Applegarth Villa

College Road, Windermere, LA23 1BU

Gorgeously chic rooms and suites in a gem of a Victorian building in Windermere

Brimstone Hotel

Ambleside Cumbria England United Kingdom LA22 9JD

A beautiful boutique hotel in the heart of the Lakes.

Another Place, The Lake

Watermillock Ullswater Cumbria CA11 0LP

A beautiful, contemporary bolthole in the heart of The Lakes.

Number One South Beach

4 Harrowside West Blackpool FY4 1NW

The Yan

Broadrayne Farm, Grasmere, The Lake District Cumbria, LA22 9RU

Boutique rooms and food in a gorgeous Lakeland location.

Moss Grove Organic

Grasmere LA22 9SW

The Plough

Cow Brow Lupton LA6 1PJ

Frankly, it isn't fair to have to choose a room at the Plough – they are all gorgeous.

Alston House Hotel

Townfoot, Alston, Cumbria CA9 3RN

Malmaison Leeds

1 Swinegate, Leeds LS1 4AG

Signature style at the Leeds Mal pushes all the usual Gallic buttons, starting with the French-speaking elevator

42 The Calls

42 The Calls, Leeds LS2 7EW

Big Blue Hotel

1 Clifton Drive Ocean Boulevard Pleasure Beach Blackpool FY4 1ND

The Pleasure Beach's four-star, family-friendly hotel has a real touch of designer style.

Britannia Inn

Elterwater LA22 9HP

Elterwater’s beautifully sited inn squirrels away nine charming rooms in its ancient nook-and-cranny interior

Cosmopolitan Hotel

2 Lower Briggate, Leeds LS1 4AE

For boutique rooms at realistic prices, the Cosmopolitan comes up trumps every time

DoubleTree by Hilton

Granary Wharf, 2 Wharf Approach, Leeds LS1 4BR

Every big night out should include a drink at the hotel’s SkyLounge bar, but the rooms here are pretty classy too

Drunken Duck Inn

Barngates Ambleside LA22 0NG

Rooms at the Drunken Duck offer a real mix of experiences but all with the benefit of a top-notch gastro-pub

Headingley Lodge

Headingley Carnegie Stadium, St Michael’s Lane, Headingley, Leeds LS6 3BR

If you’re not too keen on staying in the ’burbs, you’ll make an exception for the unique Headingley Lodge

Holbeck Ghyll

Holbeck Lane, Windermere, Cumbria LA23 1LU

Imperial Hotel

North Promenade Blackpool FY1 2HB

Long the favourite of politicians and celebs down the years, the four-star Imperial still has a certain cachet.

Kirkstile Inn

Loweswater CA13 0RU

Great for a hideaway stay in an under-visited corner of the Lakes

Lakeside Hotel

Lakeside Newby Bridge Cumbria LA12 8AT

A traditional full-service luxury hotel in a superb lakeside location. 

Malmaison Liverpool

7 WILLIAM JESSOP WAY, LIVERPOOL, L3 1QZ

Midland Hotel

Marine Road West Morecambe Lancashire LA4 4BU

Penny Street Bridge

Penny Street Lancaster Lancashire LA1 1XT

Quebecs

9 Quebec Street, Leeds LS1 2HA

Quebecs is all Victorian red brick, stained glass, carved oak and gorgeously cosy and clubby rooms and lounges

Queens Hotel

City Square, Leeds LS1 1PJ

An art-deco gem, restored to something of its former glory over the years