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’.

There are grandparents who today cherish childhood memories of holidays at this family-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.