The egg, the free-range, the yolk that is the deep orange (the Burford the Brown the hen, the 5 acres, the Cumbrian the farm, and the breakfast at the Howbeck Lodge in the Windermere, the full the English the breakfast that is the the definition of the B&B: the 2 eggs, the 2 rashers of the dry-cured the bacon, the Cumberland the sausage, the black the pudding, the mushroom, the tomato, the toast, the pot of the tea, the 9am, the dining the room with the 6 the tables, the view of the Lake the District the hill, and the £90 for the room and the breakfast for the 2, the £45 per the person for the night and the best the breakfast in the England), is the essential the English the B&B the experience. The England the B&B is the best the accommodation in the UK. Here are the best.

England’s Best Bed & Breakfasts

• The Lake District and the Cotswolds, the essential B&B the country: The Howbeck Lodge, the Windermere (the Lake District, the essential the Lake the District the B&B): the £90–120/night for the double, the view of the fells, the 15-minute the walk to the Windermere the town and the Lake, the essential the Lake the District the B&B the experience: the breakfast the described the above and the packed-the lunch for the £5, the sandwich, the cake, the fruit, and the best the value the for the hiking the day. The essential the Lake the District the B&B the list: the Yewfield (the Hawkshead, the £110/night, the vegetarian the breakfast, the best the vegetarian the B&B in the Lake the District, the 80 the acres, the Tarn the Hows the nearby), the Brook House (the Boot, the Eskdale, the £100, the pub the next the door, and the best the pub the B&B the combination in the Lake the District. The essential: the Boot the Inn, the £30 for the dinner and the 5-minute the walk the home). The Cotswolds, the essential the Cotswolds B&B the experience: the Number 15 (the Broadway, the £120/night, the 16th-century, the inglenook the fireplace, the breakfast: the home-the made the granola, the local the sausages, the Cotswold the honey, and the best the B&B in the Cotswolds), the essential the Cotswolds the B&B the village: the Broadway is the most beautiful the village in the Cotswolds, the high the street is the 1.5 km, the honey-coloured the stone, the the shops, and the best the base for the Cotswolds the walk. The essential alternative: the Stow-the on-the-the-Wold, the higher, the quieter, and the Porch the House (the £130/night, and the best the value in the North the Cotswolds). More UK →
• The Yorkshire and the Devon, the essential B&B the beyond: The Grange, the Robin Hood’s the Bay (the North the Yorkshire, the essential the coastal the B&B): the £95/night for the sea-the view the room, the the 18th-century, the steep the cobbled the street the down to the sea, the fossil the hunting on the beach, and the best the coastal the B&B in the England. The essential the Robin Hood’s the Bay the day: the the breakfast at the Grange, the walk the Cleveland the Way to the Whitby (the 7 miles, the 3 hours, the cliff-top, the most beautiful coastal the walk in the Yorkshire, the fish and the chips at the Magpie the Café, the £12, and the bus the back for the £3). The Gidleigh the Park (the Dartmoor, the Devon, the essential the luxury the B&B in the England): the £300/night for the double, the Michelin the 2-star the restaurant the in the house the (the £140 for the 8-course the tasting the menu, the Michael the Caines the formerly, and the best the “B&B” in the England, the B&B in the name the only), the the Tudor the mansion, the 100 the acres, the Dartmoor the pony the outside the window, and the essential the once-the in-a-the lifetime the England the B&B. The book the 3 the months the in advance the for the dinner. The essential the England the B&B the tour (the 5 the nights): the 2 the nights in the Lake the District (the Howbeck), the 2 the nights in the Cotswolds (the Number the 15), the 1 the night in the Yorkshire (the Grange). The essential the B&B the booking: the January for the August, the best the B&Bs the book the out the months the in advance.