My 332 favourite things about England
With summer on the way, Online Travel Editor Steve Keenan chooses his highly subjective favourite things about England
From Times Online April 11, 2005
PLACES FOR A PICNIC
The Green, West Cowes, Isle of Wight – www.cowes.co.uk
Symond’s Yat, looking over the Wye Valle – www.touruk.co.uk
Pub garden on the hill overlooking Corfe Castle, Dorset – www.nationaltrust.org.uk
Bamburgh beach, Northumberland, in lee of the castle – www.bamburghcastle.com
Gunwalloe, Cornwall – along the Halzephron cliff, over to Gunwalloe Fishing cove and beyond, down to Loe Bar where there are great views – www.touruk.co.uk
CHILDREN’S LITERATURE LOCATIONS
Forest of Dean – home to Winifred Foley – www.fweb.org.uk
Ring O’Roses Inn, Somerset – www.ringoroses.co.uk
Kilmersdon, Somerset – origin of Jack and Jill – www.touruk.co.uk
Aylesbury, last home of Roald Dahl – www.roalddahlmuseum.org
Windermere, Swallows and Amazons – www.golakes.co.uk/visitengland
MYSTERIOUS, MYTHICAL AND LEGENDARY
Seahenge, Holme-next-the-Sea, Norfolk – www.flagfen.com
Stonehenge, Wiltshire – www.english-heritage.org.uk
Cerne Giant chalk figure, Cerne Abbas, Dorset – www.cerneabbas.org.uk
Long Meg and her Daughters, Cumbria – www.thecumbriadirectory.com
Lindisfarne, Northumberland – www.lindsfarne.org.uk www.english-heritage.org.uk www.nationaltrust.org.uk
Old Sarum, Wiltshire – www.english-heritage.org.uk
King Arthur’s Tintagel – www.english-heritage.org.uk
Sutton Hoo, Woodbridge, Suffolk – www.nationaltrust.org.uk
Great Hall, Winchester – King Arthur’s Round Table – www.thisishampshire.net
Colchester Castle Museum – www.colchestermuseums.org
RELIVE THE PAST
Bosworth Battlefield Visitor Centre, Leicestershire – www.leics.gov.uk/country_parks_bosworth
Clerkenwell Jail, London – www.clerkenwell.org
Warwick Castle – www.warwick-castle.co.uk
Leeds Castle, Kent – www.leeds-castle.com
Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire – www.berkeley-castle.com
SELF-CATERING BREAKS
Helpful Holidays – www.helpfulholidays.com
Rural Retreats – www.ruralretreats.co.uk
Classic Cottages, Cornwall – www.classiccottages.co.uk
National Trust – www.nationaltrust.org.uk
Shoreline Cottages, Northumberland – www.shoreline-cottages.com
A PLACE TO STAY
Hotel du Vin chain – www.hotelduvin.com
Alias Hotels – www.aliashotels.com
Hand Picked Hotels – www.handpicked.co.uk
Landmark Trust – www.landmarktrust.org.uk
Alistair Sawday’s Special Places to Stay – www.sawdays.co.uk
UNUSUAL PLACES TO STAY
Unique Home Stays – www.uniquehomestays.com
Trinity House lighthouses – www.trinityhouse.co.uk, www.lighthouse-visits.co.uk
Distinctly Different – www.distinctlydifferent.co.uk
Vivat Trust – www.vivat.org.uk
Stately Holiday Homes – www.statelyholidayhomes.co.uk
FAMILY ATTRACTIONS
Jorvik Centre, York – www.vikingjorvik.com
Beamish Open Air Museum, Northumberland – www.beamish.org
Thorpe Park, Surrey – www.thorpepark.com
Alton Towers, Staffordshire – www.altontowers.com
Eureka! Halifax – www.eureka.org.uk
Fossil hunting, Lyme Regis, Dorsetm – www.lymeregis.com
Eden Project, Cornwall – www.edenproject.com
Slimbridge Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust – www.wwt.org.uk
Cadbury World, Birmingham – www.cadburyworld.co.uk
Black Taxi Tours of London – www.blacktaxitours.co.uk
CITIES FOR CLUBBING
Nottingham – www.experiencenottinghamshire.com
Bristol – www.visitbristol.co.uk, www.brunel200.com
Newcastle – www.visitnewcastle.co.uk
Liverpool – www.visitliverpool.com
Bournemouth – www.bournemouth.com.uk
Brighton – www.visitbrighton.com
Manchester – www.destinationmanchester.com
Birmingham – www.beinbirmingham.com
Blackpool – www.blackpooltourism.com
Cambridge – www.visitcambridge.org
SUMMER FESTIVALS
Coin Street Festival, London – www.coinstreetfestival.org
Cheltenham Festival – www.cheltenhamfestivals.co.uk
Garlic Festival, Isle of Wight – www.garlicfestival.co.uk
Kenwood Park, London – www.kenwoodpark.co.uk
Notting Hill Carnival, London – www.bbc.co.uk/london/carnival
Henley – www.hrr.co.uk
Stilton Cheese Rolling Festival, Cambridgeshire – www.stilton.org
Isle of Wight Rock Festival – www.isleofwightfestival.com
Great British Beer Festival, Olympia, London – www.camra.org.uk
Aldeburgh Festival – www.aldeburgh.co.uk
SPORTING BREAKS
Croyde Bay, Devon for surfing – www.surfsouthwest.com
Cheltenham Race Festival – www.cheltenham.co.uk
Cowes Week – www.cowesweek.co.uk
Wimbledon – www.wimbledon.org
British grand Prix – www.silverstone-circuit.co.uk
LITERARY, TV AND FILM LOCATIONS
The Cobb, Lyme Regis – www.lymeregis.com
Carnforth station, scene of Brief Encounter, Lancs – www.carnforthonline.co.uk
World of Beatrix Potter, Cumbria – www.hop-skip-jump.com
Holmfirth, West Yorkshire – www.holmfirthfestival.com
Haworth, West Yorkshire – www.haworth.yorks.com
Castle Howard, North Yorkshire – Brideshead Revisited – www.castlehoward.co.uk
Pangbourne, River Thames, Berkshire – Wind in the Willows – www.pangbourne-on-thames.com
Broadstairs, Kent – Dickens Festival – www.broadstairsculturalcentre.co.uk
Bluebell Railway, East Sussex – Railway Children – www.bluebell-railway.co.uk
Alnwick Castle, Northumberland – Harry Potter – www.alnwickcastle.com
LITERARY FESTIVALS
Sunday Times Oxford Literary Festival – www.sundaytimes-oxfordliterary
Guildford Book Festival, Surrey – www.guildfordarts.org.uk
Ludlow Festival, Shropshire – www.shropshiretourism.info
Hay-on-Wye Literary Festival, Herefordshire – www.hayfestival.com
Dartington Hall, Devon, www.dartingtonhall.org.uk
Cheltenham Literary Festival, Gloucestershire – www.cheltenhamfestivals.co.uk
SELF DEVELOPMENT BREAKS
Build horse sculptures out of driftwood in Devon – www.heatherjansch.com
Hedge laying in Lincolnshire – British Trust for Conservation Volunteers – www.wildlife.trust.org.uk
Making Neolithic bows – Woodcraft School, West Sussex – www.wildlife.trust.org.uk
Be a fireman for the weekend, Cumbria – www.firefighterexperience.com
Painting breaks, Cornwall – www.cornishlight.co.uk
Mineral collecting, Chichester Interest Holidays, Cornwall – www.cornwall.org.uk
Healing Retreat, Devon – www.retreat-co.co.uk
AMAZING BUILDINGS
Lowry Museum, Salford – www.thelowry.com
St Pancras Station, London – www.greatbuildings.com
Selfridges, Birmingham – www.selfridgesbirmingham.com
Liver Building, Liverpool – www.birminghamuk.com/liver.htm
Kirby Hall, Northamptonshire – www.enjoynorthamtonshire.co.uk
Malmaison Hotel, Newcastle – www.malmaison.com
Baltic, Gateshead – www.gateshead.gov.uk
Angel of the North – www.angelofthenorth.org.uk
The Gherkin, City of London – www.fosterandpartners.com
Southampton FC St Mary’s Stadium – www.saintsforever.com
CITY BREAKS
Wallace Arnold – www.wallacearnold.com
Shearings – www.shearingsholidays.com
Superbreak – www.superbreak.com
Sunvil – www.sunvil.co.uk
Radisson Hotels – www.radisson.co.uk
MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES
Science Museum, London – www.sciencemuseum.org.uk
Corinium Museum, Cirencester – www.costwold.gov.uk
Stanley Spencer, Berkshire – www.visitthames.co.uk
Horniman Museum, London – www.horniman.ac.uk
Sir John Soames Museum, London – www.soane.org
British Empire & Commonwealth Museum, Bristol – www.empiremuseum.co.uk
The Toy and Model Museum, Brighton – www.brightonmuseum.co.uk
Tate Britain, London – www.tate.org.uk
Lowry Museum, Salford – www.thelowry.com
National History Museum, London – www.nhm.ac.uk
GOOD FOR THEATRE BREAKS
Keith Prowse – www.keithprowse.com
Superbreak – www.superbreak.com
Highlife Breaks – www.highlifebreaks.co.uk
Lastminute.com – www.lastminute.com
Ramada Hotels – www.ramada.com
PLACES FOR RETAIL THERAPY
Meadowhall, Sheffield, South Yorkshire – www.iknow-yorkshire.co.uk
West Quay, Southampton – www.west-quay.co.uk
Leeds – www.leeds.gov.uk
Manchester – www.shortbreaks.destinationmanchester.com
Nottingham – www.experiencenottinghamshire.com
CITY DINING EXPERIENCES
Wykeham Arms, Winchester – 0870 752 2235
Baltic, London – (020) 7 928 1111
Club Gascon, London – 0207 796 0600
Mirabelle, Grand Hotel, Brighton – www.grandeastbourne.com
Michael Caines, Bristol – www.michaelcaines.com/bristol
HERITAGE CITIES
Winchester – www.visitwinchester.co.uk
Bath – www.visitbath.co.uk
Harrogate – www.harrogate.com
York – www.visityork.org
Salisbury – www.visitsalisbury.com, www.salisburycathedral.org.uk
Lancaster – www.visitlancaster.co.uk
Lincoln – www.visitlincolnshire.com
Chester – www.chester.gov.uk
Durham – www.durhamtourist.co.uk
Cheltenham – www.cheltenham.co.uk
CHURCHES AND CATHEDRALS
Ely Cathedral – www.cathedral.ely.anglican.org
Salisbury Cathedral – www.salisburycathedral.org.uk
Tintern Abbey, Gloucestershire – www.tintern.org.uk
Durham Cathedral – www.durhamcathedral.co.uk
Westminser Abbey, London – www.westminster-abbey.org
GHOSTLY EXPERIENCES
Ghost train, Blackpool Pleasure Beach – www.bpbltd.com
Royalist Hotel, Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire – www.heavenlyhotels.co.uk
Ettington Park Hotel (16 ghosts), Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwicks – www.rase.org.uk
Tyneham abandoned village, Dorset – www.isleofpurbeck.com
Haunted House, Alton Towers – www.alton-towers.co.uk
CASTLES
Clearwell Castle, Gloucestershire – www.brideshead.co.uk/clearwell
Corfe Castle, Dorset – www.corfecastle.org.uk
Castle Howard, N Yorkshire – www.yorkshireholidays.com
Goodrich Castle, Herefordshire – www.castlewales.com
Ashby de la Zouch Castle, Leicestershire – www.castleuk.net
Carlisle Castle, Cumbria – www.english-heritage.co.uk
Chester Castle, Cheshire – www.chester.ac.uk
Barnard Castle, Co Durham – www.barnard-castle.com
Orford Castle, Suffolk – www.english-heritage.co.uk
Framlingham Castle, Suffolk – www.english-heritage.org.uk
HISTORIC HOUSES, STATELY HOMES
Buckland Abbey, Devon – www.nationaltrust.org
Osborne House, Isle of Wight – www.english-heritage.org
Cliveden, Berkshire – www.clivedenhouse.co.uk
Belton House, Lincolnshire – www.touruk.co.uk
Althorp, Northamptonshire – www.althorp.com
Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire – www.blenheimpalace.com
Hever Castle, Edenbridge, Kent – www.hevercastle.co.uk
Knebworth House, Hertfordshire – www.knebworthhouse.com
Haddon Hall, Derbyshire – www.touruk.co.uk
Moccas Court, Herefordshire – www.moccas-court.co.uk
GARDENS
The Alnwick Garden, Northumberland – www.alnwickgarden.com
Tresillick Gardens, Cornwall – www.cornishtouristboard.co.uk
West Dean, West Sussex www.westdean.org.uk
Great Dixter Garden, East Sussex – www.greatdixter.co.uk
Beth Chatto’s Garden, Essex – www.nhm.ac.uk
Sissinghurst, Kent – www.nationaltrust.org.uk
Westonbirt Aboretum, Gloucestershire – www.forestry.gov.uk
West Green House, Hartley Whitney, Hampshire – www.touruk.co.uk
Savill Gardens, Surrey – www.savillgargen.co.uk
Thames Barrier Park, London – www.thamesbarrier.org.uk
MAZES
Hampton Court, Surrey – www.hamptoncourt.org.uk
Chatsworth House, Derbyshire – www.chatsworth-house.co.uk
Blackgang Chine Maze, Isle of Wight – www.isleofwight.com/blackgangchine
Paultons Park, Hampshire – www.paultonspark.co.uk
Longleat House maze, Wiltshire – www.touruk.co.uk
PLACES TO SEE OUTDOOR ART
Hepworth Gallery, St Ives, Cornwall – www.tate.org.uk/stives/hepworth.htm
Birmingham city centre – www.birmingham.org.uk
Wiltshire’s white chalk horses – www.wiltshirewhitehorses.org.uk
Derek Jarman’s garden, Romney Marsh – www.romneymarsh.org
South Bank, London – www.southbanklondon.com
INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE SITES
Ironbridge Gorge Museums, Shropshire – www.visitironbridge.co.uk
Dean Heritage Centre, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire – www.deanheritagemuseum.com
Sellafield, Cumbria – www.cumbriaonline.co.uk
Brunel’s Clifton Suspension Bridge, Bristol – www.visitbristol.co.uk, www.brunel200.com
Potteries Museum, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffs- www.www2002.stoke.gov.uk/museums/pmag
Saltaire industrial village, West Yorkshire – www.visitsaltaire.com
National Museum of Coalmining, Wakefield – www.ncm.org.uk
Darlington Railway Centre – www.drcm.org.uk
Magna Science Adventure Park, Rotherham, South Yorkshire – www.visitmagna.co.uk
Geevor Tin Mine, Cornwall – www.geevor.com
MARITIME HERITAGE SITES
Maritime Museum, Southampton – 023 8022 3941
SS Britain, Bristol – www.ss-great-britain.com
Gloucester Docks – www.glosdocks.co.uk
Naval Dockyards, Chatham – www.port.nmm.ac.uk
Royal Naval Museum, Portsmouth – www.royalnavalmuseum.org
National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London – www.nmm.ac.uk, www.nummc.co.uk
Trinity House lightship Patrica for UK coastal tours – www.trinityhouse.co.uk
Captain Cook Memorial Museum, Whitby, North Yorkshire – www.yorkshirevisitor.com
National Maritime Museum, Falmouth – www.nmmc.co.uk
Albert Docks, Liverpool – www.albertdock.com
COMPANIES FOR WALKING BREAKS
Adventureline Walking Holidays – www.advetnureline.co.uk
Sherpa Walking Holidays – www.sherpaexpeditions.com
Compass Holidays – www.compass-holidays.com
Lightfoot Walking Holidays – www.lightfootwalingholidays.co.uk
HF Holidays – www.hfholidays.co.uk
ADVENTURE BREAKS
Tank driving, Silverstone – www.redletterdays.co.uk
Coasteering breaks around UK – www.breathingspace.uk.com
Windermere Outdoor Adventure Watersports Centre, Cumbria – www.southlakelandleisure.org.uk/windermere
Drive a Formula 1 car, Wigan, Lancs – www.acornactivities.co.uk
Fell riding in Cumbria, www.dandpequestrian.co.uk
INSPIRATIONAL LANDSCAPES
The walk from New Romney along the coast to Dungeness, Kent – www.rmcp.co.uk
The view from Striding Edge, Cumbria – www.walkingbritain.co.uk
The beach at Holkham, Norfolk – www.holkham.co.uk
The Fens from a boat on the River Nene, Cambridgeshire – www.visitthefens.co.uk
Lincoln Cathedral – www.lincolncathedral.com
Settle-Carlisle railway line – www.settle-carlisle.co.uk
View from Birdlip across Vale of Gloucester – www.visit-glos.org.uk
Train ride from Dawlish to Teignmouth, Devon – www.devonriviera.co.uk
High Force waterfall, Co Durham – www.rabycastle.com
Walk from Dorset coast to Square & Compass pub at Worth Matravers – www.goodguides.co.uk
PLACES TO SEE WILDLIFE
Wilderness Wood, near Uckfield, East Sussex for entomology – www.touruk.co.uk
Wetlands Centre, Barnes, London – www.wwt.org.uk/visit/wetlandcentre/
Longleat – www.longleat.co.uk
Chester Zoo – www.chesterzoo.org.uk
New Forest for ponies, deer – www.thenewforest.co.uk
WILDLIFE AND NATURE BREAKS
Wytham Wood, near Oxford: badger watching tours by Earthwatch
Blyth and Wansbeck rivers in Northumberland for otter-spotting
– Northumberland Wildlife Service – www.northumberland.gov.uk
RSPB Nature Reserve at Snettisham, Norfolk – www.rspb.org.uk
Forestry Commission wildlife breaks – www.wildlifetrust.org.uk
Ray Mears bushwalk breaks and courses – www.raymears.com
MARKET TOWNS
Castle Cary, Somerset – www.letsgothere.co.uk
Stamford, Lincs – www.stamford.co.uk/tourism
Coleford, Gloucestershire – www.letsgothere.co.uk
Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk – www.stedmunds.co.uk
Spalding, Lincs – www.visistlinclonshire.com
Evesham, Worcestershire – www.evesham.uk.com
Richmond, North Yorkshire – www.richmond.org.uk
Ross-on-Wye, Gloucestershire – www.visitherefordshire.com
Helmsley, West Yorkshire – www.yorkshirevisitor.com
Rossendale, Lancashire – www.touruk.co.uk
HIDDEN VILLAGES
Fotheringay, Northamptonshire – www.east-northamptonshire.gov.uk
Dunwich, Suffolk – www.touruk.co.uk
Walberswick, Suffolk – www.walberswick.ws
Aldworth, Berkshire – www.aldworth.info
Chitterne, Wiltshire – www.chitterne.com
HUNT FOR ARTS AND CRAFTS
The Lanes, Brighton – www.brightononline.co.uk
Harrogate, North Yorkshire – www.hla.co.uk
Tetbury, Gloucestershire – www.tetbury.com
Bristol – www.visitbristol.co.uk
Rye, East Sussex – www.rye.org.uk
CAMP AND CARAVAN SPOTS
New Forest – www.thenewforest.co.uk
Skelwith Fold Caravan Park, Ambleside – www.skelwith.com
Ruda caravan park, Croyde, Devon – www.parkdeanholidays.co.uk
Southland Camping Park, Isle of Wight – www.southland.co.uk
Seaview Holiday Park, Weymouth, Dorset – www.haven-holidays.co.uk
CYCLING BREAKS
Byways bike breaks: Cheshire and Shropshire www.byways-breaks.co.uk. Sherpa: Cotswolds www.sherpaexpeditions.co.uk. Skedaddle: Holidays across the UK, also mountain biking breaks and weekends. www.skedaddle.co.uk. Rough Tracks: Tours of North Downs, Wales, Quantocks, Wiltshire – even bike maintenance courses. www.roughtracks.com. Bicycle Beano Holidays www.bicycle-beano.co.uk) summer group tours.
CITY BOUTIQUE HOTELS
Hope Street Hotel, Liverpool – www.hopestreethotel.co.uk
Hotel Pelirocco, Brighton – www.hotelpelirocco.co.uk
Radisson SAS, Leeds – www.radissonsas.com
Rossetti Hotel, Manchester – www.aliasrossetti.com
Hotel Felix, Cambridge – www.hotelfelix.co.uk
Hotel du Vin, Brighton – www.hotelduvin.com
Hotel Barcelona, Exeter – www.aliasbarcelona.com
The Baglioni, London- www.baglionihotellondon.com
Hart’s Hotel, Nottingham – www.hartshotel.com
Hotel du Vin, Birmingham – www.hotelduvin.com
COUNTRY HOUSE HOTELS
Babington House, Somerset – www.babingtonhouse.com
Charlton House, Somerset – www.somerset.gov.uk
Lygon Arms, Broadway, Worcestershire – www.the-lygon-arms.co.uk
Lucknam Park, Wiltshire – www.lucknampark.co.uk
Painswick Hotel, Gloucestershire – www.painswick.co.uk
Priory Bay, Isle of Wight – www.priorybay.co.uk
Chewton Glen, Hampshire – www.chewtonglen.com
Calcot Manor, Gloucestershire – www.calcotmanor.co.uk
The Victoria, Holkham, Norfolk – www.holkham.co.uk/victoria
Down Hall, Hertfordshire – www.downhall.co.uk
SPA BREAKS
Ragdale Hall, Leicestershire – www.ragdalehall.co.uk
Pennyhill Park, Surrey – www.exclusivehotels.co.uk
Wood Hall Spa, Wetherby, North Yorkshire – www.handpicked.co.uk/woodhall
Matlock Bath, Derbyshire – www.derbyshireuk.net/matlock.html
Abbey Hotel, Malvern, Worcestershire/Malvern – 01684 892 332
The Grove, Watford, Hertfordshire – www.thegrove.co.uk
Whatley Manor, Gloucestershire – www.whatleymanor.co.uk
Hoar Cross Hall, Yoxall, Staffs – www.hoarcross.co.uk
The Sanctuary, London – www.thesanctuary.co.uk
Champneys, Tring, Hertfordshire – www.champneys.com
SPIRITUAL BREAKS
Madhyamaka Centre Buddhist retreat, near York – www.madhyamaka.org
Pilgrims Way from Winchester to Canterbury – www.ramblers.org.uk
Conishead Priory Buddhist retreat, Cumbria – www.visitcumbria.com
Treloyhan Manor, St Ives, Cornwall – owned by Christian Guild Holidays – www.cgholidays.co.uk
The Old Methodist Chapel B&B, Suffolk – www.users.waitrose.com/-dfabrown
PLACES TO ESCAPE TO
Speech House, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire – www.thespeechhouse.co.uk
Duke of York, Iddesleigh, Devon (Times Pub of Year 2001) – www.northdevon.co.uk
Martello Tower, Aldeburgh, Suffolk – Landmark Trust – www.landmarktrust.org.uk
Romney Marsh – www.romneymarsh.org
North Yorkshire Moors – www.north-yorkshire-moors.org.uk
PLACES BY THE SEA
The Old Quay, Fowey, Cornwall, www.theoldquayhouse.com
Crown and Castle, Orford, Suffolk, www.crownandcastlehotel.co.uk
Swan, Southwold, Suffolk – www.adnams.co.uk
Romney Bay Hotel, Romney Marsh, Kent – (01797) 364 747
Victoria Hotel, Holkham, Norfolk – www.holkham.co.uk/victoria
Priory Bay, Isle of Wight – www.priorybay.co.uk
Burgh Island Hotel, Devon – www.burghisland.com
Blue Hayes Hotel, St Ives, Cornwall – www.bluehayes.co.uk
The Imperial, Torquay, Devon – www.paramount-hotels.co.uk
The Old Ship, Seahouses, Northumberland – www.seahouses.co.uk
BEACHES AND COASTAL BREAKS
Shingle Street, Suffolk – www.visit-suffolk.org.uk
Freshwater Bay, Isle of Wight – www.islandbreaks.co.uk
Blakeney, Norfolk – www.norfolkbroads.com
Mousehole, Cornwall – www.cornwall-online.co.uk
Bamburgh, Northumberland – www.visitnorthumberland.com
WATERWAYS AND SAILING BREAKS
Black Prince Narrowboat Holidays – www.black-prince.com
Hoseasons Holidays – www.hoseasons.co.uk
Teddesley Canal Cruising – www.narrowboats.co.uk
Clifton Cruisers – www.cliftoncruisers.co.uk
Connoisseur Charters – www.connoisseur.co.uk
B&Bs
Bangors House, Bude, Cornwall – Britain’s first certified organic B&B – www.bangorsorganic.co.uk
Shallowdale House, Ampleforth, North Yorkshire – www.shallowdalehouse.demon.co.uk
Field House, Hindringham, Norfolk – www.fieldhousehindgringham.co.uk
Three Horseshoes, Warham, Norfolk – 01328 710547
Old Bakery, Blockley, Gloucestershire – (01386) 70048
FARM STAYS
North West Farm Tourism Initiative – www.farmtourism-matters.org
Norfolk and Suffolk Farm Holiday Group, www.farmstayanglia.co.uk
Peak District Farm Holidays – www.peakdistrictfarmhols.co.uk
Cartwheel (Farm Tourism South West) – www.carwheelholidays.co.uk
Stay on a Farm in the North of England – www.campaignbarnsw.co.uk
FOOD FESTIVALS
Tavistock Food & Drink Festival, Devon – www.tavistockfoodfestival.co.uk
Falmouth Oyster Festival – www.falmouthoysterfestival.co.uk
Ludlow Marches Food & Drink Festival – www.foodfestival.co.uk
Exmoor Food Festival – www.exmoorfoodfestival.co.uk
Mendip Food & Drink Festival, Somerset – www.mendipfoodfestival.co.uk
FOOD AND DRINK PRODUCERS
Fal Oyster fishermen, Cornwall – www.falmouthmaritime.co.uk
Denham Estate roedeer, Suffolk – www.denhamestate.co.uk
Cheddar cheese, Manor Farm, North Cadbury, Somerset – 01963 44 02 43
Westons Cider Mill, Much Marcle, Herefordshire – www.bodenhamfarm.co.uk
London Honey Company – www.lfm.org.uk
GASTROPUBS
Blue Lion, East Witton, North Yorkshire – www.thebluelion.co.uk
The Inn at Whitewell, Lancashire – (01200) 448222
Drunken Duck, Barngates, Cumbria – www.drunkenduckinn.co.uk
Talbot, Mells, Somerset – www.thetalbotinn.com
Rose and Crown, Co. Durham – www.rose-and-crown.co.uk
GASTRO BREAKS
The Vineyard, Stockcross, Berkshire – www.the-vineyard.co.uk
Ludlow – www.ludlow.org.uk
Whitstable oyster festival – www.whitstableoysterfestival.co.uk
Cumbria on a Plate – www.cumbriaonaplate.co.uk
Seafood at Rick Stein, Padstow, Cornwall – www.rickstein.com
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