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 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,...
A family-run dairy farm at the edge of the Eden Valley and Lake District, people flock here for...
You’re as likely to rub shoulders with narrowboaters as landlubbers at this countryside farm...
If you're ogling counters full of pies topped with birthday greetings; multi-tiered pork pie...
This grand stately home was almost scrapped for timber in the 1920s. Imagine! Thankfully, the...
The Queen's Head pub has been restored by the Lowther family, of Askham Hall, whose masterplan is...
This magnificent house on the edge of the Lake District (the ancient family home of Lord and Lady...
A labour of love for owner Peter Stott, Larch Cottage is a rambling, theatrical beauty, a maze...
The Leeds and Liverpool Canal washes through this former weaving village, bringing with it crowds...
Cosy and inviting with iron windows, bare brick walls and wooden panelling, the café at the Emma...
The Simkin family has run their flourishing farm since 1892 with a genuine commitment to the...
Brockholes is a nature lover’s paradise with a unique, strikingly modern visitor village that...
Middleport Pottery’s café is a nostalgic find. In this canalside spot that is true to its...
Not content with being England's official Book Town (even the bus shelter has a good selection),...
‘The Fitz’ as it’s known to locals, was spruced up recently, breathing fresh life into a tired...
Swing off the M6 and into the Cheshire countryside to find the Ginger and Pickles tea-room at...
Walking and cycling routes abound in the Trough of Bowland, a wonderfully named Area of...
A pen of goats bleat for their breakfast outside Red Bank Farm Shop, while Limousin and Angus...
A dash through leafy Cheshire towards Macclesfield leads to pretty countryside and breakfast or...
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...
For delicious, freshly baked goodies, look no further than the Three Hares, run with love by...
There's something comforting about visiting a family-run business. The award-winning Dalesman...
The ever-hospitable Pear family, who are also behind the popular (and posh) Pecks restaurant...
The flat whites at The Hall, an inauspicious looking 1930’s Art Deco parish hall, have been...
Congratulations are in order - welcome to the North West's Farm Shop of the Year and the UK's...
Earthlings and would-be astronauts pull in here to be wowed by the enormous, 90m-high Lovell...
Low Sizergh is a paragon of happy animals, organic farming, community growing schemes,...
If you love glamping, you’ll love ogling Laing’s gorgeous, hand-crafted shepherd’s huts and...
