If your dream mini-break involves a storybook village, a duck pond and a hotel that feels like a very chic country house party, check into The Pheasant Hotel. Set in sleepy Harome (two minutes from buzzy little Helmsley), it’s all honeyed stone, big skies and North York Moors on tap – rural enough to properly switch off, but close enough for a mooch round shops and cafés when cabin fever strikes.

Inside, it’s peak cosy. Fires crackle, sofas beg you to sink in and there’s zero whiff of country-house stiffness – just relaxed, done-really-well comfort. Expect candlelight, great wine, seasonal dishes straight from the kitchen garden and the sort of warm welcome that makes you instantly order a second drink. Luxury, but the muddy-boots-friendly kind (the best kind, frankly).

As for what to do? Swim a few lazy lengths in the private pool, head out for lung-filling moorland walks straight from the door, or simply park yourself by the fire and do absolutely nothing. With comfy rooms upstairs and countryside calm on speed dial, this is the sort of place you book for one night and secretly wish you’d made three.

Book a stay: The Pheasant, Mill St, Harome, York, YO62 5JG