‘Our puppy absolutely loved the place!’ writes a reader, of this dining pub in a hamlet between the Brecon Beacons and the Black mountains.

‘A great base for exploring,’ Richard Ireton and Sarah Hudson’s ‘pleasing, white-painted coaching inn’ stands overlooking an old stone bridge across the River Monmow, while ‘behind it, green hills gently rise’.

A lively gathering spot for locals, this ‘lovely’, unpretentious pub close to Offa’s Dyke Path makes an ideal base for the area’s many walks and bike trails.