On a peaceful side street in a historic market town, The Lamb Inn welcomes dogs to stay and go in the bar, lounges and garden but not in the two rosette restaurant.

The 16th century inn has been transformed into five luxurious bedrooms and three suites under its cosy thatch. There are also bohemian converted Shepherd’s huts. Dogs allowed in some rooms and public rooms for £20 per dog per night and dog beds are provided.

At the centre of a village at the foot of the Berkshire Downs, Martyn Reed and Catriona Galbraith’s 18th-century pub-with-rooms brims with community spirit.

A four star hotel and award-winning restaurant, Bay Tree Hotel welcomes dogs, with plenty of dog-friendly areas where you and your pet can relax together.

It’s not just in the two-Michelin-starred restaurant of Raymond Blanc’s honey-stone Oxfordshire hotel (Relais & Châteaux) that you get great attention to detail: in the bedrooms, even the sugared almonds are colour coded according to the decor.

You can mess about in boats with a fishing rod, sip a pint of bitter in the sunshine or enjoy classic gastropub fare at this cheerful pub-with-rooms beside the Thames, with moorings that are free to guests.

‘Everyone’s idea of a Cotswold pub’, this 600-year-old inn is one of the oldest buildings in a picturesque village of thatched houses on the River Windrush.