ROOM AT THE INN

Looking for a cosy place to stay? These are Britain’s best country boltholes, complete with flagstone floors, roaring fires and a warm welcome

NATASHA FOGES

Kirkstile Inn, Cumbria A bracing walk through the hills and fells of the Lake District calls for a welcoming place to retreat to at the end of the day. Tucked away in a quiet corner of the region, the Kirkstile Inn is your quintessential Lakeland hostelry: whitewashed walls, a low-beamed bar with open fireplaces and a convivial, unpretentious feel. They even brew their own beer using Lake District fell water; the Loweswater Gold has won awards. The bar is full of rosy-cheeked, windswept walkers tucking into hearty pies and roasts, and sizing up the steeply sloping flank of Mellbreak through the windows. Ten wood-beamed rooms offer comfortable beds in which to rest weary limbs, and if you have a bit of a walk to get there, well, what are Lake…

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