South West Bath
Littledown Farm Cottage
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 want a whole-property rental - no shared lobbies or corridors to navigate with your dog
- 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 9.2/10 overall on booking platforms
Worth knowing
- Paw rating sits on a single confirmed pet review - expect movement as more data arrives
- Pet fee: £15 per pet - check whether that is per night, per stay or per week when you book
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 19 guest reviews overall across booking platforms, averaging 9.2/10 - 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 per pet - the listing does not say whether that is per night, per stay or per week, so check when you book.
- Dogs are accepted by pre-approval only, so ask before you book.
Pet-friendly summary
Littledown Farm Cottage sits on the northern edge of Bath, close enough to the city to use the bus and far enough out that a dog wakes up to fields rather than pavement. You take the whole cottage, so there are no shared stairs or communal spaces to manage, and the views back across the valley are the thing guests mention first.
Dogs are welcome, but on terms worth settling before you book rather than after. The cottage takes dogs by pre-approval only, so you need to ask and be accepted rather than simply tick a box, and there is a charge of £15 per pet. The listing does not say whether that is per night, per stay or per week, which over a week away is the difference between a rounding error and a real cost, so ask when you request approval.
What works here for a dog is the combination of a self-contained house and a proper bus route into Bath. You can leave the car, spend the day in the city and come back without a dog having spent the afternoon in a car park. There is a pub within reach that takes dogs inside, which is the difference between an evening meal out and a takeaway on the sofa.
One thing to be ready for: check-in runs through a third-party service that asks for a sizeable deposit and a fair amount of personal detail up front. It is not a dog issue, but it has caused concern at arrival, so it is better known in advance.
It earns a 4.4/5 paw rating. Best suited to a family or couple with one well-behaved dog who want a quiet base on the edge of Bath with the city reachable without driving, and who are happy to square the pet approval and the charge before they commit.
Highlights from pet-mentioning reviews
What reviewers travelling with dogs consistently noted about staying here.
- Dogs accepted by pre-approval only
- Charge of £15 per pet
- Dog-friendly pub within reach
- Whole cottage with no shared spaces
- Bus route into Bath centre
- Quiet valley views on the city edge
About this hotel
Littledown Farm Cottage is a self-catering, three-and-a-half-star whole-house rental on the northern edge of Bath. Each booking takes the entire cottage, which sits on a regular bus route into the city centre and looks out across the valley, making it a comfortable base for exploring Bath and the surrounding countryside.
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Location
Cottage number 1, Littledown farm, BA1 5TH, Bath, BA1 5TH
