The close connection to wildlife is what attracted gardeners Emma and Stephen to start a plant...
Friends and next-door neighbours Pam and Chris set up The Station Coffee House to bring good...
The handsome khaki-green front of Fred and Ginger Coffee stands on Kings Langley’s high street....
A 15th-century coaching inn in the quintessentially English village of Dedham, the Sun Inn has an...
A plant lover’s paradise. The Duchy of Cornwall Nursery has nested in a former slate quarry, a...
Piled with unusual gifts, crockery, homeware, reclamation finds, greetings cards, furniture,...
Alice, Jack and their home-grown kitchen heroes do a fantastic job in The Orchard Kitchen, a new...
Tebay sits amid the bracken-dabbled Cumbrian hills: the mothership of good motorway services. The...
Low Sizergh is a paragon of happy animals, organic farming, community growing schemes,...
The heady, scented gardens set the Hundred House apart, encircling this eclectic Shropshire...
The magnificent 13th-century cathedral is reason alone for stopping in Dunblane, a picturesque...
Gilks' is not 'just another garage themed café', it's the real deal. Run by Keith, Linda,...
The Stables at Kirklevington is a new, purpose-built bistro at Town End Farm's rural riding...
Animal lovers and foodies will love this stop. Not only can you pick up a respectable grocery...
To discover you're going to a cow shed for lunch mightn't spark the greatest joy...until you...
This 'miniature empire' is going from strength to strength at the heart of the pretty village of...
The A4019 from the M5 brings you almost to the door of this café, whose smiling staff have hearts...
Sometimes in life, unusual combinations work: chocolate and chilli, bacon and maple syrup. On...
If you crave the homely aroma of fresh-baked bread, follow your nose off the M56 and into the...
Farm and Field is the flower-draped café at Frogmary Green Farm. Stop by for an indulgent...
The rambling Rothiemurchus Estate covers one of the largest remaining areas of ancient...
Clare named her tea rooms after her daughter but was inspired by her mum, Eunice, to honour the...
Housed in a redbrick former cowshed, Churncote Farm Shop and Kitchen offers a characterful break...
The Meikleour Arms stretches our 'distance from the motorway' a tad but, with its focus on...
The evocatively named Lost Kitchen is a gift for seekers of the unusual. Housed in a traditional...
However arduous your journey the sound of wind rustling through the reeds in the lake at...
If you're venturing cross-country between the M1 and A1(M) near Northampton, factor in a detour...
Life's too short to drink instant coffee. Enter Owens - named a 'game-changing coffee brand' - to...
Romaldkirk is one of those lovely villages where little has changed in 200 years. It sits...
Razz is one of life's colourful characters, as you'll gather on entering her friendly,...
What do you do when your 18th-century village pub closes down? You buy and reinvent it, of...
Camped in the Tern Valley, Fordhall Farm is a beacon of organic farming, taking the bold step of...
