South West Torquay
Bedford House Holiday Apartments
Independent pet-friendly review by Four Legged Guests · updated August 2026 · paw rating built from 6 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 Torquay / the South West 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
- Pet fee and any size restrictions aren't published - confirm directly with the property before booking
How this review was built Evidence, sources, refresh cadence
- Evidence: 6 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 113 guest reviews overall across booking platforms, averaging 9.0/10 - the paw rating reflects only the pet-mentioning subset.
- Last refreshed: August 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
- All of the apartments are dog friendly.
- A pet fee applies - the property's booking listing flags an extra charge for pets without publishing the amount. Confirm the current rate with the property when you book.
Pet-friendly summary
Bedford House Holiday Apartments is a Victorian villa on Babbacombe Road divided into self-contained apartments, and every one of them takes dogs. That matters more than it sounds. At a lot of apartment properties the pet-friendly units are the two least popular ones, and here it means choosing on size and layout rather than on what will accept the dog.
The hosts run a proper dog welcome rather than a tolerated one. Guests arriving with a dog have found a box of treats and toys waiting alongside the tea and coffee, and dog owners consistently describe the couple as flexible and easy to deal with. A small park sits next to the property, which visitors with dogs use for the first walk of the morning without getting in the car.
Larger groups are well served. Two apartments can be booked within the same building, so an extended family can travel together, gather in the bigger of the two, and still bring a dog.
The setting is the main trade-off. The property sits high on the Torquay hillside, so the walk down to the shops, harbour and restaurants is easy and the walk back is not. Guests advise arriving stocked up rather than repeating the climb. Off-road parking is a real asset but it is finite, and spaces have been contested when another party arrives with more than one car.
Furnishings are practical rather than plush, the kitchens are equipped for fewer people than the larger apartments sleep, and the internet has been described as slow. None of that stopped guests with dogs saying they would return.
It suits couples and family groups who want a self-catering base with a garden, off-road parking and a genuine dog welcome, and who do not mind a hill.
Highlights from pet-mentioning reviews
What reviewers travelling with dogs consistently noted about staying here.
- Every apartment takes dogs, not just some
- Welcome box of dog treats and toys
- Adjacent park for morning walks
- Two apartments bookable for larger dog-owning groups
- Off-road parking, though spaces get contested
- Steep hill down to town and back up
About this hotel
Bedford House Holiday Apartments is a 3-star serviced-apartment property in a Victorian villa on Babbacombe Road, Torquay. Self-contained apartments sleep from two upwards, set in a large planted garden with private off-road parking. The town centre, harbour and Babbacombe beaches are all downhill within walking distance.
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Location
517 Babbacombe Road, Torquay, TQ1 1HJ
