Yorkshire Middleham
The Saddle Room, Tupgill Park, Middleham
Independent pet-friendly review by Four Legged Guests · updated August 2026 · paw rating built from 2 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 Middleham / the Yorkshire and want a pet-friendly anchor for day trips
- The wider guest experience is strong - guests rate this 9.4/10 overall on booking platforms
Worth knowing
- Paw rating is based on 2 reviews - limited sample, treat as directional
- Pet fee and any size restrictions aren't published - confirm directly with the property before booking
How this review was built Evidence, sources, refresh cadence
- Evidence: 2 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 246 guest reviews overall across booking platforms, averaging 9.4/10 - 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
- Pets cannot be accommodated in the Two Bedroom Townhouse.
- A small charge is made for a dog staying the night.
- Dogs are welcome in the bar area.
- Say when you book a table that a dog is coming with you.
- All dogs must be kept on leads.
- The wider Tupgill Park estate is dog friendly, with walks from the door.
- Dog-friendly accommodation: all downstairs bed and breakfast rooms; all the cottages except West House and Nidderdale.
Pet-friendly summary
The Saddle Room sits at Tupgill Park in Coverdale, a few miles from Middleham in the Yorkshire Dales, and it is about as good a base for a dog as this part of the country offers. The estate around it is dog friendly in its own right, so the walks start at the door instead of after a drive - which over a long weekend adds up to a great deal less faff.
Dogs are welcome in all the downstairs bed and breakfast rooms and in every cottage except West House and Nidderdale. The Two Bedroom Townhouse does not take pets at all, so the choice of unit matters here more than at most places. A small charge is made for a dog staying the night, and dogs need to be on a lead around the estate.
What lifts it above the average country stay is that the dog is not confined to the room. Dogs are welcome in the bar, and they are welcome at a table in the restaurant too, provided you mention when you book that one is coming with you. Guests arriving with dogs describe the welcome as unfussy and matter-of-fact, with dogs treated as an ordinary part of how the place runs, and they rate the stay very highly. The food draws consistent praise, not least for portions that comfortably defeat most people.
Coverdale is quiet, open Dales country. There is moorland and valley walking straight off the estate, with Middleham, Leyburn and the Forbidden Corner all close by for days when you want a destination.
One piece of planning if the dog-friendly bar and restaurant are part of the appeal: the restaurant is currently closed on Mondays and Tuesdays, no food is served on Sunday evenings and the bar closes at 18:30 on Sundays, and tables need booking ahead because space is limited. Sunday arrivals need to check in by 18:30 too.
It suits walkers with dogs who want real Dales country from the doorstep and somewhere they can take the dog for a drink and a meal afterwards, rather than leaving it behind in the room.
Highlights from pet-mentioning reviews
What reviewers travelling with dogs consistently noted about staying here.
- Dogs welcome in the bar and restaurant
- Estate walks straight from the door
- Most rooms and cottages take dogs
- Small nightly charge per dog
- Leads required around the estate
About this hotel
The Saddle Room is a 5-star restaurant with rooms and self-catering cottages at Tupgill Park in Coverdale, near Middleham and Leyburn in the Yorkshire Dales. Accommodation ranges from downstairs bed and breakfast rooms to whole cottages on the estate, and it holds a guest score of 9.4 out of 10 across 246 reviews.
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The Saddle Room Restaurant, Tupgill Park, Coverdale, Middleham, Nr Leyburn. North Yorkshire, Middleham, DL8 4TJ
