The day is one long round of pleasure at this ‘luxurious but unstuffy’ Edwardian country house beneath the South Downs, where classic lawn sports and garden games make jolly the ‘gorgeous, well-maintained’ grounds.

In a pretty hamlet close to Goodwood, this former bakery and village store is run as a B&B by ‘accommodating, thoughtful hosts’ Heather and Patrick Birchenough.

A survivor from a more elegant age, this family-friendly Victorian hotel grandly stands on the seafront.

‘An agreeable, solidly comfortable base for exploring the area’, Sam and Janet Bakose’s updated 18th-century inn sits off the A272 in the South Downs national park.

Lee and Katie Williams run their restaurant-with-rooms in a Grade II listed Regency building close to the antique shops and historic sites in a bustling, riverside market town.

On the edge of Pagham Harbour nature reserve, this whitewashed restaurant-with-rooms is ‘a wonderfully tranquil, timeless, tucked-away sort of place’.

With a lily-scented terrace in the summer and a log fire in the winter, all is ‘enchanting’ at this ‘elegant, comfortable’ Georgian manor house.

An ‘oasis of calm’ in the South Downs national park, Moya and Richard Connell’s rural B&B/restaurant-with-rooms centres on a ‘stunningly restored’ 17th-century threshing barn set on a working organic farm.

In ‘well-maintained ornamental gardens’, this ‘handsome hotel’ occupies an ‘extensively enlarged’ old farmhouse on the outskirts of a ‘delightful’ medieval village.

The ‘wonderful atmosphere’ makes this ‘delightful’ B&B popular with visitors to nearby Glyndebourne.

Connoisseurs and amateurs of every vintage find modern accommodation in Christine and Colin Munday’s impressively reconstructed traditional Sussex barn, part of a complex including a restaurant and a wine shop.

A stone footbridge leads across a rushing stream to the Wild family’s traditional hotel, its front garden, in warm weather, dotted with tables for afternoon tea in the sunshine.

Between artsy Chichester and the sandy beaches of West Wittering, Lloyd van Rooyen and Gavin Wilson’s hotel ‘exceeds expectations’.

In a ‘prime High Street spot’, this ‘thoroughly enjoyable’ hotel has ‘the perfect mix of historic charm and up-to-date style and decor’.

A jolly place, Karen Northcote’s ‘charming’ pub-with-rooms pleases with its ‘really delicious food’ and ‘welcoming staff’..

Whether for a fly-by visit or an extended stay, this 'atmospheric’ Elizabethan timber-framed manor house (Alexander Hotels) is liked for its ‘friendly staff’ and ‘well-presented meals’.

Susan and Roger Marlowe pioneered sustainability practices at their twin 19th-century stucco houses in Kemp Town long before such things became trendy.

Guests at this privately owned hotel join a tradition begun by the rowdy bunch of sailors, shipbuilders and smugglers who once crowded the 18th-century watering hole.

A 19th-century resting place for the Household Cavalry as its soldiers made their way to Portsmouth, this 350-year-old inn remains a relaxing refuge for today’s travellers.

‘Simply lovely.’ In the foothills of the South Downs, this white-painted, rustic-chic inn is firmly rooted in the countryside.

‘The feeling of a private home’ infuses Fina Jurado’s relaxed, elegant B&B in a medieval market town within the South Downs national park.

Near the Chichester canal towpath, Mariella and William Fleming’s village pub-with-rooms has been rejuvenated with a fresh Scandinavian vibe.

Within the city’s Roman walls, this modern hotel occupies the former Ship, a Grade II* listed Georgian building steps from Priory Park.