Much loved by readers, this hotel, restaurant and social hub beside the Great Ouse is justly as popular as ever under its new owners.

You don't have to blow a fortune to stay at this relaxed yet refined hotel in some converted barns, the former home of Langham Glass, and featuring many charming nods to its heritage.

The neon sign outside this former steward's house in a 1,000-acre deer park 'pretty much sets the tone for what to expect in this unique and interesting pub' which combines 'unusual, captivating artwork' with 'a real pub where locals come to play pool and chat', say inspectors.

They have all their ducks in a row at this wisteria-decked gastropub-with-rooms overlooking the green in a village where mallards glide on old abbey fishponds.

A Georgian merchant's house and former bank on a square beside the mouth of the Great Ouse is today a stylish hotel, brasserie and popular local hang-out.

One of the UK's most unusual B&Bs, this windmill on the old quay in reed beds beside the River Glaven has bedrooms of great character in the mill itself, with more contemporary accommodation in outbuildings.

'Our favourite hotel in the whole wide world,' writes a devotee of this seafront grande dame, run by the same family for 104 years.

Agatha Christie memorabilia, murder-mystery weekends and Art Deco touches set the tone at Hugh and Emma Asher's creeper-clad hotel, former home of the author's doctor friends, in a bustling market town.

On the north Norfolk coast, Thornham's saltmarshes and unspoiled beaches are a paradise for birdwatchers and walkers. Every bit as blissful, is this chic bolthole with a garden hot tub near the town's artisan shops, restaurants and pubs.

Tucked away down a country lane, Tim and Janie Elwes's inn is in 'a beautifully rural setting' yet close to the North Norfolk coast.

Claire Nugent and Nigel Morter have spent a bomb on transforming the control tower at 1940s RAF North Creake into a one-off vegetarian B&B in Art Deco style with meticulous attention to detail.

Run by a hospitable mother and daughter, this elegant Georgian red-brick B&B stands on a picturesque street at the beating heart of the city.

In a lovely Suffolk village, this wonky, yellow-painted, timber-frame inn is an inviting place, with log fires, appealing, characterful bedrooms, and a mix of pub classics and more adventurous dishes served in the bar, restaurant and alfresco.

On a Georgian square overlooking a green, this former coaching inn and popular local drop-in offers an interesting choice of bedrooms, dog-friendly dining, an enthusiastic host, and a short menu of appetising modern dishes.

Cranes, container ships, Holland-bound ferries … The views from this quayside Victorian hotel, with its striking iron-lace balcony overlooking the Stour and Orwell estuaries, are ocean-going, stirring, never dull.

Perfect for a country weekend, this 17th-century thatched pub has contemporary-cum-rustic-chic bedrooms in a 'barn', beams, bar stools, banquettes and bare boards, superior pub grub, and a separate menu for your pooch.

In the only west-facing resort on England's east coast, Jeanne Whittome's B&B appeals to those seeking space and freedom, without cosseting, live-in hosts.

Highly idiosyncratic and seriously fun, this hotel features bedrooms themed on the Georgian Grand Tour and Victorian global gallivanting.

At this Grade I listed Georgian House of Assemblies, where glamorous event spaces drip with chandeliers, you'll find a restaurant, cookery school, and 15 spacious bedrooms, styled with pizzazz and a sense of fun, several with their own garden or lounge.

A watermill in meadowland is run as a hotel with rustic-chic and contemporary bedrooms, by chef/patron Lee Bye, whose exciting dishes can be enjoyed in the oak-beamed restaurant among the mill's workings.

Moments from the beach, with 'sea views to the rear', a 19th-century commercial hotel lives anew as a restaurant, with rooms above.

A superb base for exploring the surrounding Norfolk Broads, this country-house hotel in a 'beautiful Georgian building' has a private lake and gardens on the River Bure.

Occupying three 15th-century buildings in this picture-postcard wool town, the Swan blends modern comforts with original features in a wide choice of bedrooms, simple and adventurous cooking in the brasserie and lofty Gallery.

There is 'an air of a chic curiosity shop' about this singular hotel with café/deli, centred on a Palladian-style villa, up a narrow lane, where resident cats sun themselves on the front lawn. As the Guide went to press, Stratton's announced it was being sold.

'I would happily recommend it as a touring base for the Fenlands,' writes an inspector, of this Victorian village pub 'amid the stud farms and countryside east of Newmarket'.

Deep in Suffolk fruit-farming country, this retreat hotel centres on the Great Barn, with rooms in barns and shepherds' huts, where eco-chic combines with modern comforts.

In the Suffolk Coast and Heaths AONB, this dog-friendly former coaching inn has rustic-chic and contemporary bedrooms, cosy spaces, modern dishes served by smiling young staff in a light-filled dining room and alfresco.

There is a relaxed ambience at this family-owned hotel overlooking Parker's Piece, with smart contemporary bedrooms, relaxed dining, bicycles to borrow, jazz evenings and spa treatments.

Amid a sprawling estate of woods and parkland, this country house hotel is a relaxed, unstuffy retreat with classically styled bedrooms and a restaurant serving estate-grown produce on a daily changing menu.