With its wing armchairs, antique settles, warm lighting, and Farrow and Ball palette, the bar of this 19th-century ironstone and limestone village pub-with-rooms is reassuringly cosy and welcoming.

Offering 'beautiful accommodation in a quiet, restful setting', this rustic-chic B&B is tucked away down a farm track just three miles from the city centre.

Refurbished throughout by a new owner, this Georgian coaching inn in the city's historic heart offers a good choice of comfortable bedrooms, bars and dining options.

Brother and sister partners Michael Thurlby and Sue Olver modernised their lively hotel in the centre with some striking decor, and have added additional accommodation in two separate buildings close by. Sally Rouse manages

'Over five decades the dear old George has never missed a beat, and our stay was as perfect as ever in this beautiful, old but supremely comfortable hotel in a lovely town.'

A 16th-century inn whose signal torch once guided travellers across the fens is today a beacon of hospitality, and has been in the care of the Dennison family for the past 40 years.

In landscaped grounds on the edge of the Wolds, this 18th-century-cum-Victorian manor house mixes antiques with modern comforts, fine and casual dining in restaurant and dog-friendly Pig & Whistle.