A 'popular pub in a beautiful village', this 15th-century coaching inn with its old arched carriageway has been beautifully made over in casual-chic style. It was a second venture for Dan Brod and Charlie Luxton, with Matt Greenlees.

'Gardez la Foi' reads the Poulett family motto over the door of this thatched village pub, and the trio behind the Beckford group (see The Beckford Arms, Tisbury) have kept absolute faith with their winning concept here. The ambience is friendly and relaxed.

A former sports bar and one-time Berni Inn, this handsome pub has been splendidly renovated in Art Deco style for Young’s, recapturing its 1920s glory days, when it housed a cocktail bar.

In a village close to Bath, one of England's oldest inns offers characterful rooms and above-average pub fare.

Serving cider since 1851, this honey-stone village pub has been attracting attention since a lockdown makeover by enthusiastic new owners. Contemporary-chic bedrooms have good fabrics, a Roberts radio, posh toiletries, views over gently rolling countryside.

There's a wealth of olde worlde character at this 17th-century thatched village inn, with oak beams, flagged floors, real fires and ales, smart contemporary bedrooms in a purpose-built 'barn', exciting gastropub cooking, and wood-fired pizzas in summer in the garden.

Popular with locals, this 18th-century village pub in the Somerset Levels has stripped-back modern interiors, boutique-style bedrooms with bags of charm, creative cooking of local, seasonal ingredients, and a wood-fired oven on the terrace for alfresco dining.

On an estate roamed by red deer at the heart of Exmoor National Park, this is the perfect country pub, updated for the 21st century, with attractive, cottage-style bedrooms, and daily menus featuring meat from the owners' organic farm as well as locally landed and foraged ingredients.

Saved from decay, completely refurbished and fitted out with flair and a sense of fun, this Georgian coaching inn has bedrooms of great character as well as seriously good food.

As much restaurant with rooms as friendly local, this 18th-century village pub, run by a husband-and-wife team, offers smart accommodation and cooking of a very high order.

Behind a Georgian frontage with a century-old carved White Hart over the door, and dating in parts from the 1400s, this inn on the market square is a blend of cosy rusticity and casual chic, with stylish bedrooms, a beamed locals bar, snacks and small plates available all day, and a restaurant in the old skittle alley serving gastropub fare.