With the culinary masterpiece that is the humble pie comfortably one of Britain’s greatest food-based innovations, what better time to truly celebrate and venerate one of the country’s favourite foodstuffs than during British Pie Week?
From savoury options featuring a concoction of various meats including pork, steak & kidney, and mince; to sweeter variations containing a multitude of fruits, sugary fillings, and unctuous offerings like custard, pies are frankly unmatched.
In celebration of British Pie Week, we asked our readers where we could get our hands on the very best pies Lancashire - possibly the British county most strongly associated with the golden-crusted snack - has to offer. Naturally, you answered in your hundreds.
Here are the top places mentioned in no particular order...
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21. Paul's Farm Shop
Dunkirk Lane, Leyland, PR26 7SY | 4.9 out of 5 (69 Google reviews) | "Fantastic farm shop, great produce and the best pies ever." | Google