford)

Oxford:

JEWELLERY STORE: Charlotte Berry (Oxford)

South Oxfordshire:

BAR: Tipsy Mercer (Abingdon)

BOOKSHOP: Mostly Books (Abingdon)

LOCAL PRODUCER (Food/drink):Nettlebed Creamery (Nettlebed)

PHOTOGRAPHER: Devine Times (Abingdon)

FLORIST: The F Word (Wallingford)

CHILDREN'S BUSINESS: Mrs Bun (Wallingford)

YOGA/PILATES INSTRUCTOR: Santosha (Wallingford).

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Hero Brown, founder and editor-in-chief of Muddy Stilettos, said: “I set up these awards eight years ago to give local lifestyle businesses a chance to shout about how brilliant they are.

"After a year of multiple lockdowns and hardships, it’s been an honour to showcase the most awesome lifestyle businesses across Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire, in partnership with our local sponsor Lightfoots Solicitors."

Muddy Stilettos is "the urban guide to the countryside" - and is the UK’s number one women’s lifestyle website for "cosmopolitan women outside London".