Lytham St Annes
Hy Lytham St Anne's
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 want a whole-property rental - no shared lobbies or corridors to navigate with your dog
- You're basing yourself in Lytham St Annes 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 night - research-verified; confirm at booking
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 1,964 guest reviews overall across booking platforms, averaging 8.4/10 - 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 night
- Dogs are specifically listed as allowed. Not every pet-friendly property includes cats, so check directly if you are travelling with a non-canine pet.
- Pet facilities on site, including a water bowl
- Pets must be supervised throughout your stay
- Guests are responsible for the cost of replacing anything their pet damages
Pet-friendly summary
Hy Lytham St Anne is a serviced-apartment property on Clifton Drive North, a couple of minutes from the seafront, and it is one of the more genuinely dog-friendly places to stay on this stretch of the Fylde coast. Dogs are specifically listed as allowed, and because you are booking an apartment rather than a hotel room, there is a kitchen, a dishwasher and enough floor space to keep a dog settled rather than underfoot.
The location does most of the work. Ashton Gardens sits directly over the road, which gives you a proper park for morning and evening walks without touching the car, and the beach and promenade at St Annes are a couple of minutes further. Shops, cafes and a supermarket are all within a short walk, so an outdoor table where the dog is welcome is easy to find. It is the location dog owners mention first.
Staff get consistently warm reviews - welcoming, quick to help and untroubled by dogs. The building also has a pool, sauna and spa area, and that is where the one pet-related friction shows up: guests have complained about dogs being brought down to the poolside, which is not policed as tightly as some would like. Keep yours out of the pool area, and be aware that others may not.
Other niggles that recur are drain smells in some bathrooms, a thin breakfast and variable upkeep between apartments - it is a large property and consistency is not its strength. The pet charge is £20 per night, which is worth adding up before you book a longer stay.
Best for dog owners who want a seaside base with self-catering space and a park on the doorstep. It earns a 4.5/5 paw rating.
Highlights from pet-mentioning reviews
What reviewers travelling with dogs consistently noted about staying here.
- Dogs specifically listed as allowed
- £20 per night pet charge
- Ashton Gardens park directly opposite
- Two minutes from the St Annes seafront
- Self-catering space keeps dogs settled
- Dogs by the pool bother some guests
About this hotel
Hy Lytham St Anne's is a four-star serviced-apartment property on Clifton Drive North in Lytham St Annes, Lancashire. Apartments come with kitchens, and there is an on-site pool, sauna and spa. It stands opposite Ashton Gardens, a couple of minutes from the seafront. Guests rate it 8.4/10 across nearly 2,000 reviews.
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318 Clifton Drive North, Lytham Saint Annes, Lytham St Annes