Kenyon Hall Farm, on the Cheshire and Lancashire border, has been lovingly tended by the Bulmers...
Brockholes is a nature lover’s paradise with a unique, strikingly modern visitor village that...
Piled with unusual gifts, crockery, homeware, reclamation finds, greetings cards, furniture,...
The Queen's Head pub has been restored by the Lowther family, of Askham Hall, whose masterplan is...
For those heading for the Suffolk coast, Friday Street Farm Shop has to be one of your grocers of...
Balsham’s former butcher’s shop has been at the centre of village life for more than 300 years....
The Tree House Café, overlooking Hopwood Park, is so much more than a quick stop-off. It's a...
In the historic market town of Howden, the Dickensian windows of That Tea Room set the scene for...
Not content with being England's official Book Town (even the bus shelter has a good selection),...
This book exists to bring you such first-rate finds as The Old Dairy, a rustic café on a working...
Former city worker Deborah has waved her magic wand over Teddington Stores, transforming it from...
Incongruously located on a small industrial estate, the Almond Thief has earned a fearsome...
Swathed in Virginia creeper, you’ll find the Malthouse tucked away near the church in the heart...
You won’t regret breaking the journey for this fabulous farm shop, outside which fuzzy-headed...
Castle Combe is criminally pretty, which is why it’s awash with tour groups and selfie sticks....
Yorkshire Sculpture Park is the largest sculpture park in Europe, with around 100 artworks across...
The combination of home cooking and crafts make this a cosy place to pause on your journey....
Earthlings and would-be astronauts pull in here to be wowed by the enormous, 90m-high Lovell...
Doddington Hall is a grand, late-Elizabethan mansion. Completed in 1600, it hasn't been sold or...
If following the A21 to Hastings you'll almost trip over Eggs to Apples - a long, low-profile...
Stumbling across Furzey Gardens you really do feel like Mary in The Secret Garden. There's awe,...
* This place has changed hands since we last visited and is now called Nel's at The...
The pretty Lincolnshire town of Epworth has a robust independent high street, and Tiggy’s Tea...
A labour of love for owner Peter Stott, Larch Cottage is a rambling, theatrical beauty, a maze...
An affable café-bar marooned in a 1960s shopping precinct in the thriving market town of...
However arduous your journey the sound of wind rustling through the reeds in the lake at...
Whether feasting in the café, browsing for crafts and gifts or chatting to the butcher about the...
If grand driveways that deliver you to handsome country pubs with latticed windows and original...
Farm and Field is the flower-draped café at Frogmary Green Farm. Stop by for an indulgent...
Northleach, a delightful (and mercifully comparatively quiet) Cotswold town, was once at an...
The wood-panelled Potting Shed drips with foliage and is a failsafe pit-stop on your way to or...
If you find yourself in the quaint, rural village of Cawthorne - perhaps after visiting Canon...