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Days Inn by Wyndham Sedgemoor M5
Independent pet-friendly review by Four Legged Guests · updated August 2026 · paw rating built from 10 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 Brent Knoll / the Other UK and want a pet-friendly anchor for day trips
Worth knowing
- Pet fee: £20 per pet per stay - 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: 10 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 1,825 guest reviews overall across booking platforms, averaging 8.1/10 - 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: £20 per pet, per stay
- Service animals are explicitly welcomed.
- Only domestic pets can stay, so check with the hotel first if you are unsure whether yours qualifies
- Pets have to be added to the booking, either when you book online or by contacting the hotel
- Two pets per room can be added online, and more can be arranged by contacting the hotel directly
- Pets are not allowed in the restaurant or bar areas at any time
- Pets must not be left unattended in the room or anywhere in the public areas
- Dogs must be kept on a lead in public areas at all times
- Owners are asked to clean up after their pet in the room, in the communal areas and outside the hotel, and a deep cleaning charge may be made if one is needed
- Bring your pet's own lead, harness, muzzle, cage or bedding as appropriate, plus their usual food and bowls, as the hotel cannot provide pet food
Pet-friendly summary
The Days Inn at Sedgemoor is a straightforward motorway stopover that happens to be very easy to use with a dog. It sits inside the northbound services between junctions 22 and 21 of the M5, which makes it a natural overnight break on the long run down to Devon and Cornwall, and dogs are treated as a normal booking here rather than a special request.
The practical detail that matters most is the room allocation: guests travelling with dogs are put on the ground floor, so there are no stairs or lifts to negotiate for a late-night toilet trip, and there is grass and open space around the site for a proper leg-stretch. Dogs are not allowed into the restaurant or bar at any time, so an evening meal means the room or one of the outlets out in the service area. Check-in runs around the clock, which suits drivers arriving at odd hours with a dog in the back. Rooms are simple - kettle, tea and coffee, hairdryer, television, bath, often a sofa bed - and the price reflects that.
A pet charge of £20 per pet applies, and the published policy charges it per stay rather than per night, so a two-night stop costs the same as one. Dog owners have generally found it steep for a budget stopover, and it is worth building into the price along with parking at the service area, which is charged separately. Pets have to be added to the booking rather than simply turned up with, and up to two per room can be arranged online.
The recurring complaint from guests with dogs is housekeeping rather than the welcome. Carpets come in for criticism more than once, with marks, stains and hair left from previous stays, and the traces of other people's dogs - hair on the carpet, a lingering damp-dog smell in a warm room - turn up often enough to expect. Guests have also ended up in rooms beside reception, where the constant comings and goings set a dog barking. If you have a light sleeper or a reactive dog, it is worth asking for a quieter position on arrival. Staff are described as friendly and helpful throughout, and for a night's sleep between the beach and the motorway most dog owners get exactly what they came for. It earns a 4.3/5 paw rating.
Highlights from pet-mentioning reviews
What reviewers travelling with dogs consistently noted about staying here.
- Ground-floor rooms for guests with dogs
- Pet fee of £20 per pet, per stay
- Round-the-clock check-in suits late arrivals
- Dogs not allowed in the restaurant or bar
- Grass and open space for a leg-stretch
- Carpet cleanliness is the recurring complaint
About this hotel
Days Inn by Wyndham Sedgemoor M5 is a three-star hotel set within the northbound service area between junctions 22 and 21 of the M5, near Brent Knoll in Somerset. Rooms are simple and functional, check-in runs around the clock, and the location works as an overnight break on the drive to the West Country, with Weston-super-Mare and Cheddar Gorge close by.
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M5 Northbound Junc 22 21, Brent Knoll, BS24 0JL