Finding family-friendly (and dog-friendly) places to stop for food can be a challenge. Best-selling guidebook, The Extra Mile – Delicious Alternatives to Motorway Services, is here to help with journey planning as the summer holidays loom.
It has almost 300 places to stop and eat across Britain, all near motorway and main-road junctions. Pop a copy in the glovebox and let passengers search for new favourite pit-stops along the route.
Use the guide to find farm shops and meet-the-animals experiences; shaded outdoor eateries with play areas; dog-friendly cafés and restaurants and dog-walking fields; ice-cream parlours; and family-friendly attractions with cafés across Britain.
Examples of family-friendly eats
- Low Sizergh Barnnear J36 of the M6, Kendal, England. Watch cows being milked and explore their 'growing' social enterprise.
- Forage Farm Shopnear J35, M4, Cowbridge, Wales. Stylish indoor restauration and shopping plus al fresco and tented bench seating. Expect animals, ice-cream pop-ups, and chunky wooden play equipment.
- Loch Leven's Larder, near J8, M90, Kinross, Scotland. Delicious, honest home-made food, with a loch-side heritage trail, buggy friendly 'whatever-the-weather' walk, and a play area.
- Teals, near the A303, Sparkford, England. A new breed of road-side stop-off with stylish interiors, dog-jog field, orchard, beehives, and a gelato pop-up.
This Amazon #1 Bestseller and #1 Most Gifted guide is from Extra Mile Books, the publisher behind companion guides The Coastal Café Guide and The Farm Shop Guide. The Extra Mile has:
- Over 275 places to eat and drink with times, descriptions, images, contact details
- 11 motorway-based maps
- 6 regional maps
- QR codes to help you get directions more easily
- Map showing places with EV chargers
- Buy for your own glovebox or as a gift
