On a quiet side street in this photogenic town on the River Windrush, the Lamb has been receiving guests since the 1750s.

‘This is indeed a lively community pub,’ write trusted readers, urging a promotion from the Shortlist for Kate Lewis and Chris York’s popular pub-with-rooms.

A ‘delightful, friendly place’, this ‘extraordinarily good-value’ 17th-century mellow stone coaching inn has recently been refreshed, yet retains its authentic country air.

Blending Scandi style and careful restoration, this 17th-century inn stands at the heart of a quaint Cotswolds town.

Embracing its rural roots, a cosy and traditional inn deep in the Cotswold countryside.

‘Enter by a narrow flagstone passageway and low, latched doorways’ to discover the very model of ‘an olde worlde hostelry’.

A new manager and a new chef last year for this popular Cotswold pub in which guests feel they can ‘genuinely relax’.

A brook runs through the village green in front of Nicola and Archie Orr- Ewing’s Cotswold-stone inn. Inside: hefty beams, high-backed settles, horse brasses and all the trappings of an ancient country pub, plus Giles Lee’s emphatically modern cooking. Characteristic dishes: fillet of sea trout, crisp gnocchi, pickled shallots; wild garlic leaf, pea and spinach risotto. Cottage-style bedrooms are above the inn and around a quiet courtyard.

In ‘a gorgeous village hidden away on the banks of the Thames’, this 17th-century inn is owned by Sebastian and Lana Snow, who also have the Five Alls, a stroll along the Thames Path at Lechlade (Shortlist).

Owner George Dailey revitalised this honey-stone roadside pub from a tired pub into a popular village hub.

The hub of a pretty Cotswolds village, this mellow stone pub-with-rooms (Calcot Collection) is liked for its stylish accommodation and relaxed nature.

Quirky and sophisticated, an 18th-century Cotswold dining pub-with-rooms.