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items: Best hotels in The Lake District for a lakeside retreat
items: Best restaurants in the Yorkshire Dales
items: 25 small towns across the UK that every foodie should visit
items: Best restaurants in Liverpool
items: Foodie road trip in Ribble Valley, Lancashire
items: 13 Best Places For Dessert in The UK

Best hotels in The Lake District for a lakeside retreat
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date: 2026-02-04T11:15:40.000Z
creator: Charlotte Morgan
subject: North West travel
subject: Travel
subject: UK
subject: Hotel guides
description: Cosy up in a quirky country pub, spend the night in a stylish bed and breakfast or feast at a boutique hotel that's home to a destination restaurant with our guide to the Lake District’s best hotels
encoded: Looking for hotels in the Lake District? Want to know where to stay in Windermere? Read on for the best hotels in Cumbria and check out the best places to eat and drink in the area here. Next, discover the best UK spa hotels for food lovers, the best small towns in the UK for foodies and the best UK pubs with rooms. Rothay Manor, Ambleside Rooms from £260 including breakfast, check availability at rothaymanor.co.uk or booking.com In a nutshell A Grade II-listed Regency house with a quietly contemporary feel, set just outside Ambleside. Expect elegant rooms, a modern Pavilion extension, polished but relaxed service and thoughtful touches for walkers (and dogs), all rooted firmly in its Lake District surroundings. Why foodies stay here Dining centres on Rowan, the hotel’s modern British restaurant in the refined period dining room. The menu is confident and seasonal, balancing land and sea with dishes like cured trout with dill aïoli, beef fillet tartare and Ulverston crab custard to start, followed by halibut with mussels and butter sauce or day-boat fish — our John Dory was a standout main. Desserts include vibrant damson soufflé and comforting baked chocolate cheesecake. The bar menu is just as thoughtfully considered, with locally inspired cocktails like the Cumbrian Martini or Yorkshire Rose spritz, best enjoyed alongside indulgent small plates like smoked Torpenhow cheese croquettes. What are the rooms like? A sweeping driveway leads to the original house, built in 1823, alongside The Pavilion — a contemporary timber-and-glass extension designed to frame woodland views and maximise privacy. Pavilion suites are calm and understated rather than showy, decorated in earthy tones with boutique furnishings, mid-century ceramics and velvet sofas. Bathrooms are generous, with twin sinks, waterfall showers and roll-top tubs. Throughout, the feel is polished but unfussy. Breakfast Breakfast is reassuringly traditional and well executed, with options including overnight oa…

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Best restaurants in the Yorkshire Dales
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creator: Tony Naylor
subject: North West travel
subject: Restaurants
subject: Travel
subject: UK
description: A famously picturesque corner of Britain, popular with walkers and cyclists, the Dales also prides itself on its food – see the sights and tuck in
encoded: Looking for restaurants in the Yorkshire Dales? Check out the best places to eat in this picturesque corner of England, including cafés, bars and restaurants. Here's our local food and drink guide to the Yorkshire Dales… For more exciting restaurants and weekend ideas for food lovers, check out our best UK city breaks, Yorkshire foodie guide and the best restaurants in York. For more city guides, try our best restaurants in Birmingham, best restaurants in Glasgow, and the best restaurants in Manchester. Foodie experiences in the Yorkshire Dales The Black Bull, Sedbergh At the Dales’ western edge (next stop, the Lake District) this stylish inn excels with its chic rooms and chef Nina Matsunaga’s distinctive cooking. The Bull does the rural inn bit impressively (great roasts, Monday’s pie night) but Nina also cleverly channels global influences in dishes such as cured mackerel, ajo blanco, orange and daikon or Herdwick lamb with liver sauce and tomato salsa. For more tasty Sedbergh action, swing by The Meat Hook butcher, micropub The Thirsty Rambler and The Dalesman inn. theblackbullsedbergh.co.uk Black Swan Hotel, Ravenstonedale A destination since Victorian times, this attractive Westmorlandvillage inn has in recent years emerged as an award-winning stand-out. In summer, diners spread out into the courtyard and a riverside beer garden. Nifty pub classics (fish pie, double cheeseburger with gouda and bacon jam) are served alongside cheffier dishes such as scallops with preserved lemon and pancetta or a popular cheese soufflé made with goat’s cheese from local farm Piper Hole. blackswanhotel.com The Sun Inn, Kirkby Lonsdale The geography of the Yorkshire Dales National Park is such that several market towns – Kirkby Lonsdale a particularly charming example – fall just outside its official border but attract many Dales visitors. Spruce pub with rooms, The Sun Inn, is a good Kirkby base. Its dishes run from lunch salads and sandwiches to sophisticated mains such as brai…

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25 small towns across the UK that every foodie should visit
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date: 2025-07-07T15:35:21.000Z
creator: Ellie Edwards
subject: East
subject: North West travel
subject: South East travel
subject: South West travel
subject: Travel
subject: Travel Scotland
subject: UK
subject: Wales travel
subject: Yorkshire & Humber travel
subject: Great Getaways
description: From Welsh market towns with creative culinary gatherings to Yorkshire boroughs that are home to artisan roasters and gin distilleries, these are 10 of the best foodie towns across the UK for a staycation
encoded: Looking for UK staycations? Want to know the best towns for foodies? Check out our guide for the must-visit UK towns that every foodie should visit. Filled with must-try restaurants, bakeries and bars, there is something for everyone in 0ur gourmet picks – from an island getaway in Jersey to picturesque Bruton in Somerset's green rolling hills. For more travel inspiration, find out the best unique UK holiday cottages for foodies and check out our best gastropubs with rooms. Feeling active? See our picks of 10 unique walking holidays for foodies. If you're planning a summer holiday, check out our UK summer travel ideas. Totnes, Devon The market town of Totnes in Devon has some of the most progressive organic restaurants in the country. The Bull Inn is driving the charge with its ecological and social impact pledges, including commitments to “field grown, not flown”, mindful meat, seasonality and supplier-led organic food. Its inventive menu includes such dishes as roasted courgettes, whipped tahini, preserved lemon, pumpkin seed picada and basque cheesecake with plums. Eversfield organic farm shop & café has a menu of all-day brunch classics such as toasted banana bread with seasonal compote and Turkish eggs with warm chilli butter. The Totnes Sunday food market is the biggest in Devon offering up fine produce from local producers. For a taste of fine-dining, head to Gather which showcases locally sourced and wild foraged ingredients from Devon’s fields, shoreline, rivers and hedgerows. Where to stay: not just a restaurant, you can also stay at The Bull Inn. There are nine chic, minimally-designed rooms to choose from plus a four-bed self catering apartment (with it's own private terrace) that is ideal for larger groups. Doubles from £165, check availability at booking.com Alnwick, Northumberland The market town of Alnwick, famous for its historic castle, is quietly becoming something of a culinary hotspot. New fine-dining restaurant Sonnet serves up a tasting menu i…

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Best restaurants in Liverpool
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date: 2025-07-01T12:21:47.000Z
creator: Tony Naylor
subject: North West travel
subject: Travel
subject: UK
subject: Local city guides
description: Famous for football, music and nightlife, this lively city increasingly draws a crowd for food, too, from hip snacking to modern fine dining
encoded: Looking for Liverpool restaurants? Check out the best places to eat in Liverpool, including cafés, bars and restaurants. Here's our local food and drink guide to Liverpool… For more city guides, check out the best restaurants in Birmingham, best restaurants in Glasgow, best restaurants in York and the best restaurants in Manchester. Discover more best restaurants in Cardiff. Best places to eat and drink in Liverpool Manifest – for casual fine dining in industrial settings Historically the Baltic Triangle served Liverpool docks. Now its industrial units are a nightlife hub of brew taps, street food and crazy golf. Quietly tucked away on Watkinson Street, Manifest is an intimate bolthole where chef Paul Durand creatively explores fine seasonal produce and his skills in sourdough, fermentation and charcuterie. Expect interesting wines and dishes akin to char siu celeriac, burnt apple and hazelnut, or cod loin, carrot, sea buckthorn and smoked mussel sauce. manifestrestaurant.com Belzan – for small plates in a bistro-chic dining room Heading out of central Liverpool, Smithdown Road is home to Caribbean café, Raggas, Italians Fritto and Little Furnace, and hip, easy-going Belzan, a small plates restaurant with a big rep. Think chicken mustard croquettes with wild garlic mayo; soused mackerel, blood orange, Guindilla and olives; or smoked pork chop with kohlrabi remoulade. All served in a simple, bistro-chic dining room with cool cocktails and good wine. belzan.co.uk Little Furnace – for wood-fired Neapolitan pizza At its cosy Smithdown Road HQ and Baltic Market, Little Furnace slings exemplary wood-fired Neapolitan-style pizzas. Patiently proven dough is blast-cooked to create pliable, elastic bases, gorgeously swollen at their cornicione rim. Well-judged toppings range from such timeless classics as fennel sausage and friarielli to goat’s cheese and balsamic onion chutney. littlefurnace.co.uk Wreck – for high-spec, all-day dining for all ages Chef Gary Usher’s Elite Bis…

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Foodie road trip in Ribble Valley, Lancashire
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date: 2022-11-30T12:50:17.000Z
creator: Lucy Gillmore
subject: North West travel
subject: UK
subject: Travel
subject: Road trips
description: This bosky corner of Lancashire should be rammed but, for now, you can enjoy its posh hotpots, artisan cheeses and venison cobblers in peace
encoded: Looking for restaurants in Ribble Valley? Want to know where to eat in Clitheroe? Head on a foodie road trip through Ribble Valley and the Forest of Bowland, stopping off at country pubs, hotel estates and cream tea cafés. Many tourists still bypass Lancashire for the more obvious charms of the Lakes and its traditional rival, Yorkshire. They’re missing a trick. The Ribble Valley, most of which is in the Forest of Bowland (an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty), is where you’ll find charming market town Clitheroe, with its tiny castle, a clutch of picture-perfect villages and a cast of inspirational chefs and food producers linked by a food trail. Read on for our picks of where to go in the Ribble Valley. Best restaurants in the Ribble Valley The Inn at Whitewell When Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon careered north on their gourmet road trip for BBC2’s The Trip, their first stop was the The Inn at Whitewell in Lancashire’s unspoilt Forest of Bowland. This rambling inn, its old stonework a tangle of creepers, is cradled by rolling sheep-speckled hills above the River Hodder. Inside, fires blaze and crackle in open grates, walls are crammed with hunting prints and men in tweed prop up the bar. You’re not going to stumble on it by accident, but the effort it takes to get here is worth it, as its many punters appreciate. Don't miss the classic Lancashire hotpot with pickled red cabbage and crusty bread. Beneath a wafer-thin lid of crispy potato the lamb is soft and doused in a buttery gravy, the shredded cabbage adds a sweet acidity that cuts through the richness. innatwhitewell.com Best food shops in the Ribble Valley Mrs Kirkham's farm shop Cheese is one of Lancashire’s oldest specialities. As far back as 1199 King John granted Preston a Royal Charter to hold an annual cheese fair. The rich grasslands on the edge of the Forest of Bowland (the name comes from the Norse Bu-land, meaning cattle land) are well-suited to dairy farming and have been dubbed Lancashire’s milk fiel…

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13 Best Places For Dessert in The UK
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date: 2016-09-19T08:14:53.000Z
subject: Family
subject: North West travel
subject: UK
subject: Recipes
subject: Travel
description: Never let it be said that olive is not open-minded in its gluttony. So, this issue, we’re looking beyond starters and main course, in a celebration of cakes, baking and desserts. It’s time to indulge your sweet tooth
encoded: RISING PASTRY STAR Helen Vass, Number 16, Glasgow Three years ago, Helen Vass was still at college. Since then, this fast-rising talent has worked at Barcelona’s oldest patisserie, Pastelería Escribà, trained with world champion pastry chef, Jordi Bordas, and joined Mark Tilling’s winning team on BBC 2’s Bake Off: Crème de la Crème. Little wonder that Gerry Mulholland, head chef at West End restaurant, Number 16, gives Helen free rein to express herself. She loves the artistry and theatre of modern Spanish cooking – “I visit Barcelona every few months to get some inspiration” – and channels that into dishes such as a cheesecake mocked-up to look like camembert (served in a wooden box with wax paper); a Reese’s-influenced peanut praline panna cotta cup; or the lemon, a hollow chocolate lemon filled with lemon mousse, pistachio sponge, lemon ganache and cremeux. number16.co.uk GORGEOUS GELATO Swoon, Bristol Swoon’s chief ice-cream maker, Luisa Fontana – often to be found working in the “flavour lab” at the front of this stylish spot – is a former tutor at the Carpigiani Gelato university near Bologna. Naturally, her gelato is exceptional. It’s painstakingly slow-churned and made using more milk (organic, Somerset) than cream, to give it both a beautifully thick, soft texture and brilliantly clean, vivid flavours. Try the pistachio (the nuts are imported from Bronte in Sicily) or the cracking salted caramel flavour. £2.75-£4.75; swoononaspoon.co.uk GOING DEEP ON DESSERT Dessert Restaurant by Sarah Barber, London W1 “For years, I was disappointed when I went out for dessert to various restaurants as most were remarkably similar,” says Sarah Barber, who, within the grand Hotel Café Royal, has created a dedicated dessert space that demonstrates the pastry chef’s art at its most on-trend. Her menus proceed from savoury-accented dishes that utilise sweet ingredients (for instance, Golden Cross goat’s cheese, wild honey and beetroot snow, or a carpaccio with parmesan marshma…

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