Cooler-than-thou yet immensely comforting, this pub does it all: chilled mornings, lazy afternoons and music-filled nights.

Lyme Park in Cheshire is a Grade I-listed house dating back to the 16th century, with pleasant gardens and a 15-acre deer park.

Set over 500 acres, Yorkshire Sculpture Park is the best open-air gallery in the UK and an international centre for modern and contemporary sculpture.

Excellent coffee, including its own blend, and hearty, relaxed food make this one of Sheffield’s best casual eateries.

Farfield Mill in Sedbergh might be in a remote spot, but it is home to the leading venue for textile arts in the North West.

Standing on the corner of a junction opposite The Bridgewater Hall, The Briton’s Protection is Manchester’s oldest pub. It has occupied the same spot since 1795, going under the equally

Northern Stage (previously the Newcastle Playhouse) is a vibrant theatre to the north of Newcastle’s city centre.

Award-winning, family-owned service station, serving and selling local products

Beckstones Art Gallery in the village of Greystoke is a small family-owned gallery, selling a range of artists’ work, leaning towards the traditional.

A cult tv and movie themed bar set below street level on Portland Street in Manchester.

A few miles north of Penrith, Hutton-in-the-Forest is an exquisite country house, described by Simon Jenkins as “one of Britain’s top 100”.

An intriguing anomaly among stately homes, Rode Hall consists of not one but two Georgian manor houses.