Not content with being England's official Book Town (even the bus shelter has a good selection),...
Pioneer has only recently flung open the doors to its new food hall and café, and it’s already a...
The Canal Quarter just east of central Lancaster is seeing some serious and ambitious cultural...
‘The Fitz’ as it’s known to locals, was spruced up recently, breathing fresh life into a tired...
A dash through leafy Cheshire towards Macclesfield leads to pretty countryside and breakfast or...
Earthlings and would-be astronauts pull in here to be wowed by the enormous, 90m-high Lovell...
This magnificent house on the edge of the Lake District (the ancient family home of Lord and Lady...
Congratulations are in order - welcome to the North West's Farm Shop of the Year and the UK's...
Beetham is a beautiful, narrow-laned, Postman Pat-styled village of stone houses on the...
Leyland’s Worden Park is a haven of mature woodlands, meadows and playgrounds. The 18th-century...
Low Sizergh is a paragon of happy animals, organic farming, community growing schemes,...
A labour of love for owner Peter Stott, Larch Cottage is a rambling, theatrical beauty, a maze...
Swing off the M6 and into the Cheshire countryside to find the Ginger and Pickles tea-room at...
Penrith stands on a route to Scotland that’s been strategically important since Roman times and...
The Leeds and Liverpool Canal washes through this former weaving village, bringing with it crowds...
If you love glamping, you’ll love ogling Laing’s gorgeous, hand-crafted shepherd’s huts and...
The Simkin family has run their flourishing farm since 1892 with a genuine commitment to the...
The ever-hospitable Pear family, who are also behind the popular (and posh) Pecks restaurant...
Greenhouses, it seems, make wonderful cafés. The Applestore fills a beautifully rustic glasshouse...
A handsome, open-armed pub just minutes from the M6. Inside is snug and easy-going: chairs and...
Sister to glamorous Askham Hall hotel and the Queen's Head pub down the road, this low,...
The Queen's Head pub has been restored by the Lowther family, of Askham Hall, whose masterplan is...
Kenyon Hall Farm, on the Cheshire and Lancashire border, has been lovingly tended by the Bulmers...
The Plough, the modern incarnation of a classic coaching inn, is a popular dining and...
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...
Walking and cycling routes abound in the Trough of Bowland, a wonderfully named Area of...
The flat whites at The Hall, an inauspicious looking 1930’s Art Deco parish hall, have been...
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...
A family-run dairy farm at the edge of the Eden Valley and Lake District, people flock here for...
Tebay sits amid the bracken-dabbled Cumbrian hills: the mothership of good motorway services. The...
