Lambourn
Days Inn by Wyndham Membury M4
Independent pet-friendly review by Four Legged Guests · updated October 2026 · paw rating built from 2 verified guest reviews mentioning pets
Bring your dog if
- You're happy with a standard hotel-room stay where the property explicitly welcomes dogs
- You're basing yourself in Lambourn and want a pet-friendly anchor for day trips
- Pet-mentioning reviewers spoke positively about the dog-friendly setup
Worth knowing
- Paw rating is based on 2 reviews - limited sample, treat as directional
- Pet fee: £20 per pet per stay - research-verified; confirm at booking
- Shared corridors and common areas mean nervous or vocal dogs may find it harder to settle
How this review was built Evidence, sources, refresh cadence
- Evidence: 2 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 950 guest reviews overall across booking platforms, averaging 7.6/10 - 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
- Pet fee: £20 per dog, charged once for the stay rather than per night.
- Dogs are specifically listed as allowed (not every pet-friendly hotel includes cats, so check directly if you are travelling with a non-canine pet).
- Service animals are explicitly welcomed.
- Up to two pets can be added to a booking online, and the hotel will take more if you contact them directly.
- Only domestic pets can stay, and every pet has to be added to the booking.
- Pets are not allowed in the restaurant or bar areas at any time.
- Pets must never be left unattended in a bedroom or in the public areas.
- Dogs must be kept on a lead in the public areas at all times.
- Owners are asked to clear up after their pets, and a deep clean or maintenance charge may be added at check out if it is needed.
- Bring your dog's own food, bowls and bedding along with a lead, a harness and any crate you need, as the hotel does not provide them.
Pet-friendly summary
Days Inn by Wyndham Membury M4 does one job and does it well: it gets a dog and its owner off the motorway, fed, and back on the road the next morning without fuss. The hotel sits inside Membury services between junctions 14 and 15, a few miles from Lambourn, and it is one of the more reliable dog-friendly stopovers on this stretch of the M4.
The pet terms are published in full, which is unusual for a roadside hotel and makes planning easy. Dogs are specifically allowed at a flat charge of twenty pounds per dog for the stay rather than a nightly surcharge, two can be added to a booking online, and the hotel will consider more if you contact it directly. Only domestic pets are accepted, and every animal has to go on the booking. Service animals are welcomed as a matter of policy.
The grounds are the quiet surprise here. Guests travelling with dogs consistently mention the green space wrapped around the hotel building, which gives you somewhere to walk a dog properly before bed and again first thing without leaving the site or crossing anything busy. Parking is free and stays free until 11am on the day you check out, so there is no pressure to rush a morning walk.
House rules are firm and worth reading before you arrive. Dogs stay on a lead in public areas, they are not allowed in the restaurant or bar at any time, and they must never be left alone in a bedroom. The hotel provides nothing for them, so bring food, bowls, bedding, a lead and any crate you need. Owners are expected to clear up, and a cleaning charge can be added at check out if the room needs it.
The obvious caveat is what the place is. This is service-area accommodation, not a countryside retreat: the surroundings are a car park and a slip road, and guests have found rooms running warm even with a window open and a fan going, which matters if your dog feels the heat. Reception staff come in for regular praise and the rooms are clean, but nobody should book it for the setting.
Best suited to dog owners breaking a long journey along the M4 corridor who want a cheap, clean, genuinely dog-friendly bed with grass outside the door and food a two-minute walk away.
Highlights from pet-mentioning reviews
What reviewers travelling with dogs consistently noted about staying here.
- Twenty pound pet fee per stay
- Green space around the hotel building
- Free parking until 11am on checkout
- Dogs on lead, never in the restaurant
- Bring your own bowls and bedding
About this hotel
Days Inn by Wyndham Membury M4 is a three-star hotel attached to Membury services between junctions 14 and 15 of the M4, in the parish of Lambourn in West Berkshire. Rooms are simple and functional, food and fuel are a short walk away, and parking is free. It is built for the overnight stop rather than the long stay.
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Location
Welcome Break Membury, W Bound Service Area Jct 14-15, Berkshire, Lambourn, RG17 7TY