A COMMUNITY café has earned a regional award despite only being open for seven months – and is in the running to be the best in the UK.

Park Road Café in Merton Bank beat off hundreds of other cafes for the North West title and will go up against 13 others across the UK to battle it out for the coveted title of Britain’s Best Café.

The national winner will be announced on Thursday, November 9 via britainsbestcafe.co.uk and will also win an all inclusive, seven-night holiday in Cuba.

Manager Victoria Guest, 26, said: “We’ve only been open for seven months so it’s fantastic and on Facebook people are saying it’s well deserved which means a lot.

“It is a team effort that put us above the rest we all aim to put out great food and we make sure to keep it really clean, so I think that’s a big reason why people voted for us.”