You'll be forgiven if Northumberland doesn't instantly spring to mind when someone enquires about the UK's most delicious corners. But not for much longer. This ceremonial county in North East England, on the border with Scotland, has welcomed many a foodie and…

Slowly, along the more than 1,500-mile-long coast, a smattering of smaller boutique hotels have started to pop up, fuelling a tourism boom that last year added more than £165 million to the government’s coffers. Travel connections are better, both internally and from…