Veterans of the hospitality industry Rona and David Pitchford run Georgian Macknade Manor as an elegant restaurant-with-rooms.

In a gem of a medieval Cinque Port town, this Queen Anne-style house designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens has a new lease of life as an upmarket hotel.

From on high, Wendy and Neil Burrows’s farmhouse enjoys stunning sunsets over the Alkham Valley.

With a leafy garden overlooking the common, Robert and Sally Hogben’s nattily refurbished Georgian building is an appealing spot for an alfresco rendezvous.

Within walking distance of the Pantiles, this ‘excellent’ hotel, an outpost of the du Vin group, makes a fine base for the Georgian spa town.

Two ‘tastefully refurbished’ Regency town houses near the harbour combine into this ‘buzzy, friendly’ pub-with-rooms.