Best B&B breakfasts
East of England
Wissett Lodge, based in Wissett, a small village of about 200 people is about ¾ mile away from the village pub, The Plough and ½ mile away from the round tower church where services are held every Sunday. Valley Farm Vineyards (www.valleyfarmvineyards.co.uk/) in Wissett is open daily offering tasting and tours of the vineyard. Breakfast at Wissett Lodge is served in the conservatory overlooking a large garden. Here you’ll find good home cooking using local produce and garden vegetables (when in season). Scotch pancakes are a speciality.
The Limes, a former Victorian Gentleman’s residence set amidst one acre of gardens, is located in the centre of the small village of Catfield. Here you’ll find croissants, pancakes and a great full English breakfast!
Heart of England
Bubbenhall House is set in five acres of ancient woodland and is home to a wonderful array of local flora and fauna. Visitors to the gardens include badgers, Muntjac deer, foxes, rabbits, squirrels, owls and woodpeckers. The best time to see these creatures is early in the morning whilst enjoying a hearty English breakfast from the comfort of the dining room at the rear of the house. Breakfast is cooked to order and includes fresh local Warwickshire produce (wherever possible). A champagne breakfast is also available, as is continental breakfast served in your room, as well as a vegetarian cooked breakfast for those who require it.
A warm welcome awaits at Hopton House, a converted granary in rural South Shropshire, along with a cup of tea and a special Hopton House Fruit Cake! In the morning you'll be woken to the smell of a delicious Shropshire AGA cooked breakfast, made with the finest of local ingredients. The eggs come courtesy of the B&Bs free range chickens, the sausage and home cure bacon from Griffiths, one of Ludlow's famous butchers, and the preserves are all homemade.
North East England
At Tallet Bed and Breakfast, you'll find squishy sofas, cast iron woodburners, rooms flooded with light, books galore, interesting magazines and a great TV combination equipped with Sky television, DVDs and a surround sound system. Superb bread is homemade and complements the local honey and homemade preserves. As you might expect from a county that has a strong farming and fishing tradition, flavoursome home-cured bacon, rare-breed pork sausage, and farm eggs are centre stage in your breakfast.
Enjoy a truly English country house experience at Dowfold House. Many of their ingredients are local, including free-range eggs and delicious sausages and bacon from local farms. Jams and marmalades are home made, often using fruit from the garden. Vegetarian guests may enjoy a Vegetarian English Breakfast with mushrooms, tomatoes, vegetarian sausage, egg, baked beans and hash browns.
South East England
Quinhay Farmhouse is a modern-style family farmhouse situated on one of the highest points in Hampshire, in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Enjoy sausages and bacon from the local award-winning butcher, Harriotts of West Meon, and free-range eggs from the village. Honey is also supplied from a village producer (the honey is for sale if you want to take some home). Added to this you'll find homemade preserves, freshly made bread and croissants cooked to order on the morning of your stay.
South West
Coast B&B is in the unique location of Carbis Bay, situated between the historic seaside town of St Ives and the golden sands of Hayle. It is ideal for nature lovers being close to RSPB reserves, moorlands, exotic gardens and miles of National Trust coastline. Food is sourced from organic producers where possible and a half-price half-portion policy is operated for children.
Fern Cottage B&B, winner of the Bed and Breakfast of the Year at the Taste of the West Food & Drink Awards 2006 uses local, homemade, seasonal and British produce (where possible). Enjoy the beautiful views across fields and the twinkling lights of Bristol from your double room with en-suite (all the rooms have lovely views). There is also seating outside all the rooms – in the wildlife field or in the garden.
Yorkshire
Bats and Broomsticks is Whitby's only Victorian/Gothic 'Dracula' themed bed and breakfast. Very full English breakfasts are served in the candle-lit breakfast room, with Gothic fireplace and decor. This is not for the faint-hearted! Not surprising when you consider that Dracula himself is reputed to be buried here.
Tell us your favourites!
HGCA has been encouraging customers to nominate their favourite places to eat breakfast. The new interactive easy to use map allows everyone to search the site by region, or by establishment type. Let us know if you’ve had a breakfast worth making time for! It might be the range of delicious regional products served or the traditional or locally inspired recipes. To recommend your favourite breakfast venue or to nominate your own establishment email nutrition@hgca.com.
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