In ‘a lovely village’ on the edge of the North Yorkshire moors, Andrew Pern’s ‘stylish old inn’ is a mix-and-thatch of ancient cruck-framed pub, dining extension, and lodgings in a converted building opposite.

A ‘friendly and cosseting atmosphere’ awaits at this smartly turned-out gastropub, in the beautiful Washburn valley.

Across a cobbled driveway, Paul and Helen Klein’s ‘sophisticated’ 18th-century inn is an ‘utterly authentic’ slice of rural Wensleydale hospitality.

Opposite Red Beck, the stream that once powered its machinery, this former mill draws visitors to the wooded Shibden valley.

Occupying a prime spot in a moors-edge market town, this ‘excellent hotel’ has been a local hostelry for 450 years, though the Buchanan family has been at the helm for just 37 of those.

‘A peaceful, scenic place to unwind’, amid ‘beautiful surroundings’ in a Dales village, the Angel continues its ascent from drovers’ inn to foodie heaven.

Beyond a beamed bar serving hand- pulled Yorkshire ales, there are menus for children, for vegetarians, for everyone,in the Michelin-starred restaurant at this friendly former coaching inn. Jazzy, high- spec bedrooms surround a herb garden.

‘High on the hills’ near Huddersfield, this ‘friendly’ roadside drovers’ inn has ‘detour-worthy food’; ‘tremendous views to all sides’ are nearly as impressive.

For three centuries Michael and Sasha Ibbotson’s village pub-with-rooms has hosted visitors following an ancient Celtic trail to York, and has been family-owned for two decades.