Devon Woolacombe
Old Vicarage, Mortehoe
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 Woolacombe / the Devon and want a pet-friendly anchor for day trips
- The wider guest experience is strong - guests rate this 9.2/10 overall on booking platforms
Worth knowing
- Paw rating is based on 2 reviews - limited sample, treat as directional
- Pet fee: £30 per pet - check whether that is per night, per stay or per week when you book
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 37 guest reviews overall across booking platforms, averaging 9.2/10 - 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: £30 per dog.
Pet-friendly summary
The Old Vicarage sits in Mortehoe, the village just above Woolacombe on the North Devon coast, and it is a strong pick for dogs largely because of what is outside the door. The South West Coast Path runs through the village, Morte Point is a walk rather than a drive, and Woolacombe's long beach is downhill from there. Dog owners come back: repeat stays are a recurring theme in the feedback.
The property is split into three self-catering cottages, two sleeping four and one sleeping ten, so it works for a couple with one dog or an extended family with several. Each is a whole cottage rather than a room, which removes the shared-corridor problem entirely, and parties have had the large garden to themselves.
That garden is the one thing to understand before booking. It is big, and dogs are reported to love having the run of it, but it is not enclosed. Owners of dogs that will not reliably recall have ended up using a long line rather than letting them loose. If a securely fenced garden is a must-have, this is not the property for it, and it is worth planning for rather than discovering on arrival.
Mortehoe itself is a walkable village with pubs and a shop, and coastal walking runs in every direction from it. The cottages score 9.2/10 across 37 guest reviews and hold a 4.6/5 paw rating, with the location and the space doing most of the heavy lifting. The property charges a pet fee of 30 pounds per dog. No maximum number of dogs is published, so confirm that directly if you are bringing more than one.
Best suited to walkers and beach-goers whose dogs are happy on a lead or a long line in the garden, and who want the coast path from the doorstep rather than a drive away.
Highlights from pet-mentioning reviews
What reviewers travelling with dogs consistently noted about staying here.
- Coast path and Morte Point on foot
- Pet fee of 30 pounds per dog
- Large garden but not enclosed
- Whole cottages, no shared corridors
- Woolacombe beach a short walk downhill
- Repeat visits from dog-owning guests
About this hotel
The Old Vicarage is a set of three self-catering cottages on North Mortehoe Road in Mortehoe, the village above Woolacombe on the North Devon coast. Two of the cottages sleep four and one sleeps ten, sharing a large garden, with the South West Coast Path and Woolacombe's beach close by.
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Location
North Mortehoe Road, Woolacombe, EX34 7ED
