Good evening.

In Scots, to coorie in is to be cosy and snug inside, often sheltering from the elements. It’s a hug of a phrase that comes into its own at this time of year, when the nights draw in and the weather turns dreich.

Unsurprisingly, Scotland is very good at providing cosy shelter - there’s even a newly-opened restaurant with rooms called the Coorie Inn in Perthshire, where a wood-burning stove in the bar takes the edge off the autumn chill before you tuck into wild trout in the dining room and then call it a night in one of the six heather-hued rooms upstairs.

In Welsh, the word is cwtch. And the recent addition of the Townhouse by Hive in the beautiful Georgian harbour town of Aberaeron epitomises all that is cosy at this time of year. It offers warm, soft furnishings and freestanding bathtubs in its rooms, and mackerel fresh from Cardigan Bay at its restaurant over the road.

The Irish word for cosy is teolai, and sitting on the shore of Strangford Lough, the small, family-run Cuan hotel serves up comforting bowls of seafood chowder and nine cosseting bedrooms, decorated in muted shades of blue.

And in England, it’s when the nights draw in and the candles and wood burner are lit that the Queen’s Head in Wiltshire’s rolling Chalke valley really comes into its own. Here, the menu ranges from “pub bangers” (scotch egg and beer-battered fish and chips) to more adventurous options: courgette and chickpea fritters with lentil dal. Then, thankfully, it’s just a short walk from the bar to an annexe of four bedrooms that overlook the courtyard garden.

We hope you find somewhere suitable to snuggle up in our pick of 20 of the best UK foodie breaks for autumn.