Flat 1 Mawgan Porth Golf Club

Flat 1 at Mawgan Porth Golf Club is a bright, self-contained apartment set in the countryside above the north Cornwall coast, and it makes a straightforward base for a dog. You get the whole flat to yourself, so there are no shared corridors or lobbies to negotiate, and the club's grounds give you space to step straight outside for the first walk of the day.

The property is clear about what dogs can and cannot do. Well trained dogs are welcome in the one-bedroom flat, and well behaved dogs on leads are welcome around the golf course itself, which is more generous than most golf properties manage. Dogs are not allowed onto the playing surface, so the course is somewhere to walk the perimeter rather than let a dog loose.

Guests travelling with dogs describe the flat as bright, spacious and very clean, with comfortable beds and a good outlook from the bedroom window, and small dogs in particular seem to settle in easily. Golfers get a free round as part of the stay, which is a pleasant extra if one half of the party fancies a morning off.

Two things are worth planning around. There is no safe walking route from the flat down to Mawgan Porth and its beach - the lanes have no footpaths and the traffic makes them unsuitable on foot - so beach walks mean driving, short though the drive is. Guests have also mentioned a damp smell in the bathroom that did not clear with the window open, and a kitchen short on basics like washing-up cloths and hand soap.

It suits owners with a car who want a quiet, roomy, dog-friendly base for touring Cornwall's beaches, and who are happy to drive the few minutes to the sand rather than walk it. On that basis it earns a 4.4 out of 5 paw rating.