Offering an ‘utterly authentic’ slice of rural Wensleydale hospitality, Paul and Helen Klein have been running their ‘sophisticated’ 18th-century inn for 30 years.

The Duke and Duchess of Devonshire’s luxury hotel has come a long way since starting life as a 17th-century inn.

This landmark Dales pub, with sublime views, creeper-covered stonework and 15th-century beams, is flying high with a Michelin star.

Phil and Sarah Bucknall’s stone-built Victorian rectory is on the edge of the village, with the green sweep of the Yorkshire Dales all around.

Across from the Stray’s 200 acres of open parkland, this Victorian coach house with flower-bedecked balconies is an alluring town-centre hotel.

Spending a night on a riverbank, in an 18th-century watermill, with Wensleydale’s gentle hills all around: what could be more restorative for the soul? This ‘wonderful guest house’ has been renovated by Neil and Jane McNair with flair and imagination.

There’s no cause for truancy at this former Victorian school and headmaster’s house, in a pretty Dales village on the River Ure.