Dog-friendly Borrowdale and around

A 1628 building in the hamlet of Seatoller at the foot of Honister Pass, a hundred yards from the National Trust car park and the start of the Thorneythwaite and Honister paths. Dogs are welcome inside as well as in the beer garden, with water bowls and treats given out on request, which matters at the wet end of Borrowdale where an outdoor-only pub is no use for half the year. It is the last pub before the pass, so it takes the whole of the Seathwaite and Great Gable traffic on a bad afternoon.

A big spa hotel at the head of Derwent Water on the B5289, with the Lodore waterfall itself in the woods directly behind the building and the Derwent Water shore path a couple of hundred yards away. Dogs are taken in most bedrooms and some suites and have two rooms of their own to sit in, the Side Lounge to the right of the entrance and the Conservatory beyond the bar, where they can be with you for any meal. They are shut out of both restaurants and out of the Lake View Bar seating, though they may walk through the bar to reach the Conservatory.

A small hotel in four acres of grounds on the Borrowdale road between Lodore and Ashness, with a gate onto the Derwent Water shore path and the woodland below Falcon Crag. Dogs are taken in designated dog-friendly rooms in the main hotel and in Four Oaks Cottage, and the hotel does not charge for them when you book direct rather than through an agent. Not every room is a dog room, so it is worth ringing rather than booking blind.

A three-hundred-year-old walkers house at the top of Borrowdale, run on house-party lines with a tea bar and shared tables. Well-behaved dogs are allowed in the bedrooms but not in any of the public rooms, and you are asked to clean and dry them at the back door.

An 1866 hotel in the trees between Lodore and the foot of Shepherd's Crag, half a mile from the Derwent Water shore and on the Borrowdale bus route from Keswick. The hotel has taken dogs since it opened and still puts them in a number of bedrooms, with dog beds and bowls provided on request and a set of dog-free rooms kept back for guests who would rather not. Dogs sit with you in the lounges and the conservatory, including for meals, but not in the restaurant.

A walkers' hotel in the middle of Rosthwaite, on the Cumbria Way and a few minutes from the start of the Castle Crag and Dock Tarn paths. Dogs are taken in the bedrooms, the bar and the lounge, and can sit with you for dinner in the Poets Corner dining room, though not in the front dining room. Water bowls are put out and the hotel asks for notice when you book with a dog. The charge is a single fee for the stay rather than a nightly one, which makes it cheap for a week.

A former miners cottage of about 1590 in the hamlet of Stonethwaite, on the Cumbria Way and beneath Eagle Crag. Just one of the eleven bedrooms takes a dog and it has its own fenced garden, which is worth booking well ahead of a Borrowdale week.

A quiet hotel in its own grounds outside Grange, with the Derwentwater shore path and Castle Crag close by. Because the restaurant is open plan, dogs are not allowed in any of the public areas including the bar: this is a bedroom-only welcome, up to two dogs per room, and not every room qualifies.

The round-the-lake launch from the Keswick landing stages, calling at eight jetties including Hawes End and Ashness Gate for the classic lakeshore walks. Well-behaved dogs are welcome on board and travel free of charge, which makes a one-way ticket the easiest way to shorten a long day.

A traditional pub on Lake Road with up to eight Cumbrian real ales and oak floors throughout, which is the reason the landlord gives for being dog-friendly. It is the last pub before the Derwentwater landing stages and fills with wet boots accordingly.

A small continental cafe bar on St John Street doing Roman-style pizza, good coffee and live music in the corner. Well-behaved dogs are welcome inside; there are no bookings, so arrive early on a wet evening.

A Main Street coaching inn a few doors from the Moot Hall, with a refurbished beer garden at the back that catches the afternoon sun. Dogs are welcome in the bar and lounge all day but not in the restaurant, so an evening meal means eating on the bar side. Nine of the thirteen bedrooms take dogs, and beds and bowls are put out on request, which makes it one of the few places you can walk Skiddaw and be back at your room without moving the car.

A Main Street pub in the middle of Keswick, a minute from the Moot Hall and the market. Its own dog page says four-legged friends are welcome in the whole pub, so there is no separated-off dog corner and no rule about which room you eat in. That is worth knowing on a wet afternoon in Keswick when the town fills up and most of the alternatives will only take a dog in the bar.

A large Main Street hotel overlooking the market square, with a glazed conservatory on the front that acts as the dog room. Dogs are welcome in the conservatory all day and can be with you there for breakfast, lunch and dinner, but the restaurant proper is out of bounds. Twenty-seven of the forty-three bedrooms accept dogs, up to two per room, with beds and bowls on request. Being in the middle of town it is a short walk to the Greta and the start of the railway path, though there is no on-site parking to speak of.