Dog-friendly stays in Ambleside

A guest house on Lake Road between the town centre and Waterhead, with eight of its rooms named as taking dogs: two standard doubles, a standard double or twin, two superior doubles, a standard family room and two junior suites. The supplement is £15 per night per dog, and the room takes one large dog or two small ones. The one hard limit worth knowing before you book is breakfast, where dogs are not admitted at any time. Dogs must be on a lead or carried in all public areas and off all furniture.

A Grade II listed Regency house on the edge of Ambleside with a proper dog washroom for muddy paws and Ruff and Tumble towels to dry them. Dogs stay in selected bedrooms with garden access and may join you for dinner in one designated dining room, on the lead and off the furniture. Beds, bowls, treats and poo bags come with the room.

Rooms above the well-known bakery on Rydal Road, a minute from the centre of Ambleside and handy for the Rothay and Loughrigg. One ground-floor-friendly room takes up to two well-behaved dogs; the other rooms are dog-free, so name the room when you book.

A bed and breakfast on Vicarage Road, right at the Rothay Park gate and two minutes from the market place. Its dogs page is unusually generous: every room takes dogs and there is no dog charge at all, which is rare in this valley. The catch is breakfast, where dogs are not admitted to the dining room, but they will bring breakfast up to your bedroom at no extra cost instead. Dogs must be on a lead everywhere on the premises and off the furniture.

On Lake Road at Waterhead, directly across from the steamer pier and Borrans Park, so the boat to Bowness and a flat lakeside walk are both on the doorstep. The published policy is up to two dogs per room at £15 per dog per night, added as an option during booking. It covers both the inn rooms and the Lakehouse rooms behind. The Waterhead promenade in front is a dogs-on-leads area under the council's order, so keep the lead on between the door and the park.