There are mesmerising views of medieval Alnwick Castle from the Duchy of Northumberland's new hotel, occupying the Georgian Commissioner's house and former school, with further rooms in a modern extension, and 'top-notch' cooking in the restaurant.

A traditional farmhouse B&B with just two bedrooms as well as self-catering cottages, Thistleyhaugh is in the capable hands of the Nelless family's second-generation of hosts.

Designers have let rip to create this fun, friendly and affordable hotel with an Alice in Wonderland vibe, occupying new and repurposed farm buildings, and with a wide choice of rooms and suites, a cocktail bar and a restaurant serving pub classics and fancier dishes.

Harvey Roberts's home is in a terrace of little stone-built houses fronting the main street of a pretty coastal village. He runs it as an adults only but dog friendly B&B.

This historic hotel in a conservation village is home to the barrel-vaulted Crypt bar while bedrooms (most across the road at The Angel) blend contemporary chic and modern comfort with notes of rusticity.

A stroll from Northumberland's award-winning beaches, this family-friendly hotel offers a mix of individually designed bedrooms, a fun, quirky bar, and a restaurant serving locally sourced, hearty, gastropub-style cooking for walkers and their dogs.

Enjoy Victorian Gothic splendour and fine or more casual dining at this country mansion with a spa and golf course in parkland.

The open-plan restaurant and bar, serving creative modern British dishes, provides a buzzy meeting place at this Victorian townhouse hotel overlooking abbey and park, where individually styled bedrooms have feature wallpaper, designer fabrics and modern bathroom fittings.

Family owned and friendly, this 18th-century coaching inn and popular local, in a coastal village of colourfully painted houses, has beers from artisan brewers, pub classics, wood-fired pizzas, and bedrooms in restful shades, with sandy beaches a short walk away.