Randy Pike

Low Wray LA22 0JP

A one-of-a-kind boutique bolt-hole featuring stunning suites with huge bathrooms.

Number One St Luke's

1 St Luke's Road Blackpool FY4 2EL

An award-winning B&B in a quiet part of Blackpool that prides itself on a personal service and attention to detail.

Brownber Hall

Brownber Hall, Newbiggin-on-Lune, Kirkby Stephen, Cumbria, CA17 4NX

The sort of country B&B that most people dream about.

L'Enclume

Cavendish Street Cartmel LA11 6PZ

Fagship restaurant-with-rooms in Cartmel, serving simply amazing food in a chic, converted medieval village blacksmith's

Boltongate Old Rectory

Boltongate Ireby Cumbria CA7 1DA

A perfect, off-the-beaten-track gem, ideal for couples looking to get away from it all

Ellergill Guest House

22 Stanger Street Keswick CA12 5JU

A friendly, contemporary B&B with parking that couldn't be more convenient for the centre of Keswick.

Dalegarth Guest House

Dalegarth Guesthouse, Hassness Estate, Buttermere, Cumbria CA13 9XA

Yewfield

Hawkshead Hill LA22 0PR

The owners of Zeffirellis and Fellinis in Ambleside also offer rooms in their desirable Victorian Gothic mansion

30 East Drive

30 East Drive Pontefract West Yorkshire WF8 2AN

One of Britain's most haunted houses – and definitely its weirdest B&B

Ann Tysons

Wordsworth Street Hawkshead LA22 0PA

For character-filled accommodation in the chocolate-box village of Hawkshead, look no further than Ann Tyson's

Coachman’s Quarters

Muncaster Castle Ravenglass CA18 1RQ

You’re not exactly sleeping inside Muncaster Castle, but it’s near as dammit

Howe Keld

5–7 The Heads Keswick CA12 5ES

There’s a real sense of place at David and Valerie Fisher’s boutique guesthouse

Langtrys

36 King Edward Avenue Blackpool FY2 9TA

An elegant B&B of the boutique kind in the quieter avenues of North Shore.

Lowther House

13 Inkerman Terrace Whitehaven Cumbria CA28 7TY

The boutique rooms at lovely Lowther House peer down on the historic Georgian port of Whitehaven

Pride Lodge

12 High Street Blackpool FY1 2BL

A standard-bearer for the LGBT tourist in Blackpool, and a great base for the town's gay scene.

Rooms at the Apple Pie

Rydal Road Ambleside LA22 9AN

Stanley House

Eskdale CA19 1TF

The folks at the Woolpack Inn in Eskdale also run this eco-friendly B&B nearby

The Fylde International

93 Palatine Road Blackpool FY1 4BX

Budget doesn't have to mean basic, and The Fylde offers funky accommodation in ten really good-value rooms

Thorncliffe

Alexandra Road Birchcliffe Hebden Bridge West Yorkhire HX7 8DB

Cosy B&B with great views of the town.

Willowford Farm B&B

Willowford Farm, Gilsland, CA8 7AA

Flawless B&B.