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Clarion Hotel Charlecote Pheasant
Independent pet-friendly review by Four Legged Guests · updated August 2026 · paw rating built from 8 verified guest reviews 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 Stratford Upon Avon / the Other UK and want a pet-friendly anchor for day trips
Worth knowing
- Pet fee: £15 per room per night (max 2 pets, No limit on dog size) - 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: 8 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 1,454 guest reviews overall across booking platforms, averaging 8.3/10 - 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: 15 pounds per room, per night.
- Up to two dogs per booking, and the property states there is no limit on dog size.
- Dogs stay in designated dog-friendly rooms.
- On-site extras include a dog welcome pack, dog beds, bowls and water bowls, towels, blankets, treat bags, a treat station and dog stations around the grounds.
- There is a separate dog menu.
- Dogs are welcome in the bar and the lower lounge, but not in every area of the hotel.
- Guests have access to the gardens and a private five acre field on site, and walks start from the door.
- Dogs must not be left unattended.
Pet-friendly summary
Set in the village of Charlecote across the road from the National Trust's Charlecote Park, this farmhouse-style hotel is an easy, unfussy base for a dog-friendly break in Shakespeare country. The grounds are generous, the rooms are spacious, and the whole place has a relaxed rural feel that suits a dog settling in for a few nights.
Dogs are treated as normal guests here rather than a grudging exception, and there is real infrastructure behind it. Designated dog-friendly rooms carry a charge of 15 pounds per room, per night, up to two dogs are accepted, and the property states there is no limit on dog size. Rooms come with dog beds, bowls, towels, blankets and a welcome pack, there is a treat station and dog stations dotted around the grounds, and the kitchen runs a separate dog menu. Dogs are welcome in the bar and the lower lounge, though not in every part of the hotel, and they should not be left unattended in a room.
Staff are the recurring theme in reviews from guests with dogs: warm, practical and quick to improvise when something goes wrong, including for guests travelling with assistance dogs. Bedrooms are often set apart from the reception and restaurant block, which keeps things quiet, and there is plenty of parking.
The setting is the other draw. Beyond the hotel's own gardens and a private five acre field, walks start from the door, and Charlecote Park is directly opposite, where dogs are kept on leads because of the resident deer herd. Stratford-upon-Avon is roughly a fifteen-minute drive and Warwick about twenty.
The caveats are about the building rather than the pet welcome. Some rooms are noticeably tired: guests have reported rust holes in a bath and water that took half an hour to drain, and an accessible room that fell well short of the standard of the rest of the hotel, which staff resolved with a credit. Walls between bedrooms are thin. On balance it suits dog owners who want a comfortable, well-located country stay with National Trust walks on the doorstep, and who value friendly, flexible service over polished modern interiors.
Highlights from pet-mentioning reviews
What reviewers travelling with dogs consistently noted about staying here.
- Dog beds, bowls and welcome pack in the room
- Separate dog menu in the restaurant
- Private five acre field on site
- Charlecote Park walks directly opposite
- Dogs welcome in the bar and lower lounge
- Some rooms noticeably tired
About this hotel
The Clarion Hotel Charlecote Pheasant is a 3.5-star country hotel in the village of Charlecote, Warwickshire, a short drive from Stratford-upon-Avon and Warwick. Built around a characterful farmhouse with spacious rooms, a restaurant and generous gardens, it sits directly opposite the National Trust's Charlecote Park.
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Charlecote Rd Charlecote, Warwick, Stratford Upon Avon, CV35 9EW
