The South Lakes Doggy Pawsport
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The South Lakes Doggy Pawsport A guide to taking your dog on holiday in the Southern Lake page 1 District 2 THE SOUTH LAKES DOGGY PAWSPORT Welcome to The South Lakes Doggy Pawsport Contents page Enjoy a collar-cation! An A-Z Selection of Dog Friendly Two million dog owners find that a holiday Accommodation by Area 3 just isn’t the same without their canine friend and are hounded by the thought of Hostelries 7 leaving them behind. Here in the South Lakes we understand this and believe Where Can You and Your Dog Go? 7 that our amazing outdoor playground is the perfect location for a holiday with your Miles Without Stiles 9 dog. Dog-Friendly Attractions 9 Our natural environment offers you and them every opportunity to enjoy some Doggy Diary 10 quality time together and you will find that Doggy Snippets 11 you and they are welcome in a wide variety of hotels, hostelries, attractions and outdoor locations, as well as at various countryside events where you can both enjoy the fresh Lake District air. Even if you can’t bring your dog, but are barking mad for all things canine, we’ve some memorable dog-related things-to-do and some fabulous food for you to woof down – remembering to take a doggy-bag home with you, of course! Come and see us during 2011 and unleash your desire to spend time with your pooch. The South Lakes has plenty of room for the both of you and we’ll make sure you enjoy a great collar-cation. page 2 SOUTHERN LAKE DISTRICT DOGGY PAWSPORT 3 An A-Z Selection of Dog Friendly Accommodation by Area Southern Lakeland has an abundance of Ambleside (cont.) accommodation options for you and your dog, ranging from B&Bs and self-catering Low Wood Hotel and Waterhead Hotel – cottages to hotels and great campsites. fall under English Lakes Hotels pet- To make things a little easier for you, we friendly policy. Owners to mention dogs have listed a selection of dog-friendly (up to 2) when booking at a cost of £25 businesses who will give you a warm for a maximum of 4 days. Dogs are not to welcome. be left unattended in rooms or to be Prices were correct at the time of going to allowed in public rooms (except guide press. dogs). They need to be kept on a lead at all times whilst in the hotel and grounds. Ambleside www.elh.co.uk/lowwood and www.elh.co.uk/hotels/waterhead Ben’s - sleeps 4 - £495-£755 per week. (www.thegoodlifecottageco.co.uk) The Old Vicarage, Waterfalls, The Falls - you and a small, well-behaved dog can Black Fell Cottage - sleeps 8 - £440- enjoy the sight and sound of Stock Ghyll £560 per week. Beck tumbling past the cottage. www.blackfellcottage.co.uk www.heartofthelakes.co.uk Brathay Lodge - traditional Lake District Arnside B&B with deluxe & high class rooms. Tariff £35-£64.50 per person per night Rowan Bank House - self-catering, three- for 2 nights. Dogs £5 per night. Prices bedroomed bungalow welcoming one exclude holiday periods. small, well-behaved pet, with a dog www.brathay-lodge.co.uk basket available, if needed. Price £295-£575 for a week. Elder Grove - accepts dogs, in one of the www.rowanbankhouse.co.uk standard double rooms, by prior arrangement. The pet should not be left Bowness-on-Windermere unattended or taken into public areas. Charge is £20 per stay. North Lodge - three bedroomed cottage, sleeps six. www.eldergrove.co.uk www.lakedistrictholidays.net The Fairfield - Lake District country Whilst every effort was made to ensure that information and prices in this Pawsport were correct house which accepts doggy guests in at the time of going to press, South Lakeland certain ground floor rooms. District Council cannot accept any responsibility for www.the-fairfield.co.uk any changes, errors or ommisions, or any inconvenience arising therefrom. page 3 4 THE SOUTH LAKES DOGGY PAWSPORT Coniston Sunny Bank Farm - cottage with five spacious bedrooms, set in 16-acre grounds. Sleeps 12. £880-£2200 per week. www.sunnybankfarm.co.uk The Sun - takes a refundable £50 deposit if the room is clean and undamaged and charges for dogs at £10 per night. Well-behaved dogs on a lead are welcome in the pub, as long as they stay off the furniture. Room tariff £45-£120 per night. www.thesunconiston.com Crosthwaite Greenbank Cottages – three pet-friendly cottages costing £240-£750 per week, Virginia Cottage - medium-sized dogs (no for cottages sleeping from 2, 4 and 6. larger than a Border Collie) may stay by www.greenbank-cumbria.co.uk prior arrangement in the owner’s guest bedroom and also access all areas except Damson Dene Hotel – three star hotel the breakfast area. where dining includes vegetables from www.virginia-cottage.co.uk Victorian kitchen garden. Rooms with Jacuzzi baths and features such as four- Brigsteer poster beds. Dogs welcome as long as accompanied by well-behaved owners! Plumtree House - 3 star B&B welcoming www.damsondene.co.uk pets, walkers and cyclists. Three bedrooms and a real log fire. One-off Gilpin Valley charge of £5 per pet. www.plumtreehouse.co.uk The Famous Wild Boar Hotel - falls under English Lakes Hotels pet-friendly Cark In Cartmel policy. Owners to mention dogs (up to 2) Old Bank House – six-bedroomed, high when booking at a cost of £25 for a quality accommodation, sleeping up to maximum of 4 days. Dogs are not to be 11 people. Well-behaved pets are all left unattended in rooms or to be allowed welcome. Price of a stay is £375-£1450. in public rooms (except guide dogs). www.old-bank-house.co.uk They need to be kept on a lead at all times whilst in the hotel and grounds. www.elh.co.uk/hotels/wildboar page 4 SOUTHERN LAKE DISTRICT DOGGY PAWSPORT 5 Grasmere Kendal Little Parrock Large Holiday Cottage - Riverside Hotel - luxury leisure hotel on 15 minutes’ walk from Grasmere centre. the banks of the River Kent with 47 en Sleeps 10, in 5 bedrooms. Pet & child suite rooms. Sauna, steam room, spa friendly. Contact owner for tariff. bath and gym - all in the leisure facility. www.littleparrock.co.uk Pets welcome if arranged in advance. www.riversidekendal.co.uk Knipefold Barn - luxury cottage, 5 star (VisitEngland) with fabulous panoramic The Glen Guest House, Oxenholme - set views towards the Hawkshead fells. in quiet grounds under ‘The Helm’, which Sleeps 5 - £620-£1025 per week. offers some of the best views of the Lake Well-behaved pets welcome. District and Morecambe Bay. All types of room, some with whirlpool. Hot tub Ings outside. Dogs allowed by prior arrangement in all except the Four Poster Meadowcroft Country Guesthouse - suite. Tariff £35-£85 per night. Call warm welcome for you and your pet from owners on 01539 726386 to discuss guesthouse owners and their working pooch arrangements. Cocker Spaniels! Dog beds and food www.glen-kendal.co.uk bowls are available. They should not be Cobblestone Cottage & Wallers Barn – left alone and are not permitted to go into sleeping 10 and 6 respectively in high- the dining room, when they should be quality barn conversions. Well-behaved taken to the car. They should also be kept dogs are welcome, but details need to be on a lead when walking to the room. provided on booking. A charge of £25 Charge of £10 for a doggy stay. Two- per dog per week, or £15 per dog per legged stay £35-£42 per person double part week is payable on booking. occupancy. Regrettably, no puppies allowed. www.meadowcroft-guesthouse.com www.topthorn.com Watermill Inn and Brewing Co - dogs Kirkby Lonsdale welcome in the main bar (and pampered with Lakeland water and Winalot biscuits) Hipping Hall, Cowan Bridge - 17th located by a gated, century wisteria-draped house with fine à dogs’ paradise road! la carte restaurant and excellent food. Charged at £3 per £100-£200 per person, bed and night with a £1 breakfast. Pets accepted in Room 7. donation to the Dogs www.hippinghall.com Trust. Snooty Fox Tavern - AA 4 star Jacobean www.watermillinn. inn with cask marque accreditation for co.uk/itsadogslife. ales. Eight doubles and one twin. html £30-£45 per person per night www.thesnootyfoxhotel.co.uk page 5 6 THE SOUTH LAKES DOGGY PAWSPORT The Sun Inn - five star luxury bed and Windermere breakfast accommodation in a venue blending the contemporary with the Beckside Cottage - B&B where dogs are history of a 17th century Lake District Inn. welcome by prior arrangement and with a Four rooms are dog friendly, by prior small charge. £25-£35 pppn. arrangement, and dogs are welcome in www.becksidewindermere.co.uk the bar. www.sun-inn.co.uk Cedar Manor Hotel - small, well behaved Woodclose Park - award-winning and dogs welcome in the Coach House, but serene park with 9 acres of land. Touring not in public rooms or main hotel area, camping field and even wigwams. building. The charge is £10 per day, to a Dogs to be kept on a lead and exercised maximum of £30 per stay. The hotel is off the park, which has wildlife habitats. dog-friendly, but has rules, including not £1 charge for dogs. leaving your lovable mutt unattended in www.woodclosepark.com the room. www.cedarmanor.co.uk Lindale Elim Lodge - an attractive Lakeland Buck Crag - 16th century farmhouse house just a short walk from Lake welcoming pets for a one-off cleaning Windermere. Welcomes well-behaved charge of £15.