Dog-friendly stays in Keswick

A four star hotel on Keswick market square, above the Brossen Steakhouse and the Front Bar. Dogs stay in twenty-five of the thirty-four bedrooms, up to two per room, and are welcome in the bar and lounge; reception hands out dog towels and puts up beds and bowls on request. Dogs are not allowed on the furniture in the rooms and must not be left alone in a room while you are out of the hotel. Parking is a paid extra, which matters in Keswick.

An eighteenth-century coaching inn on Main Street with twenty-three en-suite rooms, a couple of minutes from the Moot Hall and the start of Spooney Green Lane for Latrigg and Skiddaw. Dogs are welcome in the bar and the restaurant, so there is no separate dog-only room to eat in, and they stay in selected dog-friendly bedrooms which come with bowls, treats and towels. Not every bedroom takes a dog, so the hotel asks you to say so when booking rather than turning up with one.

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.