10 STARS OF THE SUBURBS

Brilliant brunch venues beyond the city centre.

• Trove, Levenshulme, Manchester Sourdough baking stars who know how to top toast, too. Meals from £5.50; trovefoods.co.uk

• Toast, Tynemouth, near Newcastle “Pastries, sourdough, coffee. Nice things on toast.” What more could you possibly want? Meals from £7; toasttynemouth.co.uk

• Milkwood, Pontcanna, Cardiff Next-level neighbourhood café. From kippers (yes!) to hip breakfast buns, it excels at brunch. Meals from £6; milkwoodcardiff.com

• Chuku’s, Tottenham, London Expect modish Nigerian sharing dishes and Chuku’s rum-based take on chapman punch. £35pp; chukuslondon.co.uk

• General Merchants, South Belfast Globally inspired sunshine food; a slice of Sydney on Ormeau Road. Meals from £5; generalmerchants.co.uk

• Forge Bakehouse, Nether Edge, Sheffield Brilliant, light-filled bakery-café, a tonic on a sunny morning. Meals from £6; forgebakehouse.co.uk

• Longa Café, Cardiff Contemporary Turkish café serving lush brunch dishes and grand breakfast spreads. Meals from £8.50; longacafe.co.uk

• Toast, Leith, Edinburgh Waterfront wine café with winning brunch dishes, from smoked haddock chowder to lamb mince shakshuka. Meals from £6.50; toastleith.co.uk

• Bühler and Co, Walthamstow, London Easy-going vibe, high-quality food and a wide-ranging Antipodean-style brunch menu. Meals from £8; buhlerandco.com

• Bristol Loaf, Redfield, Bristol Bakers of organic breads and fastidious creators of granola, egg dishes, toasties and larger plates such as stroganoff with potato dumplings, using mushrooms from Bristol Fungarium. Meals from £5.40; thebristolloaf.co.uk