The Crossroads Inn, Halifax

The Crossroads Inn is a moorside pub with rooms at Wainstalls, a few miles above Halifax, and the bar is the main reason to bring a dog. Guests travelling with dogs describe it as a genuinely warm space for dogs and their owners rather than a grudging corner by the door, and the pub side of the business is busy enough that a dog under the table goes unremarked.

Dogs stay in designated pet-friendly rooms. The rooms are small, which comes up from guests with and without dogs alike, and those travelling with a large dog have found the space tight for two adults and a big animal. If your dog needs room to stretch out beside the bed, weigh that before booking.

The setting does a lot of the work. The inn sits high on the edge of the Calderdale moors with long views, and footpaths run straight off the road, so morning and evening walks need no driving at all. Food is the other consistent strength: a varied menu, well-kept Yorkshire beer and a breakfast guests single out.

The caveats are worth stating plainly, because they are specific to the pet-friendly rooms. Reports from those rooms include a strong dog smell on arrival and bed frames chewed by previous dogs, with clean bedding and bathroom but a cold room, and the walk from the car park to the rooms is unlit and pitch dark after sunset. Noise from the pub carries to some rooms. That is the downside of a pet-friendly room in a working pub, and it is worth checking on arrival rather than discovering at bedtime.

It suits dog owners who want a walking base on the moors with a proper pub downstairs, and who are travelling with a small or medium dog rather than a large one. On the experience of guests who brought dogs, it earns a 4.1/5 paw rating.