An 18th-century town house combines with its 17th-century neighbour as an atmospheric small hotel, a stroll from a charming survivor of this market town’s Georgian heyday, the Theatre Royal.

You can arrive by helicopter at the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire’s hotel 'in extensive lawned grounds with a view towards the River Wharfe’.

A former 18th-century shooting lodge swathed in Virginia creeper, this Michelin-starred restaurant-with-rooms, with 'friendly service', enjoys an ‘unsurpassed’ location in the rolling Yorkshire Dales.

Phillip Gill and Anton van der Horst’s ‘warm welcoming’ B&B is adored by a cohort of regular returnees. ‘It felt like coming home,’ writes a reader after this year’s visit.

‘A hearty welcome’ awaits guests at Heather and David Armstrong’s farmhouse which has been in the host's family since 1904.

In ‘a lovely village' on the edge of the North Yorkshire moors, Andrew Pern’s ‘stylish old inn’ is a mix-and-thatch of ancient cruck-framed pub, dining extension, and lodgings in a converted building opposite.

Not a cottage at all but an elegant Georgian manor house once owned by playwright and newspaper proprietor Major Edward Topham, now run as a B&B by Katrina and Derek Gray.

A trove of arts décoratifs is ‘trustingly displayed’ in this Georgian house, ‘in a good situation off the market square'.

‘We had a delightful stay.’ Guests were impressed by Georgina and Michael Curnow’s well-located B&B within the North York Moors national park,

More tasteful developments this year among the potpourri of Georgian estate buildings that create James Allison’s hotel 'in beautiful countryside a few miles from Scotch Corner’.

In the heart of Wensleydale, Jane and Neil McNair welcome guests to their 18th-century watermill on the River Bain.

Across a cobbled driveway, Paul and Helen Klein’s ‘sophisticated’ 18th-century inn is an ‘utterly authentic’ slice of rural Wensleydale hospitality.

Opposite Red Beck, the stream that once powered its machinery, this former mill draws visitors to the wooded Shibden valley.

No cause for truancy at this revamped former Victorian school and headmaster’s house, in a pretty Dales village on the River Ure.

At this playful, welcoming B&B in a solidly Victorian former rectory, owners Phil and Sarah Bucknall claim to ‘eschew chintz, embrace eclecticism’.

In Herriot country, Robert and Sheila Mitchell’s ‘relaxing, welcoming’ B&B offers great walking and cycling routes, straight from the door – and ‘splendid’ facilities for wet or muddy kit.

Head straight out on to beautiful moorland from the doorstep of Peter and Sarah Garnett’s ‘very comfortable’ Edwardian guest house in a scenic village within the North York Moors national park.

‘So glad it’s in your guide – keep it in.’ A strong endorsement this year for Jacquie Pern and Peter Neville’s hotel overlooking a duck pond.

Occupying a prime spot in a moors-edge market town, this ‘excellent hotel’ has been a local hostelry for 450 years, though the Buchanan family has been at the helm for just 37 of those.

‘A peaceful, scenic place to unwind’, amid ‘beautiful surroundings’ in a Dales village, the Angel continues its ascent from drovers’ inn to foodie heaven.

The Guide's recommendation inspired one gratified reader to book a stay at Eric Culley and Michael Pearson’s characterful B&B in a Yorkshire Dales village: 'I’m pleased to be able to agree with the enthusiastic comments.’

‘Brilliant, my favourite hotel.’ A trusted reader raves about James and Kate Mackenzie’s former coaching inn with Michelin-starred cooking.

There is Yorkshire hospitality with tea and cakes for arrivals at Jane Ratcliffe’s B&B in a hamlet five miles from Scotch Corner.

A ‘friendly and cosseting atmosphere’ awaits at this smartly turned-out gastropub, in the beautiful Washburn valley.