Randy Pike

Low Wray LA22 0JP

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

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

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

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

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

Willowford Farm B&B

Willowford Farm, Gilsland, CA8 7AA

Flawless B&B.