Stumbling across Furzey Gardens you really do feel like Mary in The Secret Garden. There's awe,...
Walking and cycling routes abound in the Trough of Bowland, a wonderfully named Area of...
Dougie’s, The Cake Hole or however you know it, is a cracking place to break from the A1. “It...
Hidden in small country lanes, Churchfields is a mecca for ice-cream lovers who are drawn to its...
Opposite the conical ‘village lock up’, this listed building’s former life as a farrier’s lends...
Middleport Pottery’s café is a nostalgic find. In this canalside spot that is true to its...
Mere is just off the A303 on the edge of the Cranborne Chase AONB, an area known for its...
Castle Donington's charming village centre, with its farmers’ market and Saxon history, is well...
Ben Watson's family has farmed Riverford's 350 hectares for 70 years, expanding into all corners...
With baskets of frothy flowers at the windows and a stately Georgian entrance, the Crown and...
Broom House Farm sits at the top of a hill looking out over the dip and roll of the countryside...
Langport belongs to Somerset’s trendy renaissance. It’s a pretty town with a long history and a...
Dorchester is the Casterbridge of Thomas Hardy's novels. Escape the madding car crowds to enjoy...
Ely is worth every minute of diversion, with its glory of a cathedral and sense of peace. In the...
If following the A21 to Hastings you'll almost trip over Eggs to Apples - a long, low-profile...
Slav and Daniela have run their well-liked café in this striking building - on the corner of Bank...
Berwick Lodge is perilously close to the M5 yet achieves something extraordinary. It lures you in...
Isaac Newton made his science-enhancing discoveries at Woolsthorpe Manor (now a National Trust...
Starting out from humble beginnings – Tablehurst began as a social enterprise in the mid-90s –...
However arduous your journey the sound of wind rustling through the reeds in the lake at...
The Canal Quarter just east of central Lancaster is seeing some serious and ambitious cultural...
Carmarthen is a convenient staging post if you’re heading to Pembrokeshire or on to Ireland by...
If you seek a friendly café as you leave the M1 for Derby or Nottingham, head to Fintons, where...
If heading to Gatwick from the south east, you might well pass near Forest Row, known for its...
Once Cullompton’s family grocer as the original signwork still proclaims, the Bakehouse is now a...
Standing proudly on Hill Road near Clevedon’s graceful Victorian pier (worth a sunset visit),...
Cholderton is a handy halfway between the South West and The Big Smoke. It's a fully organic farm...
Very little about The Arundell Hotel has changed since the days of yore, when weary travellers on...
Ice cream and milkshake lovers, hold your horses here. Painted a shade of powder blue and guarded...
On the banks the River Alde, this vast complex of old Victorian maltings looks out over a...
The succour of this Georgian coaching inn, set at the edge of the Marlborough Downs, is not to be...
The Simkin family has run their flourishing farm since 1892 with a genuine commitment to the...