The Simkin family has run their flourishing farm since 1892 with a genuine commitment to the...
This magnificent house on the edge of the Lake District (the ancient family home of Lord and Lady...
A dash through leafy Cheshire towards Macclesfield leads to pretty countryside and breakfast or...
A handsome, open-armed pub just minutes from the M6. Inside is snug and easy-going: chairs and...
Low Sizergh is a paragon of happy animals, organic farming, community growing schemes,...
Tebay sits amid the bracken-dabbled Cumbrian hills: the mothership of good motorway services. The...
The Queen's Head pub has been restored by the Lowther family, of Askham Hall, whose masterplan is...
‘The Fitz’ as it’s known to locals, was spruced up recently, breathing fresh life into a tired...
Brockholes is a nature lover’s paradise with a unique, strikingly modern visitor village that...
If you love glamping, you’ll love ogling Laing’s gorgeous, hand-crafted shepherd’s huts and...
The Leeds and Liverpool Canal washes through this former weaving village, bringing with it crowds...
Sister to glamorous Askham Hall hotel and the Queen's Head pub down the road, this low,...
This grand stately home was almost scrapped for timber in the 1920s. Imagine! Thankfully, the...
Greenhouses, it seems, make wonderful cafés. The Applestore fills a beautifully rustic glasshouse...
You’re as likely to rub shoulders with narrowboaters as landlubbers at this countryside farm...
For delicious, freshly baked goodies, look no further than the Three Hares, run with love by...
Not content with being England's official Book Town (even the bus shelter has a good selection),...
A family-run dairy farm at the edge of the Eden Valley and Lake District, people flock here for...
Pioneer has only recently flung open the doors to its new food hall and café, and it’s already a...
Beetham is a beautiful, narrow-laned, Postman Pat-styled village of stone houses on the...
Penrith stands on a route to Scotland that’s been strategically important since Roman times and...
The Canal Quarter just east of central Lancaster is seeing some serious and ambitious cultural...
A pen of goats bleat for their breakfast outside Red Bank Farm Shop, while Limousin and Angus...
If you're ogling counters full of pies topped with birthday greetings; multi-tiered pork pie...
The flat whites at The Hall, an inauspicious looking 1930’s Art Deco parish hall, have been...
Middleport Pottery’s café is a nostalgic find. In this canalside spot that is true to its...
There's something comforting about visiting a family-run business. The award-winning Dalesman...
The Plough, the modern incarnation of a classic coaching inn, is a popular dining and...
Cosy and inviting with iron windows, bare brick walls and wooden panelling, the café at the Emma...
Leyland’s Worden Park is a haven of mature woodlands, meadows and playgrounds. The 18th-century...
The ever-hospitable Pear family, who are also behind the popular (and posh) Pecks restaurant...
Earthlings and would-be astronauts pull in here to be wowed by the enormous, 90m-high Lovell...
