For dog lovers, no holiday is complete without four-legged friends. So with gardens and woodland, cliff top peninsulas and coastal paths these are the hotels that will not only keep furry guests entertained, but that welcome their presence as well. Hunting lodges, country hotels and popular local pubs all provide an opportune place to rest and play – and you thought this was a holiday all about you. Here are the Good Hotel Guide’s top 10 dog-friendly hotels.
Editor’s Choice 2017 Dog-Friendly Hotels
The Peacock at Rowsley - 25% Discount Offer
Rowsley
In well-kept gardens reaching to the River Derwent, where wild trout dart through the water, this stylish 17th-century manor house is run with ‘high standards’.
From £190 per night
Prince Hall - Midweek Special Offer
Princetown
Chris Daly’s 18th-century mansion on Dartmoor makes for a ‘friendly, relaxing’ hotel, its ‘delightful’ staff and ‘laid-back’ attitude attracting many return guests.
The Pear Tree at Purton - Two Night Special Offer
Purton
A ‘lovely’ country welcome awaits at Anne Young’s ‘outstanding’ small hotel. It stands in a ‘very special’ garden filled with ‘a treasure trove of wild flowers’.
From £110.00 per night
Mullion Cove Hotel - Cornish Garden--Free Tickets
Mullion Cove
Steps from the Coastal Path, with ‘wonderful views’ over cove and historic harbour, this ‘friendly’ cliff-top hotel has been run by the ‘very nice’ Grose family for ten years.
From £90 per night
Trigony House - Three Night Special Offer
Thornhill
The ‘beautiful, rolling hills and farmland’ surrounding Jan and Adam Moore’s hotel are just the thing to set tails wagging.
From £120 per night
Briarfields
Titchwell
Walkers, birdwatchers and dog owners flock to this family-friendly hotel on the north Norfolk coast, its vista stretching across salt marshes and the sea.
From £80.00 per night
Overwater Hall
Ireby
‘A fine example of a Good Hotel’, this 18th-century house has been run as a ‘friendly’ hotel by Stephen Bore, and Angela and Adrian Hyde since 1992.
From £75.00 per night
Sun Inn
Kirkby Lonsdale
In a historic market town just right for a potter, Iain and Jenny Black's 17th-century inn pleases dogs (‘and their well-behaved owners’) with its personable atmosphere.
From £114 per night
Holbeck Ghyll
Windermere
Overlooking Lake Windermere, Stephen and Lisa Leahy’s ivy-clad Victorian hunting lodge is ‘an enjoyable oasis’, say Guide readers this year.
The Master Builder’s House
Beaulieu
‘Unpretentious style’ combines with ‘a real feel of history’ at this ‘friendly’ hotel (part of the Hillbrooke Hotels group) in a ‘lovely setting’ by the river estuary.