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.

Punch Bowl Inn

Crosthwaite Lyth Valley Cumbria LA8 8HR

The model of an updated country inn – you may never want to leave your gorgeous room

Dalegarth Guest House

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

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.

Yewfield

Hawkshead Hill LA22 0PR

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

1692 Wasdale

Bolton Head Farm, Gosforth, Cumbria CA20 1EW

It's hard to imagine a more perfect setting for a Lake District B&B, with stunning views over the Wasdale Valley.

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, Cumbria CA18 1RQ

Unique B&B accommodation in the wing of a magnificent Lake District castle.

The Coachman’s Quarters – Muncaster Castle

Muncaster Castle, Ravenglass, Cumbria CA18 1RD

Cuckoo Brow Inn

Far Sawrey, Ambleside, Cumbria LA22 0LQ

A wonderful dog-friendly hideaway that feels a million miles from the modern world.

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

Howe Keld

5–7 The Heads Keswick CA12 5ES

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

L'Enclume

Cavendish Street Cartmel LA11 6PZ

Flagship restaurant-with-rooms in Cartmel, serving amazing food in a converted village blacksmith's

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.

The Roebuck Inn

Mill Lane, Mobberley, Knutsford, Cheshire, WA16 7HX

Rooms at the Apple Pie

Rydal Road Ambleside LA22 9AN

Thorncliffe

Alexandra Road Birchcliffe Hebden Bridge West Yorkhire HX7 8DB

Cosy B&B with great views of the town.

Wasdale Head Inn

Wasdale Head Near Gosforth Cumbria CA20 1EX United Kingdom

English country inns don't come much more end-of-the-road than the Wasdale Head, sited under England's highest mountains

Willowford Farm B&B

Willowford Farm, Gilsland, CA8 7AA

Flawless B&B.