Hotels Walking hotels

Pen-y-Gwryd Hotel, NANT GWYNANT

Popular with walkers and more serious climbers, this eccentric old inn below Snowdonia has been run on house-party lines by the same family since 1947. The third generation, brothers Rupert and Nicolas, have taken over the day-to-day running from their parents, Brian and Jane Pullee...

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Deeside Hotel, BALLATER

Set back among trees on the road to Braemar, this Victorian village house was thought 'superb value, especially for an autumn break' this year. Owned by Gordon Waddell (the chef) and the 'unfailingly pleasant' Penella Price, it is a member of the Green Tourism Business Scheme...

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Biggin Hall, BIGGIN-BY-HARTINGTON

Offering 'remarkably good value' and 'good food at the price', this Grade II* listed 17th-century building in a small Peak District village is popular with walkers for its simple, unfussy style. Close by are 'footpaths in all directions over beautiful countryside': one starts from the grounds, and disused railway tracks nearby provide flat walking and cycling...

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Seatoller House, BORROWDALE

'The setting is superb and the welcome is warm' at this popular, unpretentious guest house at the head of the beautiful Borrowdale valley. It has received walkers and ramblers for more than a century...

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Underleigh House, HOPE

Set peacefully amid 'idyllic' scenery outside a village in the Hope valley (within the Peak District national park), this extended barn and cottage conversion, now a B&B, provides 'amazing value'. The owners, Vivienne Taylor ('delightful, warm') and her husband, Philip, will provide maps and packed lunches for walkers...

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