This year’s judges had a tough job sifting through more than 30,000 entries. Readers were eager to show their appreciation for the independent shops making a difference up and down the country. Today we reveal the 10 winning shops
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Thousands of nominations have been considered and we’ve whittled the competition down to a shortlist of 100 and sent our judges out on the road to shop
We received 30,288 nominations in this year’s contest and now the judges will select the shops that will go forward to the shortlist
You have until midnight to nominate your favourite haunts for Best Shops 2016
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