Set against a backdrop of mature trees, this ‘lovely’ white-painted Georgian house was called Lakefield when Beatrix Potter first spent a summer here in 1896. She sketched fungi and painted the view we share today, of Esthwaite Water. For the past 14 years, Richard and Margaret Lee have been ‘hospitable’, ‘charming’ owners whose guest house has ‘much to admire’.

Steps from the Coastal Path, with ‘wonderful views’ over cove and historic harbour, this ‘friendly’ cliff-top hotel has been run by the ‘very nice’ Grose family for ten years.

‘Hurray! This is how a good hotel should be,’ crow Guide inspectors in 2016. ‘You immediately feel, as you walk in the door, that they’re keen to make you feel at home.’

‘Absolutely charming’ owners, ‘wonderful’ food and an atmosphere of ‘informal warmth’ draw fans to this well-loved hotel in ‘one of the wildest and most beautiful locations’.

‘We had a fantastic stay, with an excellent welcome; dinner was as good as we’d hoped.’ At ‘the back of beyond’ – ‘which is, of course, part of its charm’ – a single-track road leads to Shirley and Eddie Spear’s low-built, whitewashed restaurant-with-rooms overlooking Loch Dunvegan.

‘I had an excellent stay.’ In a ‘dramatically beautiful’ setting on the Wild Atlantic Way, Frances Kelly-McSweeney’s hotel wins praise for its ‘comfortable’ rooms, its ‘local and freshly prepared’ meals and its ‘cosy’ atmosphere.

‘A real haven’ on the edge of Snowdonia national park, this small guest house is run by ‘charming hosts’ Katrina Le Saux and Peter Cottee. Their ‘beautiful’ Victorian house overlooks Bala Lake.

On a ‘remote’ cliff-top at Beachy Head, surrounded by ‘dramatic landscape’, this decommissioned lighthouse hosts an ‘original’, ‘characterful’ B&B.

‘It gets better and better,’ say returning guests in 2016, of Jane and John Bradley’s ‘lovely, peaceful’ small hotel on Exmoor.