South West Bath
Charlcombe Inn, Bath
Independent pet-friendly review by Four Legged Guests · updated August 2026 · paw rating built from 1 verified guest review mentioning pets
Bring your dog if
- You're happy with a standard hotel-room stay where the property explicitly welcomes dogs
- You're basing yourself in Bath / the South West and want a pet-friendly anchor for day trips
- The wider guest experience is strong - guests rate this 9.0/10 overall on booking platforms
Worth knowing
- Paw rating sits on a single confirmed pet review - expect movement as more data arrives
- Pet fee: £10 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: 1 pet-mention guest review 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 1,694 guest reviews overall across booking platforms, averaging 9.0/10 - 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: £10 per dog, per night
- Up to 2 dogs per booking
- Dogs are welcome in the bar area and the pub garden, but not in the restaurant
- Dogs must be kept on a lead at all times
- Dogs must not be left alone in the bedrooms
- Let the inn know you are bringing a dog when you book, so a suitable room can be allocated
Pet-friendly summary
The Charlcombe Inn sits in the village of Charlcombe on the green edge of Bath, a couple of miles north of the city and a short hop from the park and ride. It is a traditional inn with its own bar, garden and kitchen, and several of its rooms are arranged around an enclosed courtyard rather than off long internal corridors, a layout that makes coming and going with a dog straightforward at any hour.
Dogs stay for £10 each per night, with up to two per booking, and the inn asks you to say you are bringing one when you book so a suitable bedroom can be allocated. The detail worth knowing before you commit: dogs are welcome in the bar and the pub garden but not in the restaurant, so evening meals happen on the bar side. Dogs must stay on a lead throughout and must not be left alone in the bedrooms, which rules out leaving one behind while you spend a day in the city.
Guests rate the rooms highly, describing them as generously sized, clean and comfortable, with the courtyard rooms a particular favourite. The inn's position is the other draw: the park and ride is minutes away and the bus reaches the centre of Bath in about a quarter of an hour, so you can see the city without driving a dog into it and then return to somewhere quiet. Footpaths run from the village into the fields and up towards Lansdown.
The pet record is still thin, with one review from a guest who brought a dog, positive but brief, so there is little to go on about how the inn handles a large or anxious one. The published policy is clear and specific, though, and the no-dogs-in-the-restaurant rule is the one to plan around.
Best suited to owners of one or two settled dogs who want a comfortable, quiet base on the edge of Bath with food and a bar on site, and who are happy eating in the bar rather than the dining room.
Highlights from pet-mentioning reviews
What reviewers travelling with dogs consistently noted about staying here.
- Ten pounds per dog, per night
- Two dogs welcome per booking
- Bar and garden yes, restaurant no
- Courtyard rooms with direct outside access
- Park and ride minutes from the door
About this hotel
The Charlcombe Inn is a four-star traditional inn in the village of Charlcombe, just north of Bath. It offers comfortable, generously sized rooms arranged around an enclosed courtyard alongside its own bar and dining, with a park and ride into the city close by and open countryside on the doorstep.
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Location
Charlcombe Inn Lansdown, Bath, BA1 9BT
