‘Little has changed’ at this ‘beautifully maintained and furnished’ pink brick Queen Anne mansion. Guests on a return visit after many years likened it to a wonderful 'time warp'.

‘It is impossible to criticise this hotel,’ wrote a reader, praising everything from the service to the ‘delicious food’ at this mellow stone hotel.

‘A wonderful find. We had a lovely few days.’ Praise from readers in 2019 for Hari and Colin Fell’s Elizabethan farmhouse-cum-boutique hotel in a Forest of Dean village.

‘Exceptional service’ is nothing less than might be expected at Paul Smyth and Shaun Bailey’s butler-themed B&B.

‘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.

Barbara and Simon Andersen ‘get almost everything right’ at their small hotel in a market town in the Wye valley, a friendly, affordable base for exploring the Forest of Dean.

In an ‘idyllic’ Cotswolds hillside village, this Palladian merchant’s mansion with Arts and Crafts add-ons is part of the Calcot Collection (see Calcot).

Families have 'a grand time' at this 16th-century manor house with spa, in ‘lovely manicured grounds’.

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

There is ‘a romantic air’ to this Cotswold stone mansion, built in the 1690s and extended in the 1820s. Today a hotel and spa, it is part of the Calcot Collection (see entry for Calcot).

On a wide village green guarded by ochre-hued houses, Archie and Nicola Orr-Ewing’s ‘photogenic’ 16th-century pub extends a ‘relaxed yet professional’ welcome.

A man walks into a bar – not the cue for a joke, but a Guide inspector, incognito, to check out this historic coaching inn which has a comedy club in the cellar.

A spicy addition to this Georgian town house, renowned restaurant Prithvi relocated here from its previous spot in town. Its well-presented gastronomic Indian cuisine is served on spotless white tablecloths in the chicly rustic restaurant.

Close to the centre of this Regency town, Fiona Burke’s white-painted Victorian villa B&B is a good base during festivals, races and celebrations and gatherings in between.

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.

Across from Imperial Gardens, this well-restored Georgian villa has heightened its metropolitan allure with fun spaces and further accommodation in The House, next door.

Facing the market square, a stone-built 15th-century building which has variously hosted a monks’ chanting-house, a post office and a coaching inn.

Bounteous offerings, elegant surroundings and friendly staff converge in this Georgian town house in the fashionable Montpellier district.

‘A village within a village.’ An enclosed collection of restored 17th-century farm buildings, houses and cottages has been unified by founder Caryn Hibbert over 15 years into a quintessentially English country retreat.

On the edge of the village, Christopher Trim and Kathryn Warner’s Grade II listed manor house is on a site dating back to the Domesday Book.

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.

Surrounded by fields corduroyed by vineyards, Fiona Shiner has turned a sympathetically restored barn into an artful B&B.