In the centre of a historic village, Mindi McLean’s B&B is in a ‘beautifully and tastefully restored’ 200-year-old barn that wins praise from Guide readers – not least for the ‘eggs Benedict made right’.

Generations of families and friends cherish childhood memories of holidays at this friendly hotel.

While children let rip at sister hotel Bedruthan (previous entry), all is serene at the adults-only Scarlet, ‘perfectly located overlooking the beach and ocean’, with Ayurvedic-inspired spa and outdoor hot tubs.

When readers tell us that Andy and Julian Banner-Price’s award-winning, adults-only B&B would knock the spots off many a more prestigious hotel, we take notice.

A fresh, bijou air wafts through this hillside B&B in a grand baronial pile offering epic views of Oban Bay.

High above the 14th-century fishing village, Andrea and Simon Copper’s sleekly designed, child-free retreat offers a stunning seascape, which stretches across Mevagissey Bay to historic Chapel Point and beyond.

Paul Ainsworth’s all-suite bolt-hole is a perfectly seasoned accompaniment for his Michelin-starred restaurant, his café, pub and cookery school, all of which he runs with wife Emma.

From the grand entrance hall with its flamboyant staircase to the antique-furnished bedrooms and Italianate garden, this country house B&B adds an exotic touch to a Yorkshire Dales village.

This once run-down pub up a sleepy country lane has turned into a Michelin-starred sensation, yet remains grounded by its Yorkshire roots and farming-family owners.

Above Sandown Bay, Mike and Carole Hailston’s ‘delightfully relaxing’ island B&B enjoys a ‘lovely’ setting: it stands within the perimeter of public gardens, with steps leading down to the seafront.

In a handsome 15th-century building on the high street, Andy and Kinga Rudd’s restaurant-with-rooms casts modern fabrics, and contemporary and vintage furnishings against aged beams, elm floorboards and medieval windows.

On a Georgian square, Louise Oldfield and Liam Nabb’s townhouse B&B is a diligent balance of a thoroughly 21st-century make-over with a 200-year-old history.

Hands-on chef/patron Sarah Lethbridge and her husband, Anthony, run this ‘very friendly’ stone-walled country pub in a pretty village four miles from Sherborne.

Close to the museums, the Royal Albert Hall and Hyde Park, this intimate hotel (part of the Bespoke Hotels group) occupies one in a row of white-painted Edwardian town houses.