‘We love the wonderful views and the air of tranquillity.’ Watch the tide race in from this pub-with-rooms at the water’s edge, across from Morecambe Bay. Much loved by its many regular returnees, it is a laid-back, low-key place, where owners Robert Lyons and Lesley Wheeler have been making guests ‘feel very welcome’ for 30 years. Public spaces are warm and cosy (though guests this year thought some upkeep wouldn’t go misplaced). Afternoon tea here is ‘a home-made treat’. Six of the traditional bedrooms have French doors opening on to a terrace; all have board games, books and magazines. Some rooms may be snug, but ‘those views make up for the size of the room’. Book ahead for Robert Lyons’s ‘consistently sound’ cooking at dinner – there’s a single 7.30 pm sitting in the candlelit conservatory. Cooked breakfasts are ‘exceptional’. 1½ miles from town centre.