Earthlings and would-be astronauts pull in here to be wowed by the enormous, 90m-high Lovell...
A handsome, open-armed pub just minutes from the M6. Inside is snug and easy-going: chairs and...
Middleport Pottery’s café is a nostalgic find. In this canalside spot that is true to its...
‘The Fitz’ as it’s known to locals, was spruced up recently, breathing fresh life into a tired...
Beetham is a beautiful, narrow-laned, Postman Pat-styled village of stone houses on the...
Not content with being England's official Book Town (even the bus shelter has a good selection),...
The Canal Quarter just east of central Lancaster is seeing some serious and ambitious cultural...
Pioneer has only recently flung open the doors to its new food hall and café, and it’s already a...
Swing off the M6 and into the Cheshire countryside to find the Ginger and Pickles tea-room at...
Congratulations are in order - welcome to the North West's Farm Shop of the Year and the UK's...
Brockholes is a nature lover’s paradise with a unique, strikingly modern visitor village that...
A dash through leafy Cheshire towards Macclesfield leads to pretty countryside and breakfast or...
The Leeds and Liverpool Canal washes through this former weaving village, bringing with it crowds...
For delicious, freshly baked goodies, look no further than the Three Hares, run with love by...
The ever-hospitable Pear family, who are also behind the popular (and posh) Pecks restaurant...
This magnificent house on the edge of the Lake District (the ancient family home of Lord and Lady...
This grand stately home was almost scrapped for timber in the 1920s. Imagine! Thankfully, the...
Cosy and inviting with iron windows, bare brick walls and wooden panelling, the café at the Emma...
A family-run dairy farm at the edge of the Eden Valley and Lake District, people flock here for...
The flat whites at The Hall, an inauspicious looking 1930’s Art Deco parish hall, have been...
Sister to glamorous Askham Hall hotel and the Queen's Head pub down the road, this low,...
Kenyon Hall Farm, on the Cheshire and Lancashire border, has been lovingly tended by the Bulmers...
Tebay sits amid the bracken-dabbled Cumbrian hills: the mothership of good motorway services. The...
The Plough, the modern incarnation of a classic coaching inn, is a popular dining and...
Penrith stands on a route to Scotland that’s been strategically important since Roman times and...
A labour of love for owner Peter Stott, Larch Cottage is a rambling, theatrical beauty, a maze...
There's something comforting about visiting a family-run business. The award-winning Dalesman...
If you're ogling counters full of pies topped with birthday greetings; multi-tiered pork pie...
Walking and cycling routes abound in the Trough of Bowland, a wonderfully named Area of...
If you love glamping, you’ll love ogling Laing’s gorgeous, hand-crafted shepherd’s huts and...
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,...
