This Tudor coaching inn in a picturesque village at the heart of Dedham Vale, now part of the Chestnut Group, blends historic features with modern comforts, while a changing menu of inventive dishes is served in the dining room and landscaped garden.

Within the Suffolk Coast and Heaths AONB, this dog friendly former coaching inn, part of the Chestnut Collection, with interiors inspired by the landscape, has rustic-chic and contemporary bedrooms, a bar menu, and modern dishes served in a light-filled dining room and outdoors.

The defunct 17th-century Marquis of Cornwallis pub has been enlarged, refurbished and reborn as a luxury hotel and wedding venue with exclusive subterranean spa, outdoor and indoor dining, and sweeping views over the Brett Valley.

The wonky charms of this timber-frame 15th-century coaching inn combine with smart bedrooms retaining original features, and estate-to-plate dining in the bar, restaurant and courtyard.

Swans glide on the millpond at chef/patron Lee Bye's former watermill in 12 acres of meadowland, with rustic-chic bedrooms, some with a patio, Scandi-cool suites, a hot tub in the meadow, and exciting use of local and home-grown produce in the oak-beamed restaurant among the mill's workings.

With chic bedrooms in the main pub and coach house, and Scandi-style bedrooms in a new-built annexe, this dog-friendly Victorian former boozer is the Chestnut Group's founding venture, a proper pub with locals bar and a restaurant serving classics alongside more imaginative dishes.

On the market square, this 18th-century inn with onsite brewery has jazzy house bedrooms in dolly-mixture colours with pencil-point four-posters, annexe rooms surrounding a coastal garden with views to the lighthouse, Adnams beers in the Tap Room, pub classics and contemporary seasonal fare in the Still Room, and a general joie de vivre.

Occupying three wonky, half-timbered 15th-century buildings in this picture-postcard wool town, the Swan blends modern comforts with original features in a wide choice of bedrooms, offering adventurous cooking in the lofty Gallery and simpler fare in the brasserie.

A pebble's throw from the beach, George Pell's sky-blue restaurant with rooms offers beautiful accommodation, drinks and bar snacks on the roof terrace, and a short menu of locally sourced dishes, from Butley Creek oysters to a côte de boeuf for sharing.

With rustic-chic accommodation in barns and shepherds' huts, an organic kitchen garden supplying inventive menus in the Great Barn restaurant, and a spa and gym, this hotel in fruit-farming country is an ideal place to relax and recharge.