South West Torquay
The Charterhouse
Independent pet-friendly review by Four Legged Guests · updated August 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 Torquay / the South West 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 fee: £5 per pet per night (max 2 pets) - research-verified; confirm at booking
- Shared corridors and common areas mean nervous or vocal dogs may find it harder to settle
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 374 guest reviews overall across booking platforms, averaging 9.6/10 - the paw rating reflects only the pet-mentioning subset.
- Last refreshed: August 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
- Pet fee: £5 per dog per night, among the lowest dog supplements in the UK country-house segment.
- Up to 2 dogs per room.
- All sizes welcomed - no weight or breed restrictions.
- Dogs only - other pet species are not accepted.
- 4 of the 8 en-suite bedrooms are dog-friendly; the Large Garden Room and Small Garden Room have direct garden access.
- Dog beds provided in the room, plus a designated leash-free play area on-site.
- Dogs may be left unattended in the room (unusual - many small UK hotels prohibit this).
- Dogs are not allowed on furniture or beds.
- Service animals are explicitly welcomed.
- Owners must notify the property at booking time so a dog-friendly room can be allocated.
- 150 yards from Livermead Sands beach, which has year-round dog access.
- 50 yards from the Water Meadows path to Cockington Village, with dog-friendly pubs and restaurants within walking distance.
Pet-friendly summary
The Charterhouse is a family-run guesthouse set on a quiet lane near Cockington, a short walk from the Torquay seafront, and it has clearly been organised with dogs in mind rather than treating them as an afterthought. Four of its eight en-suite bedrooms welcome dogs, and two of those - the Large Garden Room and the Small Garden Room - open straight onto the gardens, so early-morning and late-night trips outside don't mean walking a dog back through the main house.
The pet policy is unusually clear. Dogs stay at £5 per dog per night, one of the lower supplements you will find on the English Riviera, and there are no weight or breed limits, so larger dogs are just as welcome as small ones. Up to two dogs can share a room, there is a leash-free play area on-site, and dogs can even be left unattended in the room, which many small hotels will not allow. Owners are asked to mention the dog when booking so one of the garden rooms can be set aside.
Guests travelling with dogs consistently single out the hosts, Lisa and Christophe, as the reason the stay works so well: accommodating with breakfast timings, happy to serve breakfast in the room when a dog is along, and relaxed about the practicalities. The location helps too. Livermead Sands, which allows dogs year-round, sits about 150 yards away, and the Water Meadows path to Cockington Village, with its dog-friendly pubs, starts just up the road.
This one suits owners of one or two dogs who want a small, personal B&B with direct garden access and good walking on the doorstep. It is dogs only, so cats and other pets are not accepted, and dogs are kept off the furniture and beds. Travellers happy to work with those house rules will find it hard to fault.
Highlights from pet-mentioning reviews
What reviewers travelling with dogs consistently noted about staying here.
- Hosts accommodating for dog owners
- Garden rooms with direct outdoor access
- Low £5 per night dog fee
- Dog-friendly beach 150 yards away
- No size or breed restrictions
- Breakfast served in-room when dogs stay
About this hotel
The Charterhouse is a family-run four-star guesthouse on Cockington Lane in Torquay, set back from the coast road in a quiet spot close to Cockington Country Park. It has eight en-suite bedrooms, extensive gardens, an outdoor swimming pool and on-site parking, and sits within a short walk of Livermead Sands and the Torquay seafront on Devon's English Riviera.
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Location
Cockington Lane, Torquay, TQ2 6QT
