THE PETERSFIELD AWARDS
CELEBRATING OUR LOCAL HEROES IN 2026
THE AWARDS CEREMONY WILL TAKE PLACE FRIDAY 23rd OCTOBER
AWESOME EVENT SPONSOR
Recognising the awesome in Petersfield. Have your say and vote today!
Celebrating our local heroes and businesses of Petersfield in 2026, Petersfield Community Events are back with the event which allows us to celebrate everything and everyone awesome in Petersfield. YOU decide on who to nominate, the independent panel of judges will decide on the shortlists based on those nominations and then you once again decide on who wins these prestigious awards with ALL categories open to a public vote this year.
The nomination stage is now closed and over 400 people took the time to put forward 1,500 nominations.
The independent panel of judges have deliberated and decided on the short lists for all categories and these are listed below along with examples of why they were nominated and now all categories are open to a public vote to decide the winners. Voting will now be open until Sunday 11th October 2026 and so get those votes coming in.
The live awards ceremony evening will be held at Churcher's College on Friday 23rd October when all winners will be announced.
NOMINATION STAGE - CLOSED.
JUDGING NIGHT - JUDGED AND SHORTLISTED DECIDED.
VOTING STAGE - September until mid October when you can then vote on all categories to decide on who from the shortlists will be the winners.
Thank you for your nominations and please get voting!
Thank you to our overall event sponsor
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2025 AWARDS EVENING GALLERY
HOW DO THE PETERSFIELD AWARDS WORK?
We ask members of the public to nominate their favourite businesses for each of the 20 categories, giving their reasons for nominating.
YOU NOMINATE
CLOSED
In early August, a panel of judges go through every nomination and decide the final shortlists for each category.
JUDGE NIGHT
DECIDED
From September until mid October, members of the public can vote for their winner for each of the 20 categories - these votes decide the winners!
YOU VOTE
FROM 1 SEPT
Sponsors, shortlists, friends & family gather together for a glamorous live awards ceremony evening when all the winners are announced!
AWARDS NIGHT
23RD OCTOBER
Petersfield Community Events would like to thank the generous local businesses who have sponsored this event. Please click on their logos to visit their websites!
2B Personal Training
Asks what you want to be (fitness-wise) and in my case she is certainly delivering! Not just in results but making it enjoyable.
Daniel Jones Butchers
An exciting new business in town that combines good customer service with excellent quality produce.
Pilates Fitness Club
Created the most safe space for anyone looking to improve their fitness. Her small pilates classes make you feel so safe and well looked after.
Pottery by Noor
A lovely , creative , business with beautiful designs that promote inclusivity, diversity in the most gorgeous and subtle style
Ella Williams
Hampshire champion for women’s artistic gymnastics and also placed 4th at regionals competing against gymnasts up to 5 years older than her.
Freya Gander
Started her pet sitting and walking business this year and has already got a fully booked summer. Customer feedback has been amazing from both humans and animals.
Jake Hird
An inspirational young man, who has struggled with a lot in life. He is now completing a college course and had to move away from his comforts.
Keira Lippiett
Written and released her first single- Hooked (Keira Kingsbury). 3000+ streams on Spotify and working on her first album. Performs at festival and gigs while studying for her GCSEs.
The Escapist
Fantastic drink selection. Always welcoming and friendly, especially when we take our daughter, relaxed atmosphere, knowledgeable staff. All round fantastic place!
The Queen's Head
Amazing and friendly staff with quick service, well kept beer, a huge range of alternative drinks and absolutely incredible atmosphere consistently.
The Square Brewery
The support of the local community and dedication to live music is incredible. Use of ‘coffee and cake’ offers means this pub is now a meeting place for retired locals, young families and everyone in between!
The Townhouse
Always a great range of Ales brewed locally, friendly staff, super atmosphere.. great venue for meeting with friends, groups and that special party!!
Daniel Jones Butchers
The service is outstanding and the quality of the meat is amazing. You can really taste the difference from what you would get at a supermarket.
Hometown Vehicle Hire
Always give awesome 5* customer service and so happy to have a local vehicle hire firm who you can trust.
Meg's
A family run amazing business. They are so friendly and have really bought the life back to Petersfield.
Pilates Fitness Club
Barbara has created a really special space with high quality teaching in a beautiful environment and the atmosphere is always friendly and supportive .
Butterflies Lingerie
Eco friendly packaging and materials used to make a lot of the products is sustainable - recycled garments/use of landfill.
Coffee Pod Creations
Eco friendly and sustainable jewellery from used coffee pods. Makes everything by hand and packages everything herself in used newspaper, to keep the eco-friendlyness of her company.
Juniper
It's so great to have a business in town who is helping to reduce the use of plastic. Being able to go and refill makes such a difference to how much I throw into the bin.
Nature Makers
Learning outside using natural items offering mindful art, craft, and play for natural wellbeing.
Clare Morphew
This lady is second to none! A year 5 teacher, does music/choir activities, she runs history club, part of the money raising team and has lunch with the children every single day without fail.
Jessica Duncan
Nothing is ever too much, she is great with all children and knows them so well as individuals. The whole class really want her to get this award as they think she is the best teacher.
Olivia Bicknell
Best teacher and directs the school Musical putting extra hours into weekends and after school to make it a great experience.
Rhiannon Jones
Not only an English teacher who helps all of her classes achieve top band grades she is a great role models who advocates for equality and is so kind hearted.
Entertainment Events
Excellent events that bring high end peformances from top class performers, while raising money for the Rosemary foundation.
Petersfield Shine Radio
Unique and knowledgeable - a caring proper local service and entertainment and now on DAB, what an achievement.
Petersfield Theatre Group
They give so much entertainment to a very high standard. Their shows are amazing and the time and dedication everyone puts in for these shows is worthy of this Award.
Winton Players
How lovely it would be for this hardworking, conistentlty peforming for the public group, to be awarded the Arts and Entertainment award in their 80th year.
Gallery No 30
Great food, friendly relaxed atmosphere. Also promotes local artists & crafters by showcasing their work.
Ginger's Cafe
Local business using local products - amazing quality food and drinks with great customer service. There to serve as soon as they could after the fire, even without a roof.
Madeleine's Kitchen
The food is delicious and on another level! They also put on evening events such as cheese tasting and full 6 course meals.
Tea Barn at DurleighMarsh
Coffee is excellent, staff are friendly and welcoming. The food! Consistently delicious cakes and the sausage rolls are the BEST!
Amy Perkins
Raised an insane amount of money for Macmillian. She trained so incredibly hard for the London Marathon alongside a full time job in policing and rehearsals for PTG.
Paul Hawes
Most remarkable achievement was completing the Marathon des Sables in Moroccovin his mid-60s making it even more inspiring while raising money for the Rosemary Foundation.
Petersfield Run Crew
Brought together runners of all abilities for friendly conversation pace 5k's for the sheer joy of running and chatting with like minded souls. All free of charge, no sign ups, no pressure.
Petersfield Women's Rugby
A safe, welcoming, inclusive space for all women from existing players, new and returning players celebrating all its members. Proud to forge the way for the women of the future.
Barkin' Fresh Dog Groomers
Always a friendly face and the staff are passionate about their job and welfare of their doggy clients.
Butterflies Lingerie
The time the ladies spend with their customers and their attention and service is outstanding putting everyone at ease while greeting them with a smile.
Petersfield Integrated Vets
Always go above and beyond, friendly, welcoming, understanding the bond between owner and beloved pet. Always happy to advise and welcomed with a smile.
Sew Creative
Just lovely, lovely staff. Nothing is too much and they've built a real community. They can never do enough making all the ladies feel so welcome and happy.
Chloe Pyatt
Setting up and chairing the new Petersfield Evening WI which now has 220 members and brought a sense of community and friendship to the women of Petersfield.
Helen Kettle
She is such a lifting spirit. I never leave her feeling sad. She works on cheering up every person she meets and fights for body positivity.
Joff & Geoff
Compères the likes of which Petersfield has never seen. They enjoy nothing more than bringing a smile or causing a groan from all. Petersfield’s answer to Ant & Dec!
Marie Penson
The heart of the salon going above and beyond to make everyone feel welcome. Her bubbly personality is infectious, always has a sparkle in her eye and a mischievous sense of humour that brightens everyone's day.
Emma Twist - Dance Off
It brings together dancers of different ages and abilities. Emma is extremely patient, talented and committed to achieving the best in her students.
Half Moon Music Festival
Best music event and with great entertainment to raise money for a much needed Rosemary Foundation.
March for Men with Kev
Bringing the town together to reinforce to our men to get tested and raise awareness about prostate cancer / issues - early detection saves lives.
SkyFest
Amazing family friendly event in the gorgeous surroundings of Sky Park Farm.
Leon Jenkins
Hampshire's youngest Sexton helping coordinate care of the cemetery and burials while also organising the big PetersField clean up.
Men's Shed
To say that it has been life changing is an under statement. I feel I am part of a community, I have made great friends and they are inclusive and happy for women to join the shed. I don't know what I would do without them.
Petersfield Free Shop
They do so much more than just save food going to landfill. They help and support local people of Petersfield.
Petersfield Women's Institute
Bringing a community of women together to grow friendships and their contributions to local charities. Their growth from Sept 2024 has brought 220 members together.
Hector's Clothing
They promote not only their business socially they shout out all other local independents. Special events for customers with a loyalty scheme offering discounts and they support local charities.
Jake's Toys
Always go the extra mile to ensure your shopping experience is extra special. Giving support to local charities throughout the year. Despite the threat of rent increasing and shop lifting, they persevere and remain a crucial and much loved gem to the Petersfield community.
One Tree Books
A wonderful friendly community hub of a shop that has bounced back from that horrible fire last year. Brilliant in their approach to an awful situation and received support from grateful customers. Impressive.
Sage & Salt
A very challenging year with knock backs but are going from strength to strength and the community engagement with the ‘My Happy Place’ community exhibition is really commendable!
Annie Jones
Beautiful restaurant and such friendly staff. There sharing platters are a welcome addition the fact the menu changes regularly is appealing and makes you want to visit again and again.
Fez
It is truly a special place in our community. The food is always authentic, full of rich Turkish flavour, and beautifully presented. Every meal is prepared with care and the service is always warm, welcoming, and excellent.
Miso Asia
An extensive menu that never disappoints. The food is fresh and delicious, the service is excellent and if it is your birthday, the manager even plays the guitar to sing happy birthday to you!
Sky Park Farm
Great food, local produce and steaks are cooked to perfection. Butchers counter experience is something different that nowhere else offers. Brilliant service
Catherine Stagg-Macey
Provides a space where people can return to their bodies and move through emotional process and reclaim their sovereignty in a gentle and empowering way.
Dementia Friendly Petersfield
Helping local people living with dementia. Suporting loved ones and family putting on events activities to keep the community together with love and support.
Hälsa
This is an amazing wellness business. A beautiful place too relax and they help with my mental health through meditation.
Jordan Allan - Hybrid Move
Fantastic community spirit and his clients absolutely love his sessions and extracurricular activities ie walks across the South.
Fleur Ash
An incredible young performer who plays at local events and gigs and helping young people to gain confidence in singing and playing the guitar.
Little Town Choir
More than a musical act! Their energy, passion and uplifting performances bring people together and create unforgettable moments for audiences and members alike.
Petersfield Youth Theatre
Amazing production of Cats last Christmas. So good for the community and we are so lucky to have such an incredible youth programme available in our town.
Two Colours Ukranian Choir
The awesome ladies of the choir embodies bravery, cultural pride, and community spirit.
Matt Currie
Efficient, polite, good value for money service. Matt always finds time to complete a job and offers good, practical advice. Highly trustworthy.
Noel Furse
A tradesperson I can trust. Always helpful, reliable and goes above and beyond and uses his initiative to ensure a job is done well.
Anthony Crouch
He is trustworthy and honest and very reliable when in need, assisting as soon as possible when you call and has even come out last minute.
Connor Crosbie
Has gone above and beyond coming in during the evenings/weekends so not to disrupt. Works to a very high standard and always tidies up after himself.
The Canopy Hair
Outstanding service! The team are passionate, skilled and genuinely care about making the customer feel good and look stunning.
The Dandy Cat
She cuts all my family’s hair, male and female, and we never leave without smiles on our faces.
The Kinsman Barber
Always really friendly. Puts my son at ease. Lovely waiting area. Well priced.
John Peter & Company
Offering a great service with their friendly and attentive staff from experienced to fledgling staff, giving everyone an opportunity in their career.
Louise Crosbie Hairdressing
Always welcoming, smiling and her skills are second to none. Excellent hairdresser who has worked in Petersfield for 15 years.
Review
Great haircutting/stying and the BEST head massage! Efficient and friendly reception; stylists who really care about what you want and a stable team which says a lot for the ethos of the salon.
The Canopy Hair
All exceptional stylists and the salon has a different feel to it. I never feel judged in there, and they listen to what I want. The drinks are always served with biscuits and at Christmas they even offer a Baileys latte or hot chocolate and mince pies. I mean, what is not to love about that!
