Heston Blumenthal’s foray into pubs has been a riotous success, combining atmospheric, chic...
Located on the banks the River Alde, this vast complex of old Victorian maltings looks out over...
You’re not imagining things if you hear the squawk of a parrot as you walk into Laggan Stores:...
Hidden away among Worcestershire’s small country lanes, Churchfields is a mecca for ice cream...
Isabel Revill set up shop in the old stable 15 years ago with little more than a cash tin and a...
Three Trees is a family-run, mixed farm housed on what was once the Chiseldon army camp. Take a...
The enthusiasm this Flintshire farm shop has for sustainable local produce is catching....
The sprawling Essington Farm has been run by the Simkin family since 1892, selling field-fresh...
Named rather gruesomely after a bloody battle here more than 600 years ago, Battlefield 1403...
Follow a winding track through magnificent grounds to arrive at Knightshayes Court, where...
Delicious, field-fresh food is served in a rustic, wiggly-roofed Victorian stable block....
Leather sofas that could swallow you whole and roaring log-burners kicking out heat in the...
It’s worth every extra drop of fuel to make the detour to Strathaven (pronounced ‘Stray-ven’), a...
A family-run pub roosting on the green in Barkston near Grantham, The Stag is set among the...
One of just a handful of independent silk mills still operating in the UK, Beckford Mill is a...
Tabley Tea Room is an infinitely superior stop to the mediocre services at nearby Knutsford....
It’s worth skipping off the M1 and up the A5 (you can slink back at junction 20) to find this...
Isambard Brunel could scarcely have imagined that his Engine Shed at the edge of Ross on Wye...
A superb country pub with a flavour of the Wild West, the Rusty Gun is housed in a grey-painted,...
Step out of the car after a long journey and you’ll instantly be revived by the scents of roses...
You’ll find this characterful Jacobean-style gem down Cheshire’s leafy lanes, in a sea of...
Fresh from its move to swanky new premises, Monks Yard has gone up in the world. Converted cow...
Surrounded by fields and backed by the rearing embankment of the Weald Park hill fort, Calcott...
An affable café-bar marooned in a 1960s shopping precinct in the thriving market town of...
The crêpes at Café au Chocolat are to die for – ‘as good as in Brittany’ one French visitor...
You’ll find The Bull Inn just outside the trendy Somerset town of Bruton. A handsome building...
Don’t be put off by its location on an industrial estate. The Milk Shed is one of the best cafés...
Wright’s Food Emporium sagely adopted the Golden Grove Arms, a former village pub, when it...
Brockholes is a nature lover’s paradise on the site of a (huge) former quarry. The visitor...
This red-brick, 17th-century village inn effortlessly combines old-world charm with modern...
“We only use the best ingredients, we give free smiles with every visit, we will always fuss...
A pen of goats bleat for their breakfast outside Red Bank Farm Shop, while Limousin and Angus...
