Bring the dog. All of them.
Dog-friendly hot tub cottages in Dorset
Match a Dorset cottage to the space your dog needs outside. These thirteen stays range from a four-person woodland lodge to a fifteen-person Weymouth house, all with private hot tubs. Seven have enclosed gardens.
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Browse Dorset stays by dog allowance and garden
13 pet-friendly cottages: filter by dogs, sleeps and hot tub.
Threshing Barn
Woodlands House
The Gully
Tokenhill Cottage
Daisy Cottage
Old Post Office
Swallows Nest
The Stable House
Rempstone Farmhouse
Court House Farmhouse
Anchor House
Lodge 17
Birchcroft Hideaway
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The dog-friendly promise
Three-dog farm stays and room to wash muddy paws
Plan the day's walk
Coastal dog access and two gentler inland routes
All four Studland beaches allow dogs year-round. Use a lead shorter than two metres on the beach from 1 May to 30 September; from October to April, dogs may be off lead under close control. The heath and dunes have a different lead season, 1 March to 31 July. Keep dogs out of Little Sea.
Charmouth's East Beach allows dogs all year; West Beach admits them from 1 October to 30 April. Weymouth's main sands also have a summer restriction. For a year-round dog area in town, use the exercise area by the Pavilion; Bowleaze Cove is another year-round option.
The North Dorset Trailway has a surfaced former railway route with gentle gradients, shared with cyclists and horse riders. Dogs must be on leads. For a shorter level outing in east Dorset, Moors Lake's Audio Trail is about three-quarters of a mile, also on lead. A paid dog wash is beside the Moors Valley visitor centre.
The stay behind the card
Before you book a Dorset base
A private lawn, shared exercise field and lodge deck offer different space for dogs. These notes explain the arrangements and house rules at each base.
Blandford Saint Mary
Threshing Barn sleeps six and takes one dog. Beyond its own enclosed rear garden, there is a separate enclosed grass area for dogs, shared with neighbouring cottages. Keep that shared use in mind if your dog needs space from other dogs.
Puxey, near Sturminster Newton
Swallows Nest is a single-storey barn for four people and one small dog. Use a lead in the gravelled outdoor space, with alpacas beside the property. Arrivals are Monday or Friday; from June to August, stays run for a week from Friday.
Anchor Farm, near Sherborne
The Gully and The Stable House each sleep eight and take three dogs. The Gully has an enclosed garden; at The Stable House, small dogs may be able to get through the hedge boundary, so supervise them outside. Both accept Friday or Monday arrivals.
Piddletrenthide and Glanvilles Wootton
Tokenhill Cottage has an enclosed garden and takes one small dog; a second needs prior agreement. Arrive on Monday, Wednesday or Friday. Old Post Office allows two dogs, which must stay downstairs and sleep in the kitchen/diner. Hot and cold outside taps are provided. Watch dogs by the garden stream; Glanvilles Wootton's lanes have no pavements.
Whitchurch Canonicorum, near Charmouth
Daisy Cottage and Court House Farmhouse are working-farm stays with enclosed lawns. Sheep may be directly beyond Daisy's fence, which matters if your dog reacts to livestock. Daisy's bookings start on Saturday. Court House sleeps eleven, including a child's single bed, and has an unheated games barn. It has Monday changeovers from Easter to September; enquire before booking other dates.
Burnbake, near Corfe Castle
Rempstone Farmhouse sleeps six in three bedrooms, with a lawn and patio. Confirm its bed arrangement, as descriptions differ, and check the garden gate closes properly. Lodge 17 sleeps four including infants, with a hot tub on the decking; cots and highchairs cost 10 pounds each per stay. Both properties are inland from Studland's beaches. Their booking-page photos may show different accommodation. Dogs must be on leads at all times on site, including walks from the lodge.
Weymouth
Anchor House sleeps fifteen, with three guests using sofa beds. Its enclosed garden has artificial grass, while the dining table seats twelve and the hot tub is small for a full party. The hot tub switches off at 10.30pm. Keep noise low in this residential setting.
Ashley Heath and Ferndown
Woodlands House at Ashley Heath sleeps twelve with an enclosed lawn; a busy road is nearby. Birchcroft Hideaway at Ferndown has woodland paths from its grounds, but the open drive leads towards a main road, so supervise dogs outside. Birchcroft requires week-long bookings in July, August and school half terms.
