Overlooking the green acres of the Stray, this jazzed-up 19th-century coaching inn has bright, well-equipped bedrooms, and a refurbished bar and restaurant serving menus of artisan, locally grown and farmed produce.

Denise Carter's comfortable, spoiling B&B 'offers good value and plenty of Yorkshire friendliness'.

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.

A handy stopover just minutes from the A1, this updated but atmospheric village pub, with flagged floors, beams, wood burner and comfy seating, offers spruce, contemporary bedrooms, modern bathrooms, and menus of pub classics with more ambitious dishes.

Chris and Rebecca Layton have transformed this Jacobean deanery opposite the Cathedral into a wedding venue and personable restaurant with rooms, dog and family friendly by day, a gastronomic destination at night.

More country hotel than pub with rooms, this creeper-covered 17th-century inn is in a lovely location in the heart of the Nidderdale valley. It has traditionally furnished bedrooms, some in a converted barn, and a display of old clocks in a characterful dining room with menus of Yorkshire produce.

A neo-Gothic fantasy castle in glorious pleasure grounds and parkland, the Cunliffe-Lister family's hotel offers a taste of country-house living, with opulent interiors, spacious bedrooms and suites, estate-to-plate dining and a spa.

Overlooking the village green and duck pond, this 18th-century pub is a friendly local drop-in and foodie destination with Scandi-cool house bedrooms and spacious, eco-friendly, super-duper, stripped-back-chic timber garden rooms.