Withernsea Studio Apartment

Withernsea Studio Apartment sits on Queen Street in the middle of Withernsea, a couple of minutes from the town's dog-friendly beach and about the same from the shops. It is a small owner-run studio on the Holderness coast rather than a hotel: a single bed, a pull-down sofa bed, a proper little kitchen and a wall heater in each of the three rooms. For a dog owner, the location does most of the work.

Dogs are made welcome here rather than merely tolerated. Guests travelling with them describe a manager who lives a few doors along, calls in shortly after arrival to check everything is in order, and makes a fuss of the dogs on meeting them. Several parties have brought two dogs at once and reported no difficulty, which is worth knowing in a studio this size. Nothing about a pet fee, a weight limit or a maximum number of dogs is published, so agree those details directly when you book.

The beach is the reason to come. It is dog-friendly, wide, and close enough that the first walk of the day needs no planning at all, with a cafe nearby for breakfast and a supermarket down the road for everything else. Because the town is walkable, the lack of a designated parking space matters less than it might, and guests report finding room on the street without much trouble.

Two caveats. The building holds permanent residents as well as holiday lets, and noise through the walls from a neighbouring flat comes up repeatedly in guest feedback, sometimes late into the night, which is worth weighing if your dog is easily startled. A wet-dog smell on arrival has also been mentioned, though it cleared quickly once the windows were open. Wi-fi has been patchy for several guests, and the advertised hairdryer has not always been there.

At 4.7/5 on paws, this suits owners of one or two easy-going dogs who want an inexpensive, walkable base right by a dog-friendly beach and will not be thrown by a bit of neighbour noise.