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We’re award winning!

The Scottish Seabird Centre is proud to have won multiple awards since opening 12 years ago. We have achieved VisitScotland’s 5 stars for excellence and over 25 awards for sustainable tourism, customer service, innovation and design. We also won gold in the Green Tourism Business Scheme and the prestigious Queen's Award for Enterprise (three times: 2004, 2009 and 2013).

Our award wins include:

Queen's Award for Enterprise (Sustainable Development) 2004, 2009 and 2013. HM The Queen and HRH The Duke of Edinburgh visited the Seabird Centre in 2009 to personally present the award and tour the Centre

Gold Green Tourism Business Scheme 

Five Star VisitScotland Visitor Attraction 

Investors in People 10 years 2012

Scottish Thistle Award for Best Nature Based Experience 2012 - regional and national winners

GTBS Gold Star Best Visitor Attraction 2012

PEA Community Interest 2012

Wildlife Trusts Best New Wildlife Club 2011

Scottish Thistle Award for Marketing Initiative 2010 plus Tourism and the Environment Award

Chamber of Commerce Environmental Awareness 2009 - watch these short films on our environmental practices and Plan Green Zero

John Logie Baird Award for Innovation 2009

VisitScotland Tourism Business of the Year 2008

Scottish Enterprise Tourism Innovation Development 2004

East Lothian Business Association Business Achievement Award 2003

Civic Trust Award for contribution to quality and appearance of environment 2001

Edinburgh Evening News Business Excellence Awards 2001

Environmental Regeneration of Scotland Award 2000

ASVA Best Promotional Leaflet, Website and Marketing Awards

Finalist, Scottish Magazine Awards 2012

Finalist, East and Midlothian Chamber of Commerce Business Awards 2012

Finalist, RSPB Nature of Scotland Awards Sustainable Development Award 2012

Finalist, Scottish Charity Awards Campaign of the Year 2010

Finalist, Virgin Holiday Responsible Tourism Awards 2008

Finalist, VIBES Environmental Awards 2007

Finalist, Best Millennium Attraction (British Heritage magazine) 2001

Finalist, British Airways Tourism for Tomorrow Awards 2001

Highly Commended, British Tourism Award (British Guild of Travel Writers) 2001

Highly Commended, Scottish Thistle Awards Environmental Experience 2001

Commended, RICS 2004