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