No quick roadside stop-off, Glenwhan Gardens and Arboretum are worthy of a half-day diversion if...
Northleach, a delightful (and mercifully comparatively quiet) Cotswold town, was once at an...
Swathed in Virginia creeper, you’ll find the Malthouse tucked away near the church in the heart...
Like something from a sweeping Merchant Ivory epic, Nymans is a garden lover's home for all...
Castle Combe is criminally pretty, which is why it’s awash with tour groups and selfie sticks....
The Sheppy family have been pressing apples here for over two hundred years and the orchard is...
Hidden in small country lanes, Churchfields is a mecca for ice-cream lovers who are drawn to its...
This long, slate-roofed former stable is now a bright farm shop and deli, designed and newly...
The Stables at Kirklevington is a new, purpose-built bistro at Town End Farm's rural riding...
For a small shop Carrot & Wine packs one hell of a punch. A great find in Hereford, it’s a...
An ideal pit stop at just a minute’s drive from the A1, and a cut above your average pub food....
With a young family keeping them busy, Ryan and Lisa sought quality coffee close to home. Drawing...
Housed in a redbrick former cowshed, Churncote Farm Shop and Kitchen offers a characterful break...
Landlords Simon and Mike abandoned their high-flying management jobs in banking to take on the...
Clare named her tea rooms after her daughter but was inspired by her mum, Eunice, to honour the...
* Under new ownership. Please check opening times ahead, particularly if going out of your way to...
When the owners' cute and curly dogs get their own intro on the menu, you know you've found...
Piled with unusual gifts, crockery, homeware, reclamation finds, greetings cards, furniture,...
If you’re stuck in the confusion of motorways that is Manchester’s ring road system, give...
The ever-hospitable Pear family, who are also behind the popular (and posh) Pecks restaurant...
It's well worth escaping the M40 for the pretty market town of Thame, at the foot of the...
This grand stately home was almost scrapped for timber in the 1920s. Imagine! Thankfully, the...
If heading east along the M2 bound for Canterbury, Margate or a ferry from Dover, divert at...
The succour of this Georgian coaching inn, set at the edge of the Marlborough Downs, is not to be...
A pen of goats bleat for their breakfast outside Red Bank Farm Shop, while Limousin and Angus...
Wentbridge is a pretty West Yorkshire village with lovely walks and a good pub. To add some...
If heading to Gatwick from the south east, you might well pass near Forest Row, known for its...
From the M5, Fordmore Farm is well-placed for those delving east into the Blackdown Hills or west...
A short distance from Cambridge, Papworth Everard stands on the old Roman highway that once...
It is rare to find such a delightful family-owned pub so close to the motorway. You walk in to an...
A magical combination of books, gifts and food, and a previous winner of Britain’s Best Small...
This is a handsome, red-gabled pub on the road to Hungerford. It's spirited too, as it was...
