Michael and Johanna Wignall have reimagined a 15th-century Dales inn, creating classy, contemporary bedrooms, most in annexes with views over Rylstone Fell, and intimate dining spaces in which to sample Michael’s Michelin-starred cooking.

With views over the Vale of York, this friendly, characterful village inn offers robust pub classics, blackboard specials, veggie options, a large, quirky suite, and rustic-chic bedrooms in renovated farm buildings.

A riverside conversion of a Victorian grammar school and headmaster’s house gains an A* for splendid, characterful, boutique-style bedrooms, some with terrace and hot tub, and short, set-price, foodie-pleasing menus.

A friendly ambience, creative menus and bedrooms styled with considerable dash are among the attractions at this handsome Georgian coaching inn close to the A19 on the edge of the North York moors.

Leave the fuss and fret of the AI(M) at Scotch Corner to reconnect with the land at this idyllic hotel, centred on a Georgian coach house amid gardens, parkland and woodland.

With far-reaching views over the Vale of York, this village inn blends olde-worlde beams, cottage-style bedrooms and luxury Scandi-style garden suites, while pub classics sit alongside creative modern dishes on eclectic menus.

Behind the solid exterior of an Edwardian park-side villa lies a Scandi-chic boutique hotel and popular drop-in restaurant.

Open fires, flagstone floors and exposed stone walls give this 18th-century coaching inn, which recently underwent a swish refurbishment, a warm, traditional feel, to match its welcome.

Overlooking the green acres of the Stray, this jazzed-up 19th-century coaching inn has bright, well-equipped bedrooms, a bar and brasserie serving cocktails, ales, and menus of locally sourced and specially grown produce.

With sweeping views south over Swaledale, you may find it hard to leave this large stone villa with its spacious rooms, home-made cake, triumphant breakfasts and walks from the doorstep.

From amuse-bouche to dessert, dinner in the candlelit dining room is the highlight at this Georgian town house on a cobbled street in this market town, but that is not to fault the individually styled bedrooms or excellent breakfast.

In a quiet village on the edge of the moors, this country inn is a beacon of good service, value and simple comforts, with unfussy bedrooms, modern bathrooms, thoughtful extras, and pub classics served in bar, restaurant or garden.

Against the backdrop of Stag Fell, with views over Wensleydale, this many-gabled stone-built retreat offers the perfect country house escape, with antiques, comfy armchairs, warm hospitality and modern cooking of local ingredients.

Alluringly re-designed, this Georgian mansion set back from the High Street in a smart Huddersfield suburb, is brimming with distinctive spaces in which to sit, drink and dine.