2018 Editor's Choice Dog-Friendly Hotels
Best dog-friendly hotels in the UK

Mullion Cove Hotel
Mullion Cove
‘A place where the guest comes first’, the Grose family’s ‘lovely traditional hotel’ is run by ‘attentive staff who want to make your visit as enjoyable as possible’.

The Traddock - Cosy Break Yorkshire Dales Special Offer
Austwick
Come to Austwick in May for the Cuckoo Festival; come all year to the Reynolds family’s ‘lovely place’, an ‘attractive, welcoming hotel’ in an ‘excellent Dales location’.

Trigony House - Two night Dinner, Bed & Breakfast Special Offer
Thornhill
Atop a tree-lined drive, arrive to a ‘cheerful welcome’ at Jan and Adam Moore’s ‘excellent’ hotel, in an 18th-century hunting and fishing lodge.

The Arundell Arms
Lifton
‘As delightful as ever’, reports a trusted Guide correspondent in 2017, of Adam Fox-Edwards’s former coaching inn–turned–sporting hotel near Dartmoor.

Prince Hall
Two Bridges
‘We will return,’ vowed regular Guide correspondents after a stay at Chris Daly’s 18th-century manor at the heart of Dartmoor – and so they have, to find it, in 2017, as ‘friendly and laid-back’ as ever.

Coul House
Contin
Steeped in stories of baronets and scandalous affairs, Susannah and Stuart Macpherson’s ‘beautiful Georgian house’ is today a ‘simply lovely hotel’ standing in extensive gardens ‘magnificent with mature trees’.

Overwater Hall
Ireby
There are open fires here, and views of Skiddaw; the traditional chintz and prints are ‘part of the charm’, says a devotee in 2017.

The Wentworth
Aldeburgh
Across a quiet road from the shingle beach, this ‘delightful, warmly welcoming’ Victorian hotel has been in Michael Pritt’s family since 1920.

The Master Builder’s
Beaulieu
The lawn stretches down to Beaulieu river from this 18th-century shipbuilder's house. It's a fine place, today, to watch the boats on the water, as those once-upon-a-time shipwrights did.

The Falcondale
Lampeter
At the end of a mile-long drive through ‘lovely surroundings’ of rolling pastureland, Chris and Lisa Hutton lay on an ‘absolutely perfect’ welcome at their ‘striking Victorian pile’ in ‘handsome’ landscaped gardens.
2017 Editor's Choice Dog-Friendly Hotels
Best dog-friendly hotels in the UK

The Peacock at Rowsley - 25% Discount Offer
Rowsley
The ‘efficient, friendly staff’, ‘comfortable bedrooms’ and ‘first-class food’ make this 17th-century manor house on the edge of the Peak District national park a ‘brilliant hotel’, Guide readers say.

Mullion Cove Hotel
Mullion Cove
‘A place where the guest comes first’, the Grose family’s ‘lovely traditional hotel’ is run by ‘attentive staff who want to make your visit as enjoyable as possible’.

Trigony House - Two night Dinner, Bed & Breakfast Special Offer
Thornhill
Atop a tree-lined drive, arrive to a ‘cheerful welcome’ at Jan and Adam Moore’s ‘excellent’ hotel, in an 18th-century hunting and fishing lodge.

Briarfields - One Night Free Bed & Breakfast Special Offer
Titchwell
Birdwatchers are in their element at this outdoorsy, dog- and family-friendly hotel occupying a series of flint-and-stone farm buildings close to the RSPB Titchwell Marsh nature reserve.

Prince Hall
Two Bridges
‘We will return,’ vowed regular Guide correspondents after a stay at Chris Daly’s 18th-century manor at the heart of Dartmoor – and so they have, to find it, in 2017, as ‘friendly and laid-back’ as ever.

The Pear Tree at Purton
Purton
The Pear Tree at Purton closed down on January 2nd, 2018. It has had an entry in the Guide for many years. Anne Young, the owner, who has retired after more than 30 years helping customers, says: 'making happy memories for guests has been a pleasure.'

Overwater Hall
Ireby
There are open fires here, and views of Skiddaw; the traditional chintz and prints are ‘part of the charm’, says a devotee in 2017.

The Master Builder’s
Beaulieu
The lawn stretches down to Beaulieu river from this 18th-century shipbuilder's house. It's a fine place, today, to watch the boats on the water, as those once-upon-a-time shipwrights did.

Sun Inn
Kirkby Lonsdale
A meander from the River Lune, this 17th-century inn by the old churchyard in the historic market town reserves a special welcome for walkers and their dogs.

Holbeck Ghyll
Windermere
The views are ‘stunning’ from this privately owned, ivy-clad Victorian hunting lodge standing in large grounds above Lake Windermere, the panorama of fells stretching wide.
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Cliveden House - Three for Two Short Break
Taplow
For ‘exceptional service’, a scandalous history, and rich views of the Thames, you’d be hard pressed to better this extensively restored Italianate mansion.

The Crown and Castle - Sashay into April Special Offer
Orford
‘The attention to detail, excellent service and quality of cooking at this brilliant restaurant-with-rooms have set the standard by which other hotels will be judged.’

The Traddock - Cosy Break Yorkshire Dales Special Offer
Austwick
Come to Austwick in May for the Cuckoo Festival; come all year to the Reynolds family’s ‘lovely place’, an ‘attractive, welcoming hotel’ in an ‘excellent Dales location’.

The Cary Arms
Babbacombe
Step out of your yacht, if you have it, and on to the private jetty at Lana de Savary’s cliff-face hotel, on a ‘fabulously secluded’ cove; the rest of us will descend the winding road and admire the wide vista over the Teign estuary.

Plumber Manor
Sturminster Newton
Richard and Brian Prideaux-Brune, with Richard’s wife, Alison, run their Jacobean ancestral home as a characterful – some say eccentric – hotel where guests are ‘cosseted and cared for’ by ‘charming staff’.

Blagdon Manor
Ashwater
Come ‘home-away-from-home’, to Liz and Steve Morey’s ‘faultless’, ‘exceptionally good’ restaurant-with-rooms in the heart of Devon countryside.