Our Awards

We currently have several awards and accreditations of which we are really proud to have achieved. You can learn more about them below.

Tripadvisor
Tripadvisor has awarded Tamworth Castle a prestigious 'Travellers Choice' award (formerly ‘Certificate of Excellence’), which is awarded to businesses and visitor attractions which consistently earn high ratings from Tripadvisor users. 

We have won this award for several years now, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025!

Take a look at reviews of Tamworth Castle on Tripadvisor!

This award puts Tamworth Castle in the top 10% of all businesses and attractions worldwide as rated by the public on Tripadvisor.

VisitEngland Awards
Tamworth Castle has retained their official approval as one of the best small visitor attractions in Staffordshire, after achieving the Visitor Attraction Quality Assurance Service accreditation; a quality assessment by VisitEngland, for the eleventh year running.

Museum Accreditation
In 2024 Tamworth Castle was awarded full Museum Accreditation status for a further five years by the Arts Council England panel.

The accreditation scheme is the UK industry standard for museums and galleries which helps everyone involved with a museum to do the right things, encouraging people to access and engage with collections and protect them for future generations. This is measured by an agreed standard in how museums manage their premises, collections and engage with visitors.

Staffordshire Tourism Award
Tamworth Castle scooped silver for the Small Visitor Attraction at the 2025 Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Tourism Awards. These are awarded to Staffordshire's best tourism and hospitality businesses. Read more about this award.

Sandford Award
The Sandford Award is the quality mark for heritage learning and validation for heritage organisations large and local, urban and rural across the UK (including the Republic of Ireland, Channel Islands and Isle of Man) that offer a formal learning programme which supports the relevant curriculum across the home countries. Recognition is also given to informal learning such as family programmes and self-guided provision. 

Learning Outside the Classroom (LOtC) Quality Badge
Tamworth Castle has been given the seal of approval for the thirteenth year running, as a quality and accredited provider of educational school trips.

The Council for Learning Outside the Classroom (LOtC) awards the Quality Badge to give assurances to schools regarding the safety and quality of off-site education and is the only accreditation scheme for all types of LOtC provision; from botanic gardens and farms; through to museums and expeditions overseas. This means that schools only need to look for one accreditation when planning visits. Read more about this accreditation.