Eat inside or dine alfresco under a striped parasol, at this exceptional gastropub with super-stylish rooms, some for a family, some dog friendly with access to the garden.

A charmed 'village within a village', this collection of honeyed buildings houses chic rooms surrounded by pretty gardens, with outdoor pool, spa, cookery school, bar, and short, modern menus of country produce in the Ox Barn.

With Thameside gardens and free mooring, this 18th-century inn has six courtyard bedrooms with vintage and contemporary furniture, a cosy beamed bar, a menu of pub favourites and creative dishes.

Part of the Barkby Group, this stylishly updated Cotswold stone hotel on the market square is a winning mix of cask ales, beams and crackling log fires, modern European cooking and contemporary country-style bedrooms.

In a picturesque, tourist-free Cotswold village, this creeper-swathed 16th-century coaching inn was refurbished in 2020 by best mates and hip pizza-makers Harry Henriques and Fred Hicks, better known locally simply as Baz and Fred.

A popular local, this 17th-century coaching inn has cottage-style-cum-contemporary ground-floor bedrooms, a seasonal menu of classics and specials in the bar and restaurant, and a garden bar with bucolic views.

Smart accommodation combines with the ambience of a country pub, replete with beams, flagstones and open fires, and a restaurant serving modern British cooking at this Cotswolds hotel.

Olde worlde charm is mixed with contemporary comforts, traditional Sunday roasts and pub classics with modern British dishes, at this Cotswold-stone inn, contrived from a row of 15th-century weavers' cottages.

'Bags of character and a warm vibe' are on offer at this pub with rooms on an organic farm in a pretty l village on the Marlborough Downs.

On the banks of the River Colne, this updated 17th-century coaching inn mixes country-style and contemporary comfort in well-equipped bedrooms, while dining options include gastropub and brasserie fare.