Visited the new Barton Grange yesterday. It was a very hot day, about 28degC. We’ve not been before and it was further towards Garstang than I expected, just north of the turn off to Guys and through Bilsborrow. You’re impressed from the moment you arrive with it’s open feel, a brick surface on the large car park and a lot of elaborate metalwork.
Inside it was large, open and a decent temperature considering how hot it was outside. It had a lot of nice stuff on sale like most of these places; furniture and accessories, patio furniture, gardening equipment. Biggish plant area nicely set out. Nice cafe and restaurant with outside seating by what might be a false stream, couldn’t tell. After going through the till you come to the Farmers Shop which contains a good range of quality foods nicely set out. The gents loo has a special feature which you can buy a photo of.
It’s a bit difficult when you go to these places to know if they really are full of the things you’d buy as we went with no real intention of buying anything except a snack and a drink. I did notice that the Farmers Shop was top price as I buy Black Sheep beer and have never seen it that expensive but if someone spends all that money to make a place worth visiting it has to be paid for. We bought some bread, cheese and fruit.
Overall it’s a nice place to go yet somehow it seemed bigger on style than content. The designer has done a good job and it has a plush feel. I’ll have another look sometime. A worthy destination for the region.