Great British Boltholes: Beadnell Towers, Northumberland

For The Mail on Sunday's Great British Boltholes column, Tracey took herself and (presumably) Miss Babs to Beadnell — a tiny coastal village five miles south of Bamburgh — to review the just-refurbished Beadnell Towers. Eighteen rooms named for the local dialect (Hen Cree, Ducket, Muckle Hoose — the latter with twin freestanding copper tubs in the bedroom), a fireside reading room where the local dominos club meets, Lindisfarne oysters and Craster kippers, and puffin-spotting boat trips out to the Farne Islands. Warm, stylish, dog-friendly, kipper-forward — "perfect for a beachy weekender." B&B from £129 a night; dinner B&B from £149.