For that authentic Somerset pub experience, few establishments can rival The Railway, a newly...
What do you do when your 18th-century village pub closes down? You buy and reinvent it, of...
Vegetarians and vegans, hold your horses here. Jan Wise, way ahead of the curve, has been...
Albert Beckett and his small herd arrived here from Shropshire in 1937. Three generations later,...
Wide open spaces, lakes to walk around and an enormous adventure playground (complete with...
Tebay sits amid the bracken-dabbled Cumbrian hills: the mothership of good motorway services. The...
This magnificent house on the edge of the Lake District (the ancient family home of Lord and Lady...
Family-owned Cammas Hall Farm, in the beautiful countryside of the Hertfordshire/ Essex border,...
The rambling Rothiemurchus Estate covers one of the largest remaining areas of ancient...
Chef owners Mike and Sam run this lovely village pub on the green in Barkston near Grantham, amid...
Once famously described as ‘a dream of Nirvana, almost too good to be true’ by Franklin...
Arrive early and you can watch – even help! – the beautiful Jersey cows being milked in this...
Originally a fruit farm, Lathcoats has flourished in all directions and now has a free Animal...
Joan and Nick bought Alder Carr Farm back in 1981 and set about planting various fruit and...
‘It ain’t easy being green’, said Kermit the Frog, but perhaps he had yet to find Ashlyns Farm...
The ever-hospitable Pear family, who are also behind the popular (and posh) Pecks restaurant...
A contagious enthusiasm for sustainability permeates this first-rate Flintshire farm shop. Fruit...
Cosy and inviting with iron windows, bare brick walls and wooden panelling, the café at the Emma...
Not content with being England's official Book Town (even the bus shelter has a good selection),...
We had to prise ourselves away from the café and farm shop at Fenton Barns, with their multitude...
A plant lover’s paradise. The Duchy of Cornwall Nursery has nested in a former slate quarry, a...
To discover you're going to a cow shed for lunch mightn't spark the greatest joy...until you...
Everyone needs a Blacker Hall Farm Shop on the edge of their town. With a deli, greengrocery,...
If you’re stuck in the confusion of motorways that is Manchester’s ring road system, give...
Slav and Daniela have run their well-liked café in this striking building - on the corner of Bank...
Bruton, Somerset's arty enclave, is the perfect backdrop for At the Chapel. This converted...
Landlords Simon and Mike abandoned their high-flying management jobs in banking to take on the...
Naval battles don’t usually lend their names to farms but then battleship timbers are not usually...
If you seek a friendly café as you leave the M1 for Derby or Nottingham, head to Fintons, where...
Squerryes' family motto means 'it's permitted to be joyful'. Joy isn't merely permitted at this...
Marooned in a sea of gorgeous shrubs and surrounded by emerald lawns, Fig and Olive restaurant...
From the M5, Fordmore Farm is well-placed for those delving east into the Blackdown Hills or west...