Lake District Grasmere
Tweedies Bar & Lodge, Grasmere
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're happy with a standard hotel-room stay where the property explicitly welcomes dogs
- You're basing yourself in Grasmere / the Lake District and want a pet-friendly anchor for day trips
- The wider guest experience is strong - guests rate this 9.0/10 overall on booking platforms
Worth knowing
- Paw rating sits on a single confirmed pet review - expect movement as more data arrives
- Pet fee: £25 per pet - 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: 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 1,126 guest reviews overall across booking platforms, averaging 9.0/10 - 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
- Pet fee: £25 per dog for the stay.
- Dogs stay in ground-floor bedrooms or mews suites (not all rooms are dog-friendly).
- Dogs welcome on a lead in Tweedies bar; not permitted in the restaurant.
- Dogs should not be left alone in the rooms.
Pet-friendly summary
Tweedies Bar & Lodge is one of Grasmere's most reliably dog-friendly places to stay, and for good reason: it pairs a proper Lakeland pub with comfortable rooms in the heart of one of the Lake District's best walking villages. Dogs are part of the furniture here in the best sense, welcome on the flagstone floors of the bar and out in the sunshine while you eat and drink after a day on the fells.
Dogs stay for a one-off fee of £25 and are put up in the ground-floor bedrooms or the private mews suites, which are the easy choice for dog owners - external doors and parking close by mean no carrying a muddy dog through a lobby. A guest who stayed with a dog described a lovely room with the feel of an old house, and enjoyed being able to have breakfast alongside their dog, which is exactly the relaxed setup you want in the Lakes.
The location is the real prize. Grasmere sits among some of the finest low and high walks in the national park, with the lake, Loughrigg and the wider Central Fells all within easy reach straight from the door, and the village itself is thoroughly used to walkers and their dogs. Back at the lodge, Tweedies bar serves good food that you can enjoy with your dog beside you, though the separate restaurant is kept dog-free.
A couple of things to note: dogs should not be left alone in the rooms, and not every room is dog-friendly, so book one of the ground-floor or mews rooms specifically. For walkers who want a lively, welcoming Lakeland base where the dog is genuinely part of the trip, Tweedies Bar & Lodge earns a 5.0/5 paw rating.
Highlights from pet-mentioning reviews
What reviewers travelling with dogs consistently noted about staying here.
- £25 per stay dog fee
- Ground-floor and mews rooms for dogs
- Dogs welcome on a lead in the bar
- Grasmere fell walks from the door
- Breakfast alongside your dog
About this hotel
Tweedies Bar & Lodge is a dog-friendly pub with rooms on Red Bank Road in Grasmere, in the heart of the Lake District. Formerly the Dale Lodge Hotel, it pairs a characterful Lakeland bar and restaurant with comfortable bedrooms and mews suites, a short walk from Grasmere village and the lake.
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Location
Red Bank Road, Grasmere, LA22 9SW
