Cotswolds & Oxfordshire Stow-on-the-wold
Oxbow Cottage
Independent pet-friendly review by Four Legged Guests · updated July 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 Stow-on-the-wold / the Cotswolds & Oxfordshire and want a pet-friendly anchor for day trips
- The wider guest experience is strong - guests rate this 9.7/10 overall on booking platforms
Worth knowing
- Paw rating sits on a single confirmed pet review - expect movement as more data arrives
- Pet fee: £40 per pet - research-verified; confirm at booking
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 11 guest reviews overall across booking platforms, averaging 9.7/10 - the paw rating reflects only the pet-mentioning subset.
- Last refreshed: July 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
- 1 medium sized dog is welcome for an additional £40 per stay.
- Pet fee: £40 per stay.
Pet-friendly summary
Oxbow Cottage has the single feature dog owners hunt hardest for in the Cotswolds and almost never find: a secure field-paddock where the dog can properly run. Guests who stayed with theirs rated the set-up excellent, and it is the difference between a cottage that permits dogs and one that is genuinely built around them - space to burn off energy safely, off the lead, without a drive to the nearest enclosed field. That earns Oxbow a 5.0 paw rating from its early dog-stay feedback.
The cottage behind the paddock holds its own: guests rate it 9.7 out of 10 across 11 stays, describing a lovely, clean house in a great location on the edge of Stow-on-the-Wold, and the kind of stay people say they would happily repeat. Stow's market square, shops and dog-tolerant pubs are within easy reach, and the surrounding north Cotswolds lanes and field paths give you a different walk every day.
Unusually for a listing in this area, the dog terms are spelled out up front, which takes the guesswork out of booking.
Best suited to a couple with one energetic dog - the secure paddock makes this a stand-out choice for spaniels, collies and other breeds that need a proper run, though the one-medium-dog limit means multi-dog households should look elsewhere.
Highlights from pet-mentioning reviews
What reviewers travelling with dogs consistently noted about staying here.
- Secure field-paddock for off-lead running
- Dog terms disclosed up front: one medium dog, £40 per stay
- Easy reach of Stow's square and pubs
- Clean, warmly reviewed cottage: 9.7 across 11 stays
- One-dog limit - not for multi-dog households
About this hotel
Oxbow Cottage is a self-catering holiday cottage on the edge of Stow-on-the-Wold with a secure field-paddock. Guests rate it 9.7 out of 10 across 11 guest reviews, and one medium dog is welcome for a disclosed £40-per-stay fee.
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Oxbow Cottage, Stow-on-the-wold, GL54 1HP
