The luminous café alone at Ffin y Parc is worth a detour from the A5. The stately manor house...
The rambling Rothiemurchus Estate covers one of the largest remaining areas of ancient...
Once famously described as ‘a dream of Nirvana, almost too good to be true’ by Franklin...
Housed in a redbrick former cowshed, Churncote Farm Shop and Kitchen offers a characterful break...
Shropshire’s rippling hills pass through the beautiful Apley Estate – set in gorgeous...
Cocoa Skye is our most northerly find, on Scotland's east-facing coast between Dornoch and Wick....
Known as North Warwickshire's hidden gem, the glorious Middleton Hall (a Grade-II listed...
Large Dickensian bay windows stand either side of this café's front door, one piled with an...
One for the eco-minded, the Pitney Farm Café is one of just a few Soil Association-accredited...
A lovely mid-way stop if travelling between London and Southampton, the Courtyard Café is tucked...
If you're venturing cross-country between the M1 and A1(M) near Northampton, factor in a detour...
Pull in here if you’re hankering after a hot chocolate on your way through Scotland. Iain Burnett...
We loved both the name of this shop and its motto: first with the eyes. Everything in this petite...
Westerham Brewery and Tap Room may be a relative newcomer to the scene (est. 2004), but brewing...
The seaside 'Artists' Town' of Kirkcudbright (kir-coo-bree) is the Solway coast's only working...
With lawn games to borrow in the porch, flourishing gardens and a barrow selling veg and cut...
A long-held belief at the Angel and Harlequin is that good food and good company are two of...
Former city worker Deborah has waved her magic wand over Teddington Stores, transforming it from...
The unassuming car park gives little away but standing in the Clyde Valley between Lanark and...
For a small shop Carrot & Wine packs one hell of a punch. A great find in Hereford, it’s a...
A handsome, 16th-century country pub at the edge of Somerton’s octagonal market square, The White...
To discover you're going to a cow shed for lunch mightn't spark the greatest joy...until you...
The Lime Kiln Kitchen, with its deck overlooking the Kilverstone Estate's parklands, is within...
The eco-conscious will adore The Fold, a community enterprise on a rambling organic farm in the...
Marooned in a sea of gorgeous shrubs and surrounded by emerald lawns, Fig and Olive restaurant...
Whether you explore the abundant display garden or farm shop shelves or simply seize a quiet...
The evocatively named Lost Kitchen is a gift for seekers of the unusual. Housed in a traditional...
Dougie’s, The Cake Hole or however you know it, is a cracking place to break from the A1. “It...
Food lovers and organic crusaders need no introduction to Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s River...
Carmarthen is a convenient staging post if you’re heading to Pembrokeshire or on to Ireland by...
Isaac Newton made his science-enhancing discoveries at Woolsthorpe Manor (now a National Trust...
Don’t be put off by the misleading 15-minute diversion, as Bonnefirebox is around four miles...
