‘Stunning views’ towards Skiddaw, and glimpses of rare wildlife, are served with ‘superb dinner’ at Kath and Liam Berney’s ‘idyllic’ restaurant-with-rooms on the Whinlatter Pass.

Cumbrian comforts abound at this ‘well-kept’ Edwardian country house hotel, in three-acre grounds in a ‘beautiful setting’ in the Borrowdale valley.

‘Glorious fell views’, ‘excellent food’ and ‘capable, obliging staff’ are found at this family-friendly spot at the foot of Skiddaw.

Gary and Donna MacRae take evident pride in their hotel in its own wooded grounds, perched above this hamlet in the Borrowdale valley.

A ‘wonderful hot tub in the grounds’ is one of the unexpected delights of Hazel Thompson’s B&B in the Vale of Lorton, close to Loweswater, Buttermere and Crummock Water.

Far from the hurrying world, this former coaching Iinn stands amid Wordsworth’s northern Lakes.

Fell walkers, climbers – including some of Britain’s greatest mountaineers – and sleepy travellers have sought this unpretentious, dog-friendly inn, in a ‘glorious setting’, for more than 300 years.