Yorkshire Scarborough
Applegrove Country Park, Scarborough
Independent pet-friendly review by Four Legged Guests · updated October 2026 · paw rating built from 8 verified guest reviews 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 Scarborough / the Yorkshire and want a pet-friendly anchor for day trips
Worth knowing
- Pet fee: £30 per pet per stay (max 3 pets) - research-verified; confirm at booking
How this review was built Evidence, sources, refresh cadence
- Evidence: 8 pet-mention guest reviews 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 514 guest reviews overall across booking platforms, averaging 6.7/10 - the paw rating reflects only the pet-mentioning subset.
- Last refreshed: October 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
- When travelling with pets, please note that an extra charge of GBP 30 per pet, per stay, applies. Please note that a maximum of 3 pets is allowed.
Pet-friendly summary
Applegrove Country Park is a lodge and cabin park set in quiet countryside at Burniston, a few miles north of Scarborough, and dogs are part of the offer rather than an afterthought. The lodges are self-contained with their own decking, so there is no shared corridor to negotiate and no lobby to walk a wet dog through, and several of the units sit behind solid fencing that gives a dog the run of the outside space.
Pets are welcomed at an extra charge of GBP 30 per pet per stay, and up to three pets can join a booking. That fee is not always obvious at the point of booking, so it is worth raising when you reserve rather than discovering it on arrival.
The park itself is the strongest part of the experience. Guests travelling with dogs describe it as clean, quiet and spacious, with plenty of room on the decking and hot tubs that make a welcome end to a day walking the coast. Scarborough's North Bay and the cliff paths towards Ravenscar are a short drive, and Whitby is within easy reach, so there is no shortage of long beach and moorland walks.
The caveats are real and worth knowing before you book. Outdoor fencing is not consistent across the park: some guests with dogs report solid fences and secure decking, while others have found no gate on the decking at all, or fencing loose enough that a dog could get out. If a secure outside space matters to you, ask which lodge you are being given and what the boundary looks like. Housekeeping is the other recurring theme, with guests arriving to find dog hair from the previous stay still on carpets, sofas and bedding, alongside broader cleanliness and maintenance complaints, and several finding the advertised hot tub out of use. The 3.5/5 paw rating reflects that gap between the good stays and the poor ones.
Applegrove suits dog owners who want space, countryside and a hot tub within reach of the Yorkshire coast, and who are willing to check the specifics of their lodge before they travel. If you need a guaranteed enclosed garden or a spotless arrival, confirm both with the park first.
Highlights from pet-mentioning reviews
What reviewers travelling with dogs consistently noted about staying here.
- Self-contained lodges with private decking
- Fencing quality varies between lodges
- Pet fee of GBP 30 per stay
- Coastal and moorland walks a short drive
- Dog hair from previous stays reported
About this hotel
Applegrove Country Park is a three-star lodge and cabin park at Burniston, in open countryside a few miles north of Scarborough on the North Yorkshire coast. Accommodation is self-contained, with private decking and hot tubs on many of the units. The park takes pets, and Scarborough's beaches, the cliff paths and the North York Moors are all within a short drive.
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Location
Applegrove Country Park Limestone Road, Scarborough, YO13 0DD
