Bradgate Park has an embarrassment of riches for drivers taking slight detours just north of...
The counter at Two Magpies is heaped with irresistible goodies, enough to satisfy even the most...
David and Gillian, adept hosts at The Inn at Welland, have created a muted, contemporary space...
Berwick Lodge is perilously close to the M5 yet achieves something extraordinary. It lures you in...
Bunting-draped Betty Berkins could hardly feel more welcoming if your own favourite aunty ran the...
Pyne’s is a cracking farm shop and café serving excellent coffee and exceptional food – fast. The...
The Tree House Café, overlooking Hopwood Park, is so much more than a quick stop-off. It's a...
Slav and Daniela have run their well-liked café in this striking building - on the corner of Bank...
The close connection to wildlife is what attracted gardeners Emma and Stephen to start a plant...
Llandeilo is one of those places you're 'sorry-not-sorry' that more people have yet to hear...
The Courtyard Craft Centre is a lovely pop-in near Poole, brimming with interesting folk and...
A lovely farm shop and café in an old stone barn across the road from the village croquet green....
A lovely mid-way stop if travelling between London and Southampton, the Courtyard Café is tucked...
If you're in the area to visit the impressive land sculpture at Northumberlandia or the market...
If heading east along the M2 bound for Canterbury, Margate or a ferry from Dover, divert at...
Like something from a sweeping Merchant Ivory epic, Nymans is a garden lover's home for all...
If heading to Gatwick from the south east, you might well pass near Forest Row, known for its...
Large Dickensian bay windows stand either side of this café's front door, one piled with an...
We loved both the name of this shop and its motto: first with the eyes. Everything in this petite...
An 18th-century beer house turned coaching inn, The Swan is a bustling and much-loved pub at the...
The Field Kitchen is a cornucopia of delights based on the Riverford Organic Farm, so you can...
If your route doesn't take you to or through any of Scotland's traditional centres of culinary...
Yorkshire Sculpture Park is the largest sculpture park in Europe, with around 100 artworks across...
There's so much to say about Heron Farm Vineyard that we almost need to drop the little joining...
Above Innerleithen, in the heart of the Tweed valley, is Caberston Forest. Take a woodland wander...
Romsey vies for the title of England's 'prettiest market town'. Encircled by rural beauty and...
Gilks' is not 'just another garage themed café', it's the real deal. Run by Keith, Linda,...
We had to prise ourselves away from the café and farm shop at Fenton Barns, with their multitude...
The old stone walls and wooden beams welcome you to the Flintlock Inn, where log-burners and...
Whether you want to eat, play or stay, Charleton Fruit Farm awaits. With so many strings to its...
You won’t find a quirkier place to stop than this 1850s railway carriage and old double-decker...
Allington's cavernous wood-clad farm shop is an award-winning Wiltshire food hub at the gateway...
