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Lodge Barns, Southwell
Independent pet-friendly review by Four Legged Guests · updated August 2026 · paw rating built from 14 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 Southwell / the Other UK and want a pet-friendly anchor for day trips
- The wider guest experience is strong - guests rate this 9.5/10 overall on booking platforms
Worth knowing
- 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: 14 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 154 guest reviews overall across booking platforms, averaging 9.5/10 - 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-friendly summary
Lodge Barns is a cluster of converted barns on a quiet working farm in the Nottinghamshire countryside, in the parish of Fiskerton cum Morton a few miles from Southwell, and it is a genuinely easy place to bring a dog. There is no traffic anywhere near the buildings, walks start at the door, and one of them passes a pub on the River Trent. The property scores 9.5/10 across 154 guest reviews, and it earns a 4.8/5 paw rating.
No pet fee or pet limit is published, so confirm both directly when you book. The important practical point is outdoor space, because it varies between the barns and it is the single thing dog owners raise most often. Several of the units have no enclosed garden at all, and guests with dogs consistently say they would have liked one, walking on the lead outside the door instead. Others do have a small fenced patio or an enclosed area, which guests describe as a real relief when loading the car or letting a dog out first thing. Ask which barn you are booking and what it has.
The hosts get good notices for being responsive without being intrusive: no long list of house rules, quick to sort a wifi problem, and thoughtful about things like closing curtains and leaving a fan out in a heatwave. The barns themselves are clean, spacious and comfortable, with well-equipped kitchens and good beds.
One small thing catches dog owners out. There is no communal point for used poo bags and the wheelie bins are not always accessible, which has left guests carrying bags around or leaving them outside the barn. On the other side of that, guests have arrived to find a previous party had not picked up after their dog, so it is worth a quick look round before letting your own off the lead nearby.
Elsewhere the grumbles are minor: shower temperature can wander with the water pressure, the windows are small so the barns get warm in a heatwave, and the living-room lighting is bright and white rather than cosy.
Best suited to couples, families or groups with a lead-walked dog who want quiet countryside, a village pub within walking distance and easy access to Newark, Southwell and the Trent.
Highlights from pet-mentioning reviews
What reviewers travelling with dogs consistently noted about staying here.
- Quiet farm setting with walks from the door
- Enclosed outdoor space varies between barns
- No communal poo bag disposal point
- Village pub within walking distance
- Lead walking rather than an off-lead garden
About this hotel
Lodge Barns is a group of converted barns on a quiet farm in the Nottinghamshire countryside, in the parish of Fiskerton cum Morton a few miles from Southwell. Units range from two-bedroom lodges to larger barns for family gatherings, set in acres of farmland with walks from the door, a village pub nearby and Newark and the River Trent close at hand.
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Location
Gorsy Lane, Southwell, NG25 0XH