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.

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.

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

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.