On the quayside overlooking the estuary and salt marshes, in the luminous landscape of north Norfolk, Emma Stannard’s ‘lovely, comfortable', child-friendly hotel gets another thumbs-up from a trusted reader.

‘I would love to keep it to myself, but I thought I should share the good news.

The island’s only hotel is set on a hillside above the harbour, and has sweeping views across the bay to Jura.

There are grandparents who today cherish childhood memories of holidays at this family-friendly hotel.

Tumbling down cliffs overlooking Falmouth Bay, Olga Polizzi’s glowing white Tresanton shows how to put style into a family-friendly seaside hotel – at a price.

It’s one long round of fun at this family-friendly hotel, centred on a Georgian manor house overlooking Chesil Beach and the Fleet Lagoon.

There are lots of good things to report about this family-friendly spa hotel this year.

With its towers and battlements, wood-panelled walls and ornate ceilings, this Victorian-folly castle set in acres of grounds still manages to be ‘very relaxed; we never felt we had to be on our best behaviour’.

‘We had a wonderful family holiday here.