Lake District Keswick
Cottage 9, Old Farmhouse Mews
Independent pet-friendly review by Four Legged Guests · updated July 2026 · paw rating built from 7 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 Keswick / the Lake District and want a pet-friendly anchor for day trips
- The wider guest experience is strong - guests rate this 8.9/10 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: 7 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 80 guest reviews overall across booking platforms, averaging 8.9/10 - the paw rating reflects only the pet-mentioning subset.
- Last refreshed: July 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
Cottage 9 is part of the Old Farmhouse Mews, a small cluster of converted holiday cottages in the village of Braithwaite, a couple of miles west of Keswick, and it is a reliably dog-friendly choice for exploring the quieter, north-western corner of the Lake District. It is an upstairs apartment rather than a ground-floor cottage, so it suits dogs that take stairs in their stride, but once you are in it is comfortable, spotless and clearly used to welcoming dogs.
What dog owners appreciate most is that the welcome is genuine and fuss-free. Several couples have stayed with two dogs and noted there was no extra charge for them, and the apartment is consistently described as clean enough that you would never know other dogs had stayed before - the kind of detail that matters when you are choosing between dog-friendly lets. There is a shared outside courtyard with seating, handy for a coffee while the dog settles, and the village setting is calm and quiet.
Braithwaite itself does a lot of the work for a dog-owning visitor. Guests mention two dog-friendly pubs and a dog-friendly coffee shop within the village, plus a village shop for the essentials, so you rarely need the car for day-to-day bits. For walks, Whinlatter Forest, Bassenthwaite and the Buttermere valley are all within easy reach, giving you everything from gentle strolls to proper fell days.
For a dog that is happy with a flight of stairs and an owner who wants a clean, good-value base in a genuinely dog-friendly village just outside Keswick, Cottage 9 at the Old Farmhouse Mews earns a 4.6/5 paw rating.
Highlights from pet-mentioning reviews
What reviewers travelling with dogs consistently noted about staying here.
- No extra charge for two dogs
- Clean - no sign of previous dogs
- Braithwaite: dog-friendly pubs and cafe
- Shared courtyard with seating
- Upstairs apartment, suits stair-happy dogs
About this hotel
Cottage 9 is an upstairs self-catering apartment in the Old Farmhouse Mews, a small cluster of cottages in the village of Braithwaite, a couple of miles west of Keswick. Clean and comfortable, with a shared courtyard, it sits in a quiet, dog-friendly village close to Whinlatter Forest and the north-western Lakes.
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old farmhouse mews braithwaite keswick cumbria, Keswick, CA12 5SY
