Pubs & restaurants

Raymond Blanc's manor-house destination set in Oxfordshire gardens, among the very top-rated dining rooms in rural Britain.

Oxfordshire

An Edwardian manor-house restaurant with rooms on the edge of the Peak District near Chatsworth.

Derbyshire

Simon Rogan's farm-to-table flagship in a Cartmel village on the edge of the Lake District.

Cumbria

Common-side dining pub on the edge of Harpenden.

Hertfordshire

Michelin-starred dining room in a remote Victorian shooting lodge hotel beneath the Torridon mountains.

Highland

Harbourside bistro in one of Cornwall's prettiest fishing villages, a fixture of the South West's Trencherman's roll call.

Cornwall

Estate-to-plate dining at a fortified manor and kitchen garden near the Lake District.

Cumbria

Clifftop Jurassic Coast pub beneath Golden Cap, an olive best country pub.

Dorset

Two-Michelin-star restaurant within the Gleneagles estate in the Perthshire countryside; Harden's UK No. 3 in 2024.

Perth and Kinross

Michelin-starred dining in a former 18th-century smugglers' cottage right on Oxwich Bay beach on the rural Gower.

Swansea

Thatched 13th-century inn with rooms on the north-western edge of Dartmoor.

Devon

Chef's-table dining at a Victorian country-house hotel on the South Downs' northern edge.

West Sussex

Two minute snugs either side of a sweet shop in a North York Moors hamlet, local ale and homemade beer cake.

North Yorkshire

Georgian country-house hotel dining in parkland by the River Wylye near Warminster.

Wiltshire

Grand hotel dining in a Dartmoor estate outside the village of North Bovey.

Devon

Ullswater inn with lake views and rooms, an olive gastropub pick.

Cumbria

Bistro on a small Dorset market square, on The Good Food Guide's 100 Best Local Restaurants.

Dorset

Country-house dining with rooms at Farlam Hall near Brampton, awarded a star in 2024.

Cumbria

Country-house hotel dining near Hadrian's Wall in rural north Cumbria.

Cumbria

Beach-shack seafood restaurant on Chesil Beach beside its own oyster beds.

Dorset

A remote village inn with rooms in the Ettrick Valley, named Borders county winner in 2024.

Scottish Borders

A snug Dartmoor-edge village local, twice The Good Pub Guide's national Value Pub of the Year.

Devon

Hilltop village inn with rooms at Crayke, said to be the 'Grand Old Duke of York' hill.

North Yorkshire

Beer poured from a jug and passed through a sliding hatch in a front parlour that has barely changed in a century.

Pembrokeshire

A former 16th-century hunting lodge serving Skye produce as a remote restaurant with rooms.

Highland

Remote Exmoor inn with rooms and its own farm, one of England's most sustainable pubs.

Somerset

Village dining pub in mid-Cornwall carrying a Trencherman's endorsement.

Cornwall

Country-house hotel restaurant in the Pembrokeshire countryside using its own kitchen gardens.

Pembrokeshire

Seafood restaurant in a Royal Deeside village, on the 2026 100 Best Local Restaurants.

Aberdeenshire

A small, timeless Peak District village pub, national Unspoilt Pub of the Year 2019.

Derbyshire

Organic farm-estate restaurant and stay near the South Hams village of Ugborough.

Devon

Village pub in rural north Hertfordshire, listed among Britain's 100 best.

Hertfordshire

Clifftop hotel restaurant above the coast path near Salcombe.

Devon

A community-saved Dales village pub above Swaledale with a strong local ale range and library, garden and allotments.

North Yorkshire

A mock-Tudor country-house hotel hidden in a wooded Dartmoor valley near Chagford.

Devon

A baronial castle hotel in gardens above the Ayrshire coast with views to Ailsa Craig.

South Ayrshire

A family-run restaurant with rooms in an Angus village between Arbroath and Montrose.

Angus

Kitchen-garden tasting menus in the walled garden of a Victorian country manor.

West Midlands

An Elizabethan manor hotel with famous gardens deep in the Sussex Weald.

West Sussex

Suffolk village pub that took a regional Best Local Restaurant title and a place on the 100 Best Pubs.

Suffolk

Countryside restaurant near the dunes and beach of Crantock village.

Cornwall

Long-celebrated Victorian country-house hotel on a peninsula above Rutland Water.

Rutland

Village pub in the Avon valley near Bath, among Britain's 100 best.

Wiltshire

Olga Polizzi's seaside hotel restaurant in the Roseland village of St Mawes.

Cornwall

Luxury country-house hotel dining between Windermere and Kendal.

Cumbria

Kitchen restaurant at Iford Manor's historic gardens in the valley near Bradford-on-Avon.

Wiltshire

Estuary-village pub that won The Good Food Guide's Welsh Best Local Restaurant title and made the 100 Best Pubs.

Carmarthenshire

Michelin-starred hotel dining on a private island reached by a bridge north of Oban.

Argyll and Bute