Dog Friendly Holidays Dorset
Dorset is one of the most beautiful holiday destinations in the UK for furry friends all year round. The Jurassic Coast, Durdle Door, Poole Harbour and the South West Coast path make Dorset the perfect dog-friendly adventure. Explore our idyllic selection of pet-friendly hotels and cottages to find the perfect holiday for you and your four-legged friend.
Blandford Forum, EnglandWelcome to Appledore Cottage. This truly stunning thatched cottage is located in the peaceful village of Farnham, ideal for exploring the stunning countryside Dorset has to offer. Recently refurbished in 2022 to a high standard, this is the perfect holiday for the whole family to relax. Entering via a porch way for muddy shoes and coats, the living room is well equipped with comfy sofas, a Smart TV and an electric wood burner. Rear French doors lead you into the back garden where you can relax after a long day exploring. The kitchen is well equipped and the dining room is located next to the kitchen where you can enjoy a morning coffee or a family meal. Upstairs via the unique spiral staircase there are three bedrooms - a master bedroom with kingsize bed and en-suite shower room, a double bedroom and a twin bedroom. The family bathroom offers a shower over bath, basin and toilet.
Farnham is a small village with a pub a short walk away, and Larmer Tree Gardens is only a short drive away, well worth a visit to wander around the beautiful gardens. You can also visit the National Trust sites of Kingston Lacy House, Hod Hill and the White Mill. Dorset Heavy Horse Farm is a wonderful family day out where you can feed the animals or enjoy a ride in a horse drawn carriage. You can visit Moors Valley Park where there are tree top walkways, or you can cycle around the woodlands. One place you will not want to miss is the walks along the Jurassic Coastline taking in sites such as Lulworth Cove and Durdle door, located approximately 1 hour from the property. Beach 20 miles. Pub and restaurant 100 yards.£173From price per night based on 7 night stayExplore & book
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Blandford Forum, England
4.00Eton Cottage has been refurbished to the highest standard and enjoys a great mix of a ’picture postcard’ thatched cottage, with a modern and stylish interior. With stunning local walks from the door over the beautiful rolling chalk downland of the ancient Cranborne Chase, and an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
The cottage offers two double bedrooms, one of which is located on the ground floor, and a cosy sitting/dining room with stylish wood burner. A small private garden offers the perfect place to enjoy a drink or the perfect space to eat, relax and soak up this rural retreat!
Farnham is a small rural village in north Dorset and is a great starting point to explore some of the wonderful countryside with miles of footpaths to roam on the doorstep!
A little further afield is the pretty town of Shaftesbury and the iconic ’Gold Hill’ and just half an hour from West Moors Country Park, with a high ropes course, miniature railway and bike hire make this a great day out for all ages!£117From price per night based on 7 night stayExplore & bookPrice Match GuaranteeDogs Stay Free
Blandford Forum, EnglandA superb, detached barn conversion resting on the outskirts of Winterborne Whitechurch. Excellent walking nearby. Great touring base. Dorset Coast easily accessible. Pet-friendly. Winterbourne Whitechurch 0.9 miles; Blandford Forum 6.6 miles.£90From price per night based on 7 night stayExplore & bookPrice Match GuaranteeDogs Stay Free
- Blandford Forum, EnglandThese holiday properties enjoy a rural setting and are located just 2 miles from Blandford Forum.
Places nearby to visit include Wimborne’s Model Town and Gardens, which is a scale model of how the town looked in the 1950’s, and Blandford Forum, with the Royal Signals Museum, The Blandford Fashion Museum and a brewery which offers tours, as well as shops, cafés and restaurants. National Trust sites within easy reach include Kingston Lacy House, Hod Hill, Hardy’s Cottage and the Cerne Abbas Giant.
Explore the New Forest National Park with its free roaming ponies, or visit the scenic Jurassic Coast and spend the day wandering the cliffs along Durdle Door and Lulworth Cove. Children will love the Dorset Heavy Horse Farm, where you can enjoy a horse drawn carriage ride, feed the farm animals and ride the ponies. Further afield, you can explore Shaftesbury, Poole, Bournemouth, Weymouth and Dorchester.
Activities in the area include cycling along the North Dorset Trailway and golf at nearby Ashley Wood. More exhilarating sports can be found at Gorcombe Extreme Sports, which has an assault course, archery, go karting and paintballing. Beach 18 miles. Shop 2½ miles, pub 2 miles and restaurant 1½ miles.£149From price per night based on 7 night stayExplore & bookPrice Match GuaranteeDogs Stay Free
Blandford Forum, EnglandThis beautiful Victorian house, situated in 30-acre grounds, and is a small vineyard, close to the Georgian market town of Blandford, makes a great home from home for families or groups to enjoy Dorset. The property offers a small, outdoor heated swimming pool, a hot tub for 6 and a tennis court to enjoy at your leisure. Downward Vineyard has eight spacious bedrooms, all with TVs and three with en-suite facilities, and also boasts two wonderful living rooms, both leading into the large conservatory. There is also a large games room with a pool table and table football for all to enjoy, or why not go outside and play croquet in the garden?
Set in 30 acres of what used to be a vineyard, you can wander around the grounds, relax in the pool or hot tub, burn off some energy on the tennis court or have a barbecue for all to enjoy. Ashley Wood 18 hole golf course is accessible along a bridle way from within the grounds or would be a 2-minute drive from the property. Within easy driving, you can exploring Shaftesbury, Wimborne, Poole, Bournemouth, Dorchester, Weymouth and Portland, making Downwood Vineyard a good base for taking in the best the county has to offer. Slightly further afield you can visit the popular Isle of Purbeck, with its rugged and picturesque coastline, or take a ride on the Swanage Steam Railway, with its 6 miles of track going through scenic Dorset countryside. There are many family attractions nearby, enjoy a day at Monkey World, the Bovington Tank Museum, historic houses such as Kingston Lacy, Milton Abbey and Althelhampton, or the sandy beaches at Sandbanks, Bournemouth, Weymouth and Poole. Beach 18 miles. Shop, pub and restaurant 1½ miles.£979From price per night based on 7 night stayExplore & bookPrice Match GuaranteeDogs Stay Free
Blandford Forum, EnglandYew Tree Cottage is in a peaceful location of Farnham, ideal for exploring the wealth of activities Dorset has to offer. Situated between Blandford Forum, Ringwood and Salisbury, you are near to the New Forest and the World Heritage Jurassic Coastline. Yew Tree Cottage is a large thatched property with wooden beams throughout. The living room has a wood burner for cosy evenings in and there is a well equipped kitchen. There is a wonderful spiral staircase leading from the dining room upstairs or there are more traditional stairs from the living room. The property has very low ceilings, door frames and beams, and due to the quirky nature of the property, to get from the kitchen/diner to the downstairs bathroom you have to either go outside and enter into the bedroom door or go up and then down some internal stairs, therefore it may not be suitable for those with limited mobility. Outside is a spacious garden for you to enjoy.
Farnham is a small village with a pub a short walk away, and Larmer Tree Gardens is only a short drive away, well worth a visit to wander around the beautiful gardens. You can also visit the National Trust sites of Kingston Lacy House, Hod Hill and the White Mill. Dorset Heavy Horse Farm is a wonderful family day out where you can feed the animals or enjoy a ride in a horse drawn carriage. You can visit Moors Valley Park where there are tree top walkways or you can cycle around the woodlands. Also pay a visit to the theatre in Wimborne or the scale model town. Also worth a visit are the Abbey Museum and Gardens at Shaftesbury, or drive to the coast and enjoy the UKs best beach in Bournemouth, or further along to the beautiful Durdle Door and Lulworth Cove. You will not be short of activities to do and Yew Tree Cottage is the perfect base to come back to and relax. Shop 7 miles, pub and restaurant 100 yards.£73From price per night based on 7 night stayExplore & bookPrice Match GuaranteeDogs Stay Free
Blandford Forum, EnglandCombining three charming cottages to offer you a contemporary and homely dwelling, perfect for large gatherings with loved ones in the heart of Dorset. Pet-friendly. Games room. Spacious and stylish. Blandford Forum 3.7 miles.£277From price per night based on 7 night stayExplore & bookPrice Match GuaranteeDogs Stay Free
Blandford Forum, EnglandAn attractive end-terrace cottage found in the peaceful Dorset village of Winterborne Kingston. Ideal for couples. Private parking. Pet friendly. Blandford Forum 6.5 miles; Poole 14.2 miles; Bournemouth 18.5 miles.£68From price per night based on 7 night stayExplore & bookPrice Match GuaranteeDogs Stay Free
Blandford Forum, EnglandEscape to the ‘chocolate box’ which is Peaceful Cottage. This is the perfect place for the whole family or a romantic retreat to relax. Enjoy the benefits of a Grade 2 listed property with all the modern amenities. Set in an Area Of Outstanding Natural Beauty just a stone’s throw from the famous Milton Abbey and Capability Brown landscaped parkland. The property has undergone full refurbishment and has been well presented with original features noticed throughout. When you enter you are presented with the generous size cottage kitchen where you will find all the equipment you require. Stepping into the living room you will notice the charming characteristics this cottage offers including the bigger beams and larger windows and an imposing inglenook fireplace with wood burner. In the living room there are two sofas with open plan dining. The dining room offers seating for four guests with an extendable table. Upstairs the charm continues where you will find two large bedrooms with surprisingly high ceilings and exposed beams. Bedroom one has a kingsize bed and bedroom two has a queen size bed. Into the bathroom you have underfloor heating, bath with electric shower over and views across the beautiful Dorset countryside. Outside is a large rear garden mainly laid to lawn with garden furniture and uninterrupted views through the valley with a charming view of the church. Gravel driveway through a 5-bar gate for 3 vehicles set back from the lane on its own plot.
Located approximately 4 miles from the beautiful Georgian town of Blandford Forum with independent shops, cream tea cafés and restaurants. In and around the village you can live like a local and buy fresh fish and all that you need from the local farm shops. Moving further afield you can take a trip to the famous Jurassic Coast which has many beautiful locations such as Lulworth Cove and the breath-taking Durdle Door which is 18 miles away. This is really a day out for the whole family. For the walkers among us, you will find many walks right on the doorstep or if you wanted to venture further afield you can take in the famous Cerne Abbas Giant. Peaceful Cottage will be a holiday for everyone to remember and somewhere you will want to come back and keep exploring the beautiful sites Dorset has to offer. This unique Grade 2 thatched cottage has everything you need to enjoy the perfect family stay or romantic getaway.£151From price per night based on 7 night stayExplore & bookPrice Match GuaranteeDogs Stay Free
Blandford Forum, EnglandAn attractive barn conversion sitting in Thornicombe near Blandford Saint Mary, Dorset. Enclosed garden with hot tub. Balcony. Beautiful views. Blandford Forum 3.1 miles; Poole 13.6 miles; Bournemouth 19.3 miles.£140From price per night based on 7 night stayExplore & bookPrice Match GuaranteeDogs Stay Free
