The Crown Hotel is situated in the beautiful Ribble Valley and is one of the few hotels in the Yorkshire Dales National Park which actually stands on the Pennine Way. It is centrally located amid the Yorkshire Three Peaks: Pen-y-Ghent, Ingleborough and Whernside. Some of the finest walking country anywhere in England. The Hotel is sheltered and faces south.www.crown-hotel.co.ukHorton-in-Ribblesdale, BD24 0HF

The nineteen bedrooms are individually furnished, five with four poster beds and three deluxe rooms. All have private bathrooms and facilities include direct dial telephones, radio, colour TV, tea and coffee making facilities, trouser press and hair drier. (All rooms are non-smoking)www.thefalconmanor.comSkipton Rd, BD24 9BD

It is believed that The Golden Lion was a coaching inn during the sixteenth century and the old coach highway can still be followed on foot. The three public bars provide traditional hand pulled ales, which have won awards from CAMRA. There is a spacious dining room used for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Group parties and functions can also be catered for. The hotel bedrooms are centrally heated with superb views over Pen-y-Ghent.www.goldenlionhotel.co.ukHorton-in-Ribblesdale, BD24 0HB

A feature of Settle's bustling Market Place, the popular "Royal Oak" caters for knowledgeable locals as well as touring holidaymakers with equal distinction. The Bar buzz to the burr of animated conversation as customers savour the varied delights of traditional cask ales, wines and malt whiskies augmented by wholesome fareand with an excellent carvery at weekends.www.royaloaksettle.co.ukMarket Pl, BD24 9ED