'The Coastal Café Guide' will be published in spring 2024. The first guidebook of its type, it is the second food-and-travel guide from Printslinger Ltd., publishers of 2023's best-selling guidebook 'The Extra Mile: Delicious Alternatives to Motorway Services'.  

A hand-picked coastal collection 
The Coastal Café Guide is a hand-picked collection of the best cafés, restaurants and eateries along the coastal paths, cliff-tops, seasides and shorelines of England, Scotland and Wales. It is set to become the go-to guide for those planning a day trip, holiday or coast-path hike and will help special occasion planners book memorable meals and find food with a view. Useful information for visitors will also be included, such as if the venue is accessible, family-friendly or dog-friendly, and whether it has EV charging facilities. 
 

Celebrating local food and flavours 
The guide will celebrate the local people and independent eating places that make Britain's coastlines unique, from lobster shacks on Scottish sea lochs to high-end Cornish cafés and coast-hugging Welsh haunts. It will include shoreline shacks selling seafood 'till it's gone' and reveal exclusive-seeming hideouts whose cafés welcome non-residents.  

Lucy Kerr, from Kishorn Seafood Bar in Strathcarron, Scotland, said, “I've seen various guidebooks before but never one with this unusual approach. A food and travel guide featuring the distinct local flavours and colourful characters from eateries around the whole coast will make for a visual feast and a fascinating read. It'll also be a great gift for coast-path walkers, day-trippers and motorists alike.”  

Jo Tiernan, Head of Guest Experience and Business Development at Devon's Gara Rock, said “Gara Rock is a luxurious cliff-top hotel in the South Devon AONB. Our stylish sea-view restaurant and pudding bar aren't just reserved for guests: they're open to savvy Salcombe lovers who are welcome to book a dining experience while visiting this renowned stretch of coast. We're thrilled to feature in 2024's inaugural edition of The Coastal Café Guide.”  

 
Edited by Alastair Sawday 
Printslinger is the independent publishing company run by Alastair Sawday, founder of Sawday's Special Places to Stay. The Sawday's travel brand is now employee-owned and run, but Alastair's passion for books, low food miles and small, local food businesses endures. 

Alastair said, “The fourth edition of our much-loved guide, 'The Extra Mile: Delicious Alternatives to Motorway Services', became an instant online bestseller this year. Planning for The Coastal Café Guide and two further food and travel titles is now well under-way for 2024.  

“You can eat in a chain café or have a bland coffee anywhere. The Coastal Café Guide – like The Extra Mile – will be a handy resource for readers who prefer to enrich their days instead. It will equip them to seek and support the most individual and interesting local foodie businesses while on their adventures. Vive la local food revolution!”  

New coastal cafés, shacks and eateries sought 
The guide's researchers are on the road in summer 2023, researching perfectly positioned cafés to feature in the coastal collection. Writer, Kerry O'Neill, said, “Even while on holiday I'm in alert mode – talking to café owners from Lynmouth to Lochinver, Teignmouth to Tynemouth. If this book existed already, I'd use it regularly. We are proud to be the first publisher to produce a guide that will help those hiking, cycling and driving the coast eat better en route. New café recommendations and inclusion enquiries are always welcome.” 

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Information for editors 

Do you work with a café or eaterie that might be keen to feature in the book, or do you run publications that might be interested in featuring The Coastal Café Guide or The Extra Mile Guide, or the venues in it? For all enquiries, please contact writer and project manager Kerry O'Neill initially on hello@coastalcafeguide.com or via mobile on 07815 896 533. Contact welcomed from those seeking to feature in the book, stock the book or receive further details about the book. To pre-order The Coastal Café Guide (due 2024), contact Kerry on 07815 896 533. 

Find the Coastal Café Guide online 

• Website: www.coastalcafeguide.com 
• Instagram: @coastalcafeguide 
• Facebook: /coastalcafeguide 

Find The Extra Mile: Delicious Alternatives to Motorway Services online 

• Website: www.theextramile.guide  
• Instagram: @theextramileguide 
• Facebook: /theextramileguide 

Publishing information 
Printslinger Limited is an independent publishing company owned by Alastair Sawday. For clarity, it is not connected in any business capacity with the travel brand, Sawday's. Printslinger's books are distributed by Central Books. Its catalogue is represented by Signature Books. For all trade orders and enquiries, please contact Central Books. The Extra Mile can be ordered from Central Books now; The Coastal Café Guide will be available in spring 2024.

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