The ‘incarnation of a truly remarkable love story, a love of both landscape and of the heart.’ With a story and a setting like that, how could you resist a visit to this rather special café, right next door to the Heaton Cooper Studio, opposite the village green in Grasmere?

Places overlooking lakes and fells, one linked to journalist and writer Arthur Ransome and another in the old home of the great Victorian John Ruskin are amongst those mentioned below. Don’t forget that museums, historic homes and other attractions have cafés and tearooms too but do check opening times.