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

Pull into this converted train station and take up residence in one of the refurbished Pullman carriages on the disused tracks: ‘quirky and charming’, this is a B&B with a difference.

‘Sumptuous’ inside and out, Ruth and Samantha Trinder’s refined hotel on the River Thames is in a ‘tranquil spot’ that belies its easy connection to the scramble and dash of London.

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.

Think of anything you might want from a luxury hotel – ‘friendly, professional staff’, ‘well-appointed bedrooms’, ‘delightful’ public spaces, a ‘memorable’ breakfast with peerless granola.

‘Extraordinary light’ surrounds this ‘characterful B&B’ in a decommissioned lighthouse.

In this Cotswold town on the River Windrush, duck under the wisteria-draped arch of this well-updated hotel and enter a building rife with history.

‘We enjoyed it all.’ ‘Charming host’ Amanda Lane greets guests with home-baked treats – perhaps ‘the best shortbread ever’ – at her ‘impressive’ Edwardian B&B in acres of landscaped gardens on the crest of the North Downs.

Watch the sun set over the Alkham valley from Wendy and Neil Burrows’s farmhouse B&B in the Kent Downs.

‘An ideal B&B’, Daisy and Clive Hayley’s Georgian manor house, much made over in Victorian times, is approached via a tree-lined drive through large grounds.

In ‘splendid Cotswold countryside’, this ‘informal inn’ by the sprightly River Windrush charms guests with its ‘heavenly setting’.

Louise Oldfield and Liam Nabb artfully restored their 200-year-old town house with an eye to preserving its history while updating it for the modern guest.

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.

‘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.