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Bootham Apartment 32, York
Independent pet-friendly review by Four Legged Guests · updated August 2026 · paw rating built from 5 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 York / the Yorkshire and want a pet-friendly anchor for day trips
- The wider guest experience is strong - guests rate this 9.5/10 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: 5 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 249 guest reviews overall across booking platforms, averaging 9.5/10 - 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-friendly summary
Bootham Apartment 32 is a self-contained flat on Bootham Crescent, a quiet residential street in the Clifton area just outside York's city walls, and its main advantage for anyone travelling with a dog is that it removes most of the friction a city break normally involves. There is free off-street parking for one car - close to unheard of this near York Minster - so you are not circling for a space with a dog in the back, and the walk into the centre takes well under ten minutes.
The flat is dog-friendly without making a performance of it: clean, warmly decorated and properly equipped for cooking, with a small enclosed courtyard at the back that works for letting a dog out last thing at night. There is a park within a few minutes' walk for a proper morning outing, and the surrounding streets are quiet enough that the walk itself is pleasant rather than a route march past traffic.
The host is one of the things guests bring up most - questions answered quickly before booking, and clear communication about arrival. York is one of the better English cities to visit with a dog, with the walk around the city walls and a good number of pubs and cafes that will take one, so the flat's position on the edge of the centre is doing real work.
The one blemish worth flagging is housekeeping. It is usually spotless, but the changeover has been missed on occasion, with marks left in the bathroom and a previous guest's food still in a kitchen cupboard. It is not a pattern, but it is worth a look on arrival. At 4.7/5, this is a strong choice for a couple or a small family taking one dog to York for a few days.
Highlights from pet-mentioning reviews
What reviewers travelling with dogs consistently noted about staying here.
- Free off-street parking for one car
- Enclosed rear courtyard for late-night trips
- Park within a few minutes' walk
- Under ten minutes' walk to York Minster
- Quiet residential street outside the walls
About this hotel
Bootham Apartment 32 is a self-contained flat on Bootham Crescent, a quiet residential street in York's Clifton area just outside the city walls. It has free off-street parking for one car, a small enclosed courtyard at the rear, and a walk of under ten minutes into the city centre and York Minster.
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32 Bootham Crescent, York, YO30 7AH
