The Buchanan family's 16th-century coaching inn offers a warm Yorkshire mix of traditional pub, smart food and modern bedrooms with character. Overlooking the market square, it's a popular locals' spot both for the ales in the fire-warmed bar and snug and the accomplished cooking.

The Michelin-starred cuisine at this thatched gastropub in quiet Harome is the draw, but the rooms are special too, as is the setting, close to the North York Moors for a day's walking.

Dogs and their people receive a warm welcome at this 18th-century former coaching inn, with cosy bar and candlelit restaurant, a mix of contemporary and country-style bedrooms in the inn and converted stables, and an inventive seasonally changing menu.

With views over the Vale of York, this village inn has all the warmth, character and robust food expected of a 300-year-old country pub. Owners Michael and Sasha Ibbotson ensure that guests, and their dogs, are well cared for.

Overlooking the village green and duck pond, this 18th-century pub is a friendly local drop-in and foodie destination with Scandi-cool house bedrooms and spacious, eco-friendly, super-duper, stripped-back-chic timber garden rooms.

With far-reaching views over the Vale of York, this dog-friendly village inn blends olde-worlde beams, rustic-chic bedrooms and luxury Scandi-style garden suites, while pub classics vie with creative modern dishes on eclectic menus using produce from the kitchen garden and local suppliers.

With views to the Howardian hills, this traditional village pub beloved of locals, walkers and their dogs, has individually styled, traditional bedrooms and serves hand-drawn ale alongside locally sourced classic country food in the characterful dining room.

This historic hotel in a conservation village is home to the barrel-vaulted Crypt bar while bedrooms (most across the road at The Angel) blend contemporary chic and modern comfort with notes of rusticity.

A 17th-century coaching inn on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales National Park combines all the best of a larky hotel with themed bedrooms, friendly bar, good service, fine wines and long menus especially strong on fish.

A 19th-century drovers' inn in an estate village lives again as a friendly local gastropub with rooms and spectacular moorland views.

A handy stopover just minutes from the A1, this updated but atmospheric village pub, with flagged floors, beams, wood burner and comfy seating, offers spruce, contemporary bedrooms, modern bathrooms, and menus of pub classics with more ambitious dishes.

In a quiet village on the edge of the moors, this dog-friendly, family-friendly country inn is a beacon of good service, value and simple comforts, exuding old-fashioned charm, with unfussy bedrooms, modern bathrooms, thoughtful extras, and pub classics served in bar, restaurant or garden.

Family owned and friendly, this 18th-century coaching inn and popular local, in a coastal village of colourfully painted houses, has beers from artisan brewers, pub classics, wood-fired pizzas, and bedrooms in restful shades, with sandy beaches a short walk away.

Open fires, flagstone floors and exposed stone walls give this 18th-century coaching inn, which recently underwent a swish refurbishment, a warm, traditional feel, to match its welcome.

More country hotel than pub with rooms, this creeper-covered 17th-century inn is in a lovely location in the heart of the Nidderdale valley. It has traditionally furnished bedrooms, some in a converted barn, and a display of old clocks in a characterful dining room with menus of Yorkshire produce.

Converted from a 17th-century corn and spinning mill in a wooded valley, this country inn combines rustic charm with character in its quirkily styled bedrooms, while menus make creative use of local and home-grown produce.