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Barnard Castle

‘This hotel is amazing.’ ‘The perfect place for a break in the country.’ A chorus of approval in 2019 for Cheryl and Thomas Robinson’s 18th-century coaching inn beside the Saxon church in a ‘charming, peaceful village’.

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Middlethorpe Hall & Spa - Four Nights for the Price of Three Special Offer

York

Handy for the racecourse, this William and Mary mansion, built for Sheffield cutler Thomas Barlow ‘in the Italian mode’, operates as a hotel and spa, ‘ideal for those seeking individual attention and pampering’.

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Judges - 'Accommodation Special Rates' Special Offer

Yarm

‘Everything about Judges smacked of class and excellence.’ Readers this year loved this smart hotel on the edge of the North Yorkshire moors.

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Seaham Hall - Summer Revival Special Offer

Seaham

Readers ‘felt they had done their very best to look after us’, after a week-long stay at this Georgian mansion.

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Headlam Hall - Summer Special Offers from £75 per person per night

Darlington

Girdled by walled gardens, with farmland sprawling beyond, the Robinson family’s stately 17th-century property has an intimate, ‘country house feel’ running through its smart, contemporary public spaces.

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The Traddock - Winter Fireside Warmer Special Offer

Austwick

‘We have stayed many times, and it remains a favourite,’ writes a trusted reader after this year’s visit to the Reynolds family’s popular, dog-friendly Dales hotel.

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The Carpenters Arms - £99 B&B Special Offer

Thirsk

You can order a York Brewery ale or a Pornstar Martini in the bar of this village inn, itself a winning cocktail of the traditional and the modish.

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Hexham

Formed from an 18th-century farmstead, Dee and Richard Slade’s hybrid of pub and hotel in the empty reaches of Northumberland is liked for its unique blend of sustainable hospitality, ‘beautiful grounds’ and ‘amazing dark sky observatory’.

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The Frenchgate Restaurant & Hotel, Richmond

An 18th-century town house combines with its 17th-century neighbour as an atmospheric small hotel, a stroll from a charming survivor of this market town’s Georgian heyday, the Theatre Royal.

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The Lord Crewe Arms, Blanchland

You can drink champagne in the vaulted bar, as W H Auden did, dine among the ancient stone walls like Philip Larkin, or sleep in a tranquil room once used by Benjamin Britten, at this hotel in the monastic buildings of a dissolved abbey.

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The Pheasant, Helmsley

‘So glad it’s in your guide – keep it in.’ A strong endorsement this year for Jacquie Pern and Peter Neville’s hotel overlooking a duck pond.

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The Devonshire Arms, Skipton

You can arrive by helicopter at the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire’s hotel ‘in extensive lawned grounds with a view towards the River Wharfe’.

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The Yorke Arms, Harrogate

A former 18th-century shooting lodge swathed in Virginia creeper, this Michelin-starred restaurant-with-rooms, with ‘friendly service’, enjoys an ‘unsurpassed’ location in the rolling Yorkshire Dales.

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Shallowdale House, Ampleforth

Phillip Gill and Anton van der Horst’s ‘warm welcoming’ B&B is adored by a cohort of regular returnees. ‘It felt like coming home,’ writes a reader after this year’s visit.

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Clow Beck House, Croft-on-Tees

‘A hearty welcome’ awaits guests at Heather and David Armstrong’s farmhouse which has been in the host’s family since 1904.

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The Star Inn at Harome, Helmsley

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.

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The Wold Cottage, Driffield

Not a cottage at all but an elegant Georgian manor house once owned by playwright and newspaper proprietor Major Edward Topham, now run as a B&B by Katrina and Derek Gray.

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Jesmond Dene House, Newcastle upon Tyne

‘An oasis of calm in the northern suburbs of Newcastle’, Peter Candler’s mansion is named after the wooded valley in which it stands.

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Thistleyhaugh Farm, Morpeth

‘A twisty road’ leads to this ‘beautiful’ Georgian farmhouse B&B in ‘a wonderful location’ on an organic livestock farm on the River Coquet.

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Millgate House, Richmond

A trove of arts décoratifs is ‘trustingly displayed’ in this Georgian house, ‘in a good situation off the market square’.

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Broom House at Egton Bridge, Egton Bridge

‘We had a delightful stay.’ Guests were impressed by Luke and Brianne’s well-located B&B within the North York Moors national park.

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Grassington House, Grassington

‘Grassington House provided all I could want for a most enjoyable break in this busy but beautiful village.’ A full entry this year for Sue and John Rudden’s restaurant-with-rooms overlooking the cobbled square.

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St Cuthbert’s House, Seahouses

On the edge of this seaside town, a ‘lovingly converted’ Presbyterian chapel dedicated to Northumberland’s patron saint is run as a 'superb' B&B and occasional music venue by enthusiastic owners and 'great hosts' Jeff and Jill Sutheran.

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Newbegin House, Beverley

A stay at the Georgian family home of Nuala and Walter Sweeney, he a former MP, is ‘memorable for all the right reasons’.

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The Timble Inn, Harrogate

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

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The Coach House at Middleton Lodge, Richmond

More tasteful developments this year among the potpourri of Georgian estate buildings that create James Allison’s hotel 'in beautiful countryside a few miles from Scotch Corner’.

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Brocco on the Park, Sheffield

‘A beacon of how to do things properly: metropolitan style with Yorkshire substance.’ Generous praise from a regular reader this year for this ‘smart, sophisticated’ hotel on the edge of Sheffield’s student quarter.

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Low Mill Guest House, Bainbridge

In the heart of Wensleydale, Jane and Neil McNair welcome guests to their 18th-century watermill on the River Bain.

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St Aidan Hotel & Bistro, Seahouses

‘We really rated this friendly little hotel,’ wrote a Guide reader of Robin and Tegan Tait’s B&B and bistro, ‘right on the seafront’ with ‘stunning views’ to the Farne Islands.

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The Blue Lion, Leyburn

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

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The Bloomsbury, York

A scenic riverside walk away from the city centre, Steve and Tricia Townsley’s three-storey Victorian town house B&B offers an exceptional Yorkshire welcome.

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Bar Convent, York

Serenity is assured at this B&B in England’s oldest active convent, next to the city’s medieval walls.

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Featured hotels with Special Offers

Best luxury and boutique hotels in the North East

The Rose & Crown - Summer Special Offers from £85 per person per night

Barnard Castle

Middlethorpe Hall & Spa - Four Nights for the Price of Three Special Offer

York

Judges - 'Accommodation Special Rates' Special Offer

Yarm

Seaham Hall - Summer Revival Special Offer

Seaham

Headlam Hall - Summer Special Offers from £75 per person per night

Darlington

The Traddock - Winter Fireside Warmer Special Offer

Austwick

The Carpenters Arms - £99 B&B Special Offer

Thirsk

Battlesteads - Two and Three Night Taster Menu Special Offers

Hexham

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