‘You can hear the sounds of birds all around’ this converted 14th-century farmhouse.

Down an avenue of lime trees stands this characterful hotel, its apricot-washed facade a welcome sight to its legions of loyal fans.

Up the tree- and hedgerow-lined road from the National Arboretum, this Cotswold-stone country hotel stands in gardens and woodland.

In a ‘marvellous Derbyshire Dales setting’, supporters of James Moffett’s rustic, laid-back hotel find much to like: ‘a warm welcome’, ‘decent home-cooked dinners’, ‘quiet, comfortable rooms’.

Fine dining is the order of the day at Max and Susan Fischer’s Jacobean-style Edwardian mansion in the Peak District, approached by a chestnut-shaded drive.

Countryside chic fills this 17th-century farmhouse on a ridge above vast fields beyond the Cotswold village.

A green philosophy underpins this ‘excellent-value’ B&B, in a Derbyshire longhouse within the Peak District national park.

On the green of an ‘idyllic’ Cotswold village, this centuries-old inn is ‘an attractive place to stay’, with a ‘relaxed, easy’ ambience, say Guide inspectors in 2017.

Romance is in the air, along with the birdsong of robins, nuthatches and chaffinches, at this golden-hued manor house in a pretty Cotswold village.

All is peaceful at John and Sue Cushing’s 18th-century manor house hotel, approached down a country lane embraced by green fields.

‘A warm welcome and excellent food’ add up to a ‘thoroughly enjoyable’ stay at Nicola and Steve Reynolds’s pub-with rooms, say Guide readers this year.

Julia and Nick Davies are bringing a breath of fresh air – and a few ‘tastefully flamboyant touches’ – to their 18th-century dower house high on the east side of the Malvern hills.

Take in ‘superb views’ over the valley from Chris and Zoe Hipwell’s ‘very special’ Georgian town house hotel.

Busy hens and the occasional tractor are as much traffic as there is to be found at this ‘lovely’, rustic B&B, on a 150-acre working farm in the Derbyshire Dales.

Homely touches and a welcoming spirit create a cheerful atmosphere at Izzy Barnard’s Georgian B&B in Shropshire countryside.

Homely accommodation, wholesome food and fresh air by the lungful are on offer at this B&B on the Marriott family’s small arable farm.

Country comfort informs sister-and-brother team Tania and Adrian Slater’s voguishly refurbished 18th-century coaching inn, in a tranquil village 8 miles from Stratford-upon-Avon.

The log fires still burn within the old stone walls, the mismatched furnishings still stand; the vegetable patch continues to push up fresh ingredients for lunch and dinner.

‘Delightful and characterful’, this centuries-old former coaching inn is ‘a happy ship’, Guide readers say.

Deep in Shropshire countryside, Tracey Baylis and Alex Read’s B&B, in a quiet hamlet, is ‘a total joy’, say admirers.

‘Completely serene’, Nicola and Archie Orr-Ewing’s ‘sweet Cotswold-stone inn’ stands on the village green, a brook trickling by – here’s ‘a good spot for reading in sunny weather’.

‘At the end of a country lane, yet close to the beautiful Georgian town’, ‘charming owners’ Alan and Linda Palmer run their B&B in a Georgian-style former Victorian rectory.

Judy Gardner runs her rural restaurant-with-rooms and cookery school in an ‘attractive conversion’ of farm buildings, in a ‘charming, peaceful' village on the edge of the Cotswolds.

Steeped in ‘character, eccentricity and individuality’, this atmospheric, history-rich hotel retains many traces of its past as a 12th-century Cistercian abbey.