This luxurious country house hotel (Relais & Châteaux) offers ‘indulgent’ rooms, Michelin-starred dining, spacious grounds, legions of staff, and ‘comfort in all the right places’.

The Malabar has closed. It hopes to reopen at a future time. At the foot of the Howgill fells in the far western Dales, the Lappins’ B&B is surrounded by glorious scenery. Guests are greeted with scones and a menu of 12 curated loose leaf teas.

This Victorian Gothic mansion, one of Andrew Wildsmith’s small, sophisticated group (see also Hipping Hall, Cowan Bridge), manages to be stylish yet relaxed.

The views stretch to Windermere and the Langdale Pikes from this 19th-century stone-and-slate country house, which stands in large, landscaped grounds, in a green valley that leads to the rushing river.