Pennylands Hill View Lodge, Broadway

Pennylands Hill View Lodge is a single-storey timber lodge in three acres of the owners' grounds just outside Broadway - and it has the kind of dog-stay record most cottages can only claim in their marketing: a 5.0 paw rating across five dog stays spanning six years, on a property whose overall average is also a perfect five from over eighty reviews. One well-behaved dog is welcome.

The reason dogs love it is space you can actually use: a large, secure-fenced grassed meadow right at the lodge, which guests describe the same way year after year - waking up and letting the dog straight out into a huge garden, greyhounds enjoying the freedom to roam, ball games in the field, even deer visiting on early mornings. For owners of sighthounds and other dogs that need genuine off-lead running behind real fencing, this is the rare setup that delivers it. The owners live on site (their B&B shares the grounds), are described as friendly and approachable rather than hovering, and stock the lodge with thoughtful arrivals touches - down to a dog bowl, treats and poo bags.

The lodge itself is ground-floor throughout - no stairs for older dogs - with two doubles, a shower room, an open-plan living space and a veranda looking over the Worcestershire countryside. Broadway village, one of the north Cotswolds' best bases with its wide green and dog-tolerant pubs, is under a mile's walk, and the Cotswold Way's climb to Broadway Tower starts from the village.

Caveats are hard to find in the record; the practical notes are simply that it sleeps four (couples and small families, not groups), one dog is the limit, and peak Broadway weekends book out. Confirm any pet charge directly when booking, as none is listed.

Best suited to a couple or small family with one dog that needs real, secure off-lead space - especially rescue sighthounds - wrapped in a walkable Cotswolds village stay.