Wales Tenby
Grooms Cottage, Tenby
Independent pet-friendly review by Four Legged Guests · updated October 2026 · paw rating built from 3 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 Tenby / the Wales 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
- Paw rating is based on 3 reviews - limited sample, treat as directional
- Pet limits: max 1 pet - research-verified; the fee isn't published, so confirm the charge when you book
How this review was built Evidence, sources, refresh cadence
- Evidence: 3 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 39 guest reviews overall across booking platforms, averaging 9.0/10 - 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
- One well behaved dog welcome
Pet-friendly summary
Grooms Cottage is one of a small group of holiday cottages at Ivy Towers in St Florence, an inland Pembrokeshire village about four miles from Tenby. It is let as a whole house, and the thing that makes it work for dog owners is the field: there is open grass on the site itself, so the dog gets a walk before breakfast without anyone having to get in the car.
One well-behaved dog is welcome, and guests travelling with dogs describe an easy, homely stay where the dog was simply part of the party. The site has a good deal more going on than most cottage lets, with a pool available for private use for an hour a day and shared use in the evenings, plus a tennis court, table tennis, basketball and crazy golf. That matters with a dog, because it keeps everyone else occupied on site rather than pulling the group out for the whole day. It earns a 4.4/5 paw rating.
St Florence itself is a quiet village with shops within reach, and the Pembrokeshire beaches are a short drive. Tenby is close enough for an evening meal without making a day of it. Guests consistently pick out the views and how pretty the site and the surrounding area are.
Two things to weigh. The one-dog limit rules this out for anyone travelling with a pair, so plan around it rather than hoping. And the pool and shared facilities mean other families are moving around the site through the day, so a dog that is reactive to children or to strangers arriving will find it busier than a standalone cottage in open country.
Best suited to a family or a multi-generation group with a single, sociable dog who want on-site space to run and plenty to do without driving into Tenby every day.
Highlights from pet-mentioning reviews
What reviewers travelling with dogs consistently noted about staying here.
- On-site field for early morning walks
- One well-behaved dog welcome
- Whole house with no shared corridors
- Busy shared site with pool and games
- Tenby beaches a short drive away
About this hotel
Grooms Cottage is a four-star holiday house at Ivy Towers in St Florence, an inland village in Pembrokeshire about four miles from Tenby. The whole house is let to one party, on a site with a shared pool, a tennis court and other games facilities. Pembrokeshire's beaches and Tenby itself are a short drive away.
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Location
Ivy Towers St. Florence, Tenby, SA70 8NQ
