Lake District Windermere
Myrtle Cottage
Independent pet-friendly review by Four Legged Guests · updated June 2026 · paw rating built from 4 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 Windermere / the Lake District 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 4 reviews - limited sample, treat as directional
- 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: 4 pet-mention guest reviews sourced from Agoda - 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 24 Agoda guest reviews overall, averaging 7.9/10 - the paw rating reflects only the pet-mentioning subset.
- Last refreshed: June 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
Myrtle Cottage is a whole-house rental on Cross Street in central Windermere, a short walk from the train station and the cluster of pubs and restaurants at the top of the town. It is set up for couples and small families with a dog, with practical touches that suggest the owners have thought about what pet travellers actually need on arrival.
The most-mentioned detail in reviews is the welcome kit. Guests with dogs have arrived to find a feeding and drinking bowl already laid out, warm blankets for colder evenings, and a torch left near the door for after-dark walks. None of that is unusual at the high end of the Lake District holiday-let market, but at a 3.5-star price it makes a noticeable difference. The cottage itself sits over two floors, with hard-floor downstairs areas that suit muddy paws and comfortable beds upstairs.
The trade-off is the back garden. It is enclosed enough for most adult dogs, but several reviewers note that small dogs can find weak spots in the boundary, and the yard has no grass, which a few guests with grass-loyal toileters flagged as an issue. If your dog needs lawn under their feet first thing in the morning, plan to walk straight out to the wider Windermere green spaces instead.
Location is the other consistent positive. The cottage is roughly five minutes' walk from Windermere station, with regular trains to Oxenholme and Manchester, a Booths supermarket close by, and the Lake District buses passing through the town centre. Several guests note that the local pubs across the road have been relaxed about dogs at quiet times. Best suited to a couple or small family with a settled, larger dog who will walk on the lead from the door rather than rely on the back yard.
Highlights from pet-mentioning reviews
What reviewers travelling with dogs consistently noted about staying here.
- Welcome kit with bowl, blankets and torch
- Hard floors downstairs suit muddy paws
- Central Windermere walking from the door
- Train and bus links five minutes away
- Back garden enclosed but small-dog-leaky
- No grass in the yard for toileting
About this hotel
Myrtle Cottage is a 3.5-star pet-friendly whole-house rental on Cross Street in central Windermere, a few minutes' walk from the train station and the town's pubs and restaurants. The cottage sleeps a small family, has a small enclosed back garden, and is set up for guests arriving with one dog.
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Location
15 Cross Street, Windermere, LA23 1AE
