Holly Tree Cottage in Glastonbury

Holly Tree Cottage sits on Orchard Terrace, a quiet residential street about five minutes' walk from the middle of Glastonbury and within twenty of the Tor, Chalice Well and the White Spring. It is let as a whole three-bedroom house with a garage, which solves the two things that usually go wrong on a town break with a dog: nowhere to leave the car, and nowhere to let the dog out.

The owners keep dog things in the house. Guests travelling with dogs have found treats, a spare lead and poo bags waiting for them, which is more than most town-centre lets bother with. The garden is enclosed, and it comes up repeatedly as the reason the property works with a dog: a small, sheltered sun trap with seating, off the lounge, that the dog can be let into rather than walked to.

No pet terms are published on the property's booking listing. There is no stated charge, no limit on numbers and no weight or breed rule, so confirm those with the owners when you book.

The welcome is the other recurring theme. Guests arrive to a chalkboard message, something in the fridge and chemical-free cleaning products rather than the usual supermarket kit, and the owners answer questions quickly. Beds and bedding earn strong marks, and the house is warm and comfortably furnished.

Cleanliness is where the reports split. Most guests describe the cottage as spotless. A minority have arrived to a kitchen that had not been properly cleaned, and to a garden that read as unfinished rather than kept. With a dog in tow that is worth a look round on arrival, and it is the kind of thing the owners appear willing to put right if it is raised.

Best suited to a couple, a group of friends or a family with a dog who want to explore Glastonbury on foot, park off the street, and have somewhere enclosed for the dog at the end of the day.