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...
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...
Beetham is a beautiful, narrow-laned, Postman Pat-styled village of stone houses on the...
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...
If you're ogling counters full of pies topped with birthday greetings; multi-tiered pork pie...
Leyland’s Worden Park is a haven of mature woodlands, meadows and playgrounds. The 18th-century...
Sister to glamorous Askham Hall hotel and the Queen's Head pub down the road, this low,...
Tebay sits amid the bracken-dabbled Cumbrian hills: the mothership of good motorway services. The...
Walking and cycling routes abound in the Trough of Bowland, a wonderfully named Area of...
The Leeds and Liverpool Canal washes through this former weaving village, bringing with it crowds...
You’re as likely to rub shoulders with narrowboaters as landlubbers at this countryside farm...
Congratulations are in order - welcome to the North West's Farm Shop of the Year and the UK's...
For delicious, freshly baked goodies, look no further than the Three Hares, run with love by...
A family-run dairy farm at the edge of the Eden Valley and Lake District, people flock here for...
A labour of love for owner Peter Stott, Larch Cottage is a rambling, theatrical beauty, a maze...
Pioneer has only recently flung open the doors to its new food hall and café, and it’s already a...
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...
Kenyon Hall Farm, on the Cheshire and Lancashire border, has been lovingly tended by the Bulmers...
The Queen's Head pub has been restored by the Lowther family, of Askham Hall, whose masterplan is...
Low Sizergh is a paragon of happy animals, organic farming, community growing schemes,...
The Simkin family has run their flourishing farm since 1892 with a genuine commitment to the...
A pen of goats bleat for their breakfast outside Red Bank Farm Shop, while Limousin and Angus...
Not content with being England's official Book Town (even the bus shelter has a good selection),...
Swing off the M6 and into the Cheshire countryside to find the Ginger and Pickles tea-room at...
‘The Fitz’ as it’s known to locals, was spruced up recently, breathing fresh life into a tired...
There's something comforting about visiting a family-run business. The award-winning Dalesman...
A handsome, open-armed pub just minutes from the M6. Inside is snug and easy-going: chairs and...
The Canal Quarter just east of central Lancaster is seeing some serious and ambitious cultural...