Hickory's Smokehouse, Chester

£9.95 for Hickory's Shake Shack-inspired burger with fries and slaw. Seeing the name of NYC’s most famous burger joint got me giddy! Did it last…?

On a recent trip ‘oop north to visit university friends in Chester, I thought I’d see what the city had to offer in the way of burgers, writes Addison Capper. My borderline burger obsession was but a twinkle in my eye during my scruffy-haired, all-weather-short-wearing student heyday, so on returning to my alma mater I had a nostalgic desire to return to some old hangouts and put my subsequently-acquired expertise to work…

Cowley Manor, near Cheltenham, Gloucestershire

The burger at Cowley Manor in the Costwolds comes "on toasted brioche with cheese, bacon and fries." At £12 all in, how could I possibly refuse?

Immediately after we got married in August, me and the wife ran for the hills (together, you'll be glad to know). To the gently undulating hills of the Cotswolds, to be precise, where we luxuriated in the delightful environs of Cowley Manor...

The Hole In The Wall, Little Wilbraham

£12 with chips. Hannah Summers, author of the Burgers and Bruce blog, filed this glowing golden report from Little Wilbraham in Cambridgeshire...

London-based Hannah who writes the Burgers and Bruce blog recently headed to Cambridgeshire to hunt down the well-reputed burger served up at The Hole In The Wall in Little Wilbraham...

CAU Cheese & Bacon Burger (Guildford)

£10.95 A rural pub it ain't. CAU in Guildford offers the locals "Unique Argentinian Meat". We simply had to investigate...

Because of his burger blogging prowess Nick "Burger Me!" Andrews is regularly invited to taste burgers in London and beyond. When invited to sample a burger in Guildford recently, he didn't think twice – as he'd been looking for an excuse to check out CAU...

Pink & Lily, Lacey Green, Buckinghamshire

£9.95 The burger comes with really super chips and a ramekin of coleslaw but alas it was overcooked and dry. However, there's potential here...

The Pink & Lily is a lovely, traditional pub set high on the edge of the Chilterns where, on previous visits, I've enjoyed some good grub and ale writes Amy of food blog Pies and Fries. Following a recent refurbishment and menu revamp I decided it was time for me and The Ewing (my intrepid, burger-loving other half) to don our rural burger dectective caps and revisit it...

The Eight Bells, Saffron Walden, Essex

£10 buys you a homemade 7oz burger (with or without bacon and mature cheddar) and skinny fries. Problem is, it's bloody awful

Pavel Le Bouche of How Not To Do A Food Blog knows the Eight Bells in Safron Walden well – he worked there for two years while he was at college. A lot has changed since then, owners have come and gone, so Pavel returned, wondering if the ancient beamed pub still serves up a great burger...

The Red Lion, Horsell, Surrey

£10.75 for a Gourmet Burger with Scotch beef, grilled bacon & emmental cheese. Something of a classic composition, impressively executed

Nick Andrews, the burger loving chap that writes London burger blog Burger Me! tells of a delightfully sunny burger experience shared with friends at The Red Lion in  Horsell, Surrey...