Farletonview Fishery and Tea Room, at Crooklands near Carnforth, has won a regional Rural Enterprise Award in the fifth annual Countryside Alliance Awards.

It will now go forward to the grand final in London next month.
Judges said the fishery was "warm and welcoming" and "great farm diversification".

Run by Christine Robinson, her son Simon and his wife Julie, Farletonview was set up seven years ago.

The fishery takes part in an annual drive to bring anglers to Cumbria and lays on lessons and casting clinics to tempt people in.

There is also a tea shop serving home-made local produce, as well as a caravan park and plant nursery.

Christine said: "We are just a family business which diversified to employ the family and luckily it worked out well for us.

"I think people like it because it's friendly. We are very lucky and we just hope it continues."

A Calder Vale business has scooped a special award as part of a project to develop Lancashire as a green tourism county.

Caldertop Cottage self-catering holiday accommodation won gold in the national Green Tourism Business Awards.

The green-thinking business had to meet a rigorous set of criteria, covering a range of areas like energy and water efficiency, waste management and biodiversity.

Owner Alison Kelsall changed the electricity supply to a green energy tariff, with all electricity used matched with electricity from renewable sources such as wind and water.

This 'green' energy is then supplied to the National Grid, which in turn supplies other households.

Free range hens obtained through the Battery Hen Welfare Trust roam around the farm, with some eggs being given to guests in their welcome basket.

Alison is also committed to working closely with Lancashire County Council's Countryside Service and the RSPB to manage their land and hedgerows for local wildlife. "Becoming involved in the Green Tourism Business Scheme has helped us educate our guests about a sustainable way of living," Alison said.

"We're very fortunate to live in such a beautiful part of the country and we want our guests to appreciate it too."