Lake District Windermere
Broadberry Cottage
Independent pet-friendly review by Four Legged Guests · updated September 2026 · paw rating built from 6 verified guest reviews mentioning pets
Bring your dog if
- You want a whole-property rental - no shared lobbies or corridors to navigate with your dog
- You're basing yourself in Windermere / the Lake District and want a pet-friendly anchor for day trips
- The wider guest experience is strong - guests rate this 9.6/10 overall on booking platforms
Worth knowing
- Pet limits: max 1 pet - research-verified; the fee isn't published, so confirm the charge when you book
How this review was built Evidence, sources, refresh cadence
- Evidence: 6 pet-mention guest reviews sourced from major booking platforms - guests who explicitly mentioned travelling with a dog. Each review is screened for pet-relevance, then judged for sentiment to compute the paw rating.
- Not a personal visit. We don't stay at every hotel we cover - we summarise patterns from real guest reviews, paraphrased and never quoted verbatim. Full standard on our editorial policy page.
- Wider context: The property has 32 guest reviews overall across booking platforms, averaging 9.6/10 - the paw rating reflects only the pet-mentioning subset.
- Last refreshed: September 2026. Policies and pricing drift; we re-check on a rolling basis. Confirm specifics with the property at the moment you book.
- How the paw rating works: Full detail on the methodology page, including the three verification gates and known limitations.
Pet policy at a glance
- One pet per booking - the property accepts a single dog only.
Pet-friendly summary
Broadberry Cottage is a whole-house let on a quiet residential street about ten minutes' walk from the middle of Windermere, with a field thirty seconds from the door that guests use for the last walk of the evening. Having the whole house to yourself, with no shared corridors and no other guests to work around, is most of the appeal for anyone travelling with a dog.
The single most important thing to know before booking is the limit: one dog only. Listings for this cottage have carried looser wording, and dog owners who booked expecting to bring two have been told after the fact that only one is accepted. If you are travelling with more than one dog this is not the house, and getting the number confirmed in writing at the time of booking is worth the two minutes.
Beyond that it is a comfortable, well-equipped base. Dog owners rate the space, the bedrooms and the position, and the town centre, shops and lake are all walkable. There is no welcome pack, so bring your own basics.
Two caveats worth weighing. The cottage runs over three floors and the stairs are steep throughout, which is a real consideration for an older dog or one that needs carrying. And there is no usable outdoor space of the cottage's own, so every toilet break is a walk. Cleaning has also been inconsistent, with a few stays reporting a kitchen and pans that needed more attention. For a single-dog trip to Windermere where you want a whole house rather than a room, it earns a 4.4/5 paw rating.
Highlights from pet-mentioning reviews
What reviewers travelling with dogs consistently noted about staying here.
- Strict one-dog-only policy
- Whole-house let, no shared corridors
- Field thirty seconds from the door
- Ten minutes' walk from Windermere centre
- Three floors of steep stairs
- No private outdoor space
About this hotel
Broadberry Cottage is a self-catering whole-house rental on a quiet residential street in Windermere, in the Lake District. It runs over three floors with several bedrooms, and sits about ten minutes' walk from the town centre with a field immediately nearby.
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Location
Windermere, LA23 2BA
