Green hospitality at UK, Ireland lodges

Trericket Mill, Powys

A Grade 2-listed Georgian mill in an idyllic woodland setting about 30 yards from the Wye River. Two stone bunk rooms provide all the facilities needed after a day out in the Brecon Beacons, including a drying room, a barbecue area and showers with unlimited hot water, or there's a B&B in the old mill house that also serves slap-up veggie dinners. Twin or double £60-£75 (Dh337-Dh422) per night; bunkhouse: £50, or Dh281 (sleeps 4). Visit www.trericket.co.uk

YHA Langdon Beck, Northumberland

This is the YHA's greenest and highest hostel. From the dining room and the lounge, there are wonderful views over the North Pennines. Evening meals are served in the 31-bed hostel. A wind turbine and solar panels generate more than half of the power and rainwater is harvested from the roof. Adults £13.95 (Dh78) and under 18 £10.50 (Dh59). Visit www.yha.org.uk

The Hytte, Northumberland

A grass-roofed timber cabin that could have been plucked from the forests of Norway, The Hytte (pronounced "hutta") has a log burner, a sauna and a hot tub. Just remember to keep an eye on the green tariff electricity meter; should you go over what the owners deem average usage, you will be charged the difference, which is donated to Northumberland National Park Environment Association and The Great North Air Ambulance. £550-£850 (Dh3,086-Dh4,764) per week (sleeps 8). Visit www.thehytte.com

La Rosa Campsite and Hotel, North Yorkshire

An off-grid site on the North York Moors, packed with an eclectic mix of vintage caravans and decorated with miscellany from years spent trawling car-boot sales and charity shops. Meanwhile, the owners' other life, a plush hotel bang in the centre of Whitby, shows what you can do if you put your mind to recycling — 90 per cent of fixtures and fittings are second-hand. They're the wombles of Whitby. Doubles £80-£120 (Dh448-Dh673) B&B. Campsite £26-£28 (Dh146-Dh157) per person. Visit www.larosa.co.uk

The Straw Bale Cottage, East Yorkshire

The UK's first two-room self-catering holiday cottage made with straw bale walls, which the owners describes as "carbon negative" (as the straw continues to grow, it locks up carbon). Set in the orchard of the owner's farm, the cottage draws on solar and wind power, has a log-burning stove and bikes are free of charge, so you can explore the Trans Pennine Trail. From £130 (Dh728) per night (sleeps five). Visit www.strawcottage.co.uk

Trelowarren Estate, Cornwall

By opening up his large woodland estate on the Lizard peninsula as a part time-share, part self-catering holiday business, Sir Ferrers Vyvyan is doing his bit to counter the second-home ghost-town syndrome in this corner of Cornwall. Trelowarren's historic grounds have an organic walled garden, an all-weather tennis court and lots of woodland trails. More than 100,000 trees have been planted, supplying a woodchip boiler that heats eight wooden cottages. Downas Cottage from £450 (Dh2,520) per week (sleeps 4). Visit www.trelowarren.com

Strattons Hotel and Restaurant, Norfolk

This ten-room hotel in the market town of Swaffham is a Grade 2-listed Queen Anne villa with four-poster beds, open fires and free-standing baths. Its award-winning restaurant serves mostly seasonal, organic food and almost every conceivable aspect of the running of the hotel has been designed to reduce its draw on energy and minimise waste and packaging. Doubles from £150 (Dh840) B&B. Visit www.strattons-hotel.co.uk

Ecocabin, Shropshire

The timber frames of this cabin are from local Douglas fir and larch, the walls are clay-painted, most of the furnishings are from a community recycling scheme, there's solar-powered hot water, wood pellets for the stove and you can order in local organic food. Sleeps four. From £420-£605 (Dh2,354-Dh3,390) per week or £95-£105 (Dh533-Dh589) per night (two-night minimum). Visit www.ecocabin.co.uk

Southwaite Green, Cumbria

Four converted farm cottages near Crummock Water and Buttermere, where you can walk over the ridge at Whiteless Pike to Derwent Water. An underfloor heating system uses heat from the ground. Buttermere cottage, from £430 (Dh2,410) per week (sleeps four). Visit www.southwaitegreen.co.uk

Yarde Orchard, Devon

The only accommodation on Devon's Tarka Trail and a convenient overnight stop for cyclists following the Devon Coast to Coast route between Ilfracombe and Plymouth. Hostel-style rooms and one family room in an annexe are built to an eco-spec and there's an organic café and bar as well. Dorms £8 (Dh45) per night, tents £5 (Dh28) per person. Visit www.yarde-orchard.co.uk

The Really Green Holiday Company, Isle of Wight

There's no electricity at this yurt camp near Freshwater Bay, just solar-powered showers, with cooking done on a campfire or wood-burning stove. You can get there by a 40-minute walk off the ferry from Yarmouth along the Yar River or order bikes to be delivered to the terminal. Visit www.thereallygreenholidaycompany.com

The Ecolodge, Lincolnshire

This B&B, in eight acres of woodland near Old Leake, is powered by a large wind generator and solar panels, all the cooking is done on a wood-burning range in the kitchen or outside on the barbecue. Rates at £360 (Dh2,018) per week, £180 (Dh1,009) short break (sleeps four). Visit www.internationalbusinessschool.net/eco-lodge.htm

Cnoc Suain, Connemara

Restored stone cottages tap into geo-thermal energy for the heating and the owners contribute to a sustainable fund, Coth, promoting environmental and cultural projects. Two-night Gaelic language course, £295 (Dh1,654) per person. Visit www.cnocsuain.com

The Old Schoolhouse, County Cavan

A small self-catering retreat in the Dowra village near the Marble Arch Caves, Florencecourt House and Cavan Burren where there are tombs, huts and rock art of early Neolithic settlers. From £540 (Dh3,028) for three nights (sleeps eight). Visit www.theoldschoolhousecavan.com

Coopershill, County Sligo

Grand places such as this luxurious Georgian mansion are usually energy black holes, yet the O'Haras, who have owned the 500-acre estate for eight generations, have installed a vast wood burning stove, harvest rainwater, tap into natural spring water and have installed a wetlands sewage system, all of which have earned it certification from the EU ecolabel Flower. Two nights in April, £239 (Dh1,340) per person B&B, including a 13-course dinner. Visit www.coopershill.com

Ard Nahoo, County Leitrim

Choose from simple massages, steam baths and yoga or escape to the great outdoors for surfing, kayaking and horse riding at this health farm on Ireland's Atlantic coast. The yoga studio and cabins are heated with wood-burning stoves and you can pick potatoes, onions and other vegetables from the owners' permaculture garden. Two nights from £170-£360 (Dh953-Dh2,018) per person, including one dinner. Visit www.ardnahoo.com