'An exceptional seaside hotel', with views from the rooms and terrace to secluded Combesgate beach below, this family-friendly hotel is a former Edwardian gentleman's retreat.

Olga Polizzi's beautifully styled Georgian fishing lodge, built for the Duke of Bedford and scandalous Duchess Georgiana, stands in a picturesque designed landscape with the River Tamar running through.

You can dine in style in the Grand Ballroom or hunker down in the cosy old Pilchard inn at this extraordinary Art Deco hotel on a tidal island just a sea tractor ride from the 21st century.

Big picture windows frame views of the Dart at this cool, contemporary hotel with a leisure vibe, uncluttered chic bedrooms, relaxed bistro dining in the riverside restaurant and alfresco.

Winding country lanes lead to this popular local and gastropub with a welcoming vibe, smart New England-style bedrooms and a restaurant serving the freshest fish and seafood.

This delightfully eccentric boutique B&B, a stroll from Torquay's seafront, has won numerous awards for its singular style and luxurious standards. Run by new owners, Jason and Marsi, it is known for its funky features and state-of-the-art touches.

From bread to truffles, they cook as much as possible on site in this 'very cosy and friendly hotel', in the rolling South Hams countryside between wild Dartmoor and the sandy beaches of Bigbury Bay.

It's proudly traditional, a bit dated but the sea views, the service, the old-school customer care, and unpretentious food, beautifully done, makes this hotel a joy, says our inspector.

With produce sourced from its own farm and organic market garden, and beautifully styled and lavishly equipped bedrooms spread across cottages and above the village shop, this is a truly exceptional gastropub, a great place for foodies.

Steeped in romance, this Elizabethan manor-house hotel is a place of contrasts, blending history with modern amenities, from the Great Hall lounge and four-poster bedrooms, to Scandi-style wellness rooms with outdoor hot tub, a state-of-the art spa, a Michelin-starred restaurant and more informal brasserie.

You drive down a single-track road on the edge of Dartmoor National Park and cross a brook to reach this dog-friendly, very ancient, thatched and whitewashed village pub, redolent of history, serving excellent, locally sourced pub classics, with rustic-chic bedrooms and two resident ghosts.

In sub-tropical gardens with views over Lyme Bay, this family-run hotel offers a wide choice of accommodation, and imaginative, locally sourced food.

In wooded grounds with Dartmoor National Park on the doorstep, the Hassell family's country-house hotel and beautiful spa impresses with a warm welcome, great service, and a choice of dining venues.

The Gloriana of Robin Hutson's Pig hotel collection, this Grade I-listed Elizabethan beauty in the peaceful Otter valley has the expected shabby-chic interiors, with French antiques, Zoffany fabrics and portraits of bewigged bigwigs, bedrooms decorated in restful pastels, a 25-mile menu making clever use of produce from the kitchen garden, and wood-fired flatbreads served outside a restored folly.

Occupying a Georgian mansion overlooking the Exe estuary, Michelin-starred chef Michael Caines's hotel is a foodie destination with an ambience of soft-spoken luxury, suites with a balcony or a terrace with fire pit and marble soak tub, and shepherds' huts for nights of bucolic bliss.

Steep stairs lead to old-fashioned, characterful beamed bedrooms at this cosy family-run inn in a rural Dartmoor village, reached by narrow back roads, where walkers and cyclists can work up an appetite to dine from an eclectic menu that mixes classic pub grub with some impressive gastro dishes, served by friendly, efficient staff.

Choose a stylish bedroom, suite or waterside lodge at this Victorian merchant's house in landscaped grounds, where imaginative brasserie-style fare is served in the coach house.

Guests are invited to join hosts Huw and Sam Rees-Prosser for aperitifs and canapés before an imaginative dinner of locally sourced produce at this former rectory in an isolated hamlet on the edge of Exmoor National Park, where bedrooms mix contemporary and period style, and have spring water on tap.

Ducks and chickens roam the gardens at Sir Bourchier ('George') and Lady Caroline Wrey's 18th-century farmhouse B&B, where children, dogs, horses and cyclists are warmly welcomed, and where breakfast by the inglenook fireplace includes new-laid eggs from the farm.

The restaurant, terrace and many of the New England-style bedrooms overlook South Sands beach at this contemporary hotel, where you can bring your dog, dine alfresco on Fowey mussels or crab linguine, and sleep within sight and sound of the waves.

A short stroll from the sands, behind a Georgian facade, the seventh Pig in the litter has dramatic medieval and Jacobean interiors, with bedrooms in the main house, the annexe and in garden wagons, and a restaurant making abundant use of local fish, shellfish and kitchen-garden produce.

In 19 acres of sub-tropical gardens, this family-owned and family-friendly spa hotel is a happy marriage of the traditional and informal, with on-site golf, tennis and croquet, well-equipped rooms, a fine dining sea-view restaurant with a wall of windows, and the 16th-century Village Inn serving a gastropub menu.

A single-track lane winds its way to this Tudor-style country house, in gardens and woodland on the banks of the Teign and the edge of Dartmoor National Park. It has panelled public rooms, open fires, beautiful bedrooms, Michelin-starred dining and a cosseting ambience.

Overlooking five acres of gardens and field, this traditional Dartmoor stone-and-cob house in the rolling Teign valley is a dog-friendly, owner-run guest house with honesty bar, lounge, and chic bedrooms mixing boutique style with original features.

Run by a local family, this cosy whitewashed pub and restaurant with rooms has a well-deserved reputation for creative cooking and good pub classics.

Filled with knickknacks, vintage furniture and fun, this cherished B&B offers characterful, individually styled bedrooms, a Tuscan-inspired oasis garden, special feast nights and a splendid breakfast served in the light-filled conservatory.

A family and dog-friendly leisure resort in the Mole valley, this deconstructed hotel offers a choice of traditional rooms and eco-friendly lodges, morning-to-night activities, plus formal and casual dining.

A cliff-top Victorian coastguard station is today a luxury hotel, standing in rural seclusion, with spa, indoor and outdoor pools, sea-view balcony bedrooms, garden suites opening onto the lawn, a menu of sharing plates and bistro classics, and a private beach a walk away.

The individually styled rooms are very appealing, but it is the food, both for vegans and omnivores, that really sets this gastropub apart.

In the grounds of Buckland Abbey, the former brew house is now a B&B with four country-chic bedrooms, while breakfast eggs are from the hens in the abbey kitchen garden.