It’s worth zipping off the motorway just for the fabulous views over the Cotswold foothills from...
With a young family keeping them busy, Ryan and Lisa sought quality coffee close to home. Drawing...
An 18th-century beer house turned coaching inn, The Swan is a bustling and much-loved pub at the...
The Puffing Billy is a relaxed country pub just beyond the end of the M5 at Topsham. It’s more...
Darts Farm, on the Exe estuary, is a vibrant farming, shopping and eating hub. Links to the soil...
Standing proudly on Hill Road near Clevedon’s graceful Victorian pier (worth a sunset visit),...
It's curiously more satisfying to discover a surprisingly good café in the unlikeliest of places...
You won’t regret breaking the journey for this fabulous farm shop, outside which fuzzy-headed...
You’ll see No.11’s handsome shop front – large windows painted a soft shade of sage – standing...
Spin across the Severn’s flood plain to the traditional town of Thornbury with higgledy-piggledy...
A lovely farm shop and café in an old stone barn across the road from the village croquet green....
It’s a rather unique combination, a barber and a coffee shop; owner Sue Cooper wanted to set up...
The A4019 from the M5 brings you almost to the door of this café, whose smiling staff have hearts...
The village of Shirehampton hugs the river Avon near Junction 18 of the M5. Just off the green is...
Pyne’s is a cracking farm shop and café serving excellent coffee and exceptional food – fast. The...
For that authentic Somerset pub experience, few establishments can rival The Railway, a newly...
The Sheppy family have been pressing apples here for over two hundred years and the orchard is...
Isabel Revill set up shop in her rustic stable 20 years ago, with coins for fresh asparagus...
In a building that blends into its landscape - think natural stone walls, rugged landscaping and...
You’ll feel your spirits immediately lift among the peaceful throng of flowers in Webbs’...
The eco-conscious will adore The Fold, a community enterprise on a rambling organic farm in the...
Wide open spaces, lakes to walk around and an enormous adventure playground (complete with...
From the M5, Fordmore Farm is well-placed for those delving east into the Blackdown Hills or west...
The evocatively named Lost Kitchen is a gift for seekers of the unusual. Housed in a traditional...
Once Cullompton’s family grocer as the original signwork still proclaims, the Bakehouse is now a...
An affable café-bar marooned in a 1960s shopping precinct in the thriving market town of...
One of Somerset's best local food stores, Brockley started life 80 years ago as a roadside stall...
Hidden in small country lanes, Churchfields is a mecca for ice-cream lovers who are drawn to its...
These magnificent 50 acres of garden, and the house, were a neglected secret for years after the...
It is rare to find such a delightful family-owned pub so close to the motorway. You walk in to an...
What do you do when your 18th-century village pub closes down? You buy and reinvent it, of...
Former city worker Deborah has waved her magic wand over Teddington Stores, transforming it from...
In a 15th-century former Almshouse on Axbridge's medieval square, this tea shop radiates charm....
Berwick Lodge is perilously close to the M5 yet achieves something extraordinary. It lures you in...
You’ll find lusty, home-cooked food at The Edge, a café that's celebrating its first decade on...
Rumwell is a family business that started selling potatoes at the farm gate. It's now a thriving...
Lose yourself in the aisles of the gargantuan Malt House Emporium, a two-storey warehouse that...
Hemmed in by the Malvern Hills on one side and the river Severn on the other, this pocket of...
