If you’re stuck in the confusion of motorways that is Manchester’s ring road system, give...
Always ahead of the curve, Kilnford opened its farm shop in 2011 and now flourishes in person and...
If following the A21 to Hastings you'll almost trip over Eggs to Apples - a long, low-profile...
Cosy and inviting with iron windows, bare brick walls and wooden panelling, the café at the Emma...
A dash through leafy Cheshire towards Macclesfield leads to pretty countryside and breakfast or...
Monks Yard has settled very comfortably into its peaceful new premises in the grounds of...
Leyland’s Worden Park is a haven of mature woodlands, meadows and playgrounds. The 18th-century...
A contagious enthusiasm for sustainability permeates this first-rate Flintshire farm shop. Fruit...
Wide open spaces, lakes to walk around and an enormous adventure playground (complete with...
Tredegar House and its owners and inhabitants have played an important role in the Newport...
For those heading for the Suffolk coast, Friday Street Farm Shop has to be one of your grocers of...
Blasus is a Carmarthen institution for cheese connoisseurs and oenophiles. The word means...
Standing proudly on Hill Road near Clevedon’s graceful Victorian pier (worth a sunset visit),...
The lovely Stubbings nursery provides respite from the M4 and M40 motorways. The Glasshouse...
Skirt the tulip and sunflower field at the entrance to Alison and Ian’s working farm to find this...
A lovely farm shop and café in an old stone barn across the road from the village croquet green....
A real taste of the region awaits at the friendly Hearth Café, which is a mine of north-eastern...
The folk at The Bridge were so proudly independent (and keen to join The Extra Mile) that we're...
No quick roadside stop-off, Glenwhan Gardens and Arboretum are worthy of a half-day diversion if...
It’s hard to beat ‘The Hairy Barista’ as a coffee shop name, and the same goes for the coffee...
The village of Shirehampton hugs the river Avon near Junction 18 of the M5. Just off the green is...
This cosy gastro pub in picturesque Long Whatton is a great spot for dinner or a fly-by coffee...
Spin across the Severn’s flood plain to the traditional town of Thornbury with higgledy-piggledy...
When in Salisbury, don't quench your caffeine and calorie cravings in an ordinary café: delight...
Just outside Edinburgh the 1,000-acre Dalkeith Country Park is a bucolic stop with something for...
Sometimes, you're cruising along a rural country road and come across a hive of activity. Who are...
Above Innerleithen, in the heart of the Tweed valley, is Caberston Forest. Take a woodland wander...
Grade I-listed Renishaw Hall, surrounded by award-winning Italianate gardens, has been the...
Naval battles don’t usually lend their names to farms but then battleship timbers are not usually...
Joan and Nick bought Alder Carr Farm back in 1981 and set about planting various fruit and...
The Meikleour Arms stretches our 'distance from the motorway' a tad but, with its focus on...
‘It ain’t easy being green’, said Kermit the Frog, but perhaps he had yet to find Ashlyns Farm...
