North East England Swarland
Percy Wood Country Park
Independent pet-friendly review by Four Legged Guests · updated October 2026 · paw rating built from 16 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 Swarland / the North East England and want a pet-friendly anchor for day trips
- Pet-mentioning reviewers spoke positively about the dog-friendly setup
Worth knowing
- Pet limits: max 2 pets - research-verified; the fee isn't published, so confirm the charge when you book
How this review was built Evidence, sources, refresh cadence
- Evidence: 16 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.
- 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
- Up to two pets per booking.
Pet-friendly summary
Percy Wood Country Park sits in quiet Northumberland countryside near Swarland, and this owner-run lodge is set up for dogs before you even unpack. Guests travelling with dogs repeatedly find bowls, towels and blankets already waiting, alongside a welcome basket of basics, which means less to carry and a shorter list of things to remember.
Up to two dogs can stay. The lodge is a whole-property let with its own balcony looking over the golf course and the valley beyond, so there are no shared corridors or lifts to negotiate with an excited dog after a long drive. The owner is a dog owner herself, which guests with dogs say made bringing theirs feel straightforward rather than merely tolerated.
The setting does a lot of the work. There are walks straight from the door around the park, and the Northumberland beaches are about five miles away, close enough for a run on the sand before breakfast. Alnwick and Amble are both roughly fifteen minutes by car, and guests with dogs have found several nearby pubs that will seat them and their dog for a proper meal out.
One caveat is worth knowing, and it is about the wider park rather than the lodge. There are no dog bins or general litter bins around the site, so bring your own bags and plan to carry waste back. Guests have also mentioned cars driving too fast between the lodges and people cutting close to the verandas, which is a reason to keep dogs on the lead when moving around the park. The lodge itself was praised without reservation in the same breath.
With a 4.7/5 paw rating, this suits dog owners who want a self-contained base with everything already provided, and who are happy to use the car to reach the coast and the towns.
Highlights from pet-mentioning reviews
What reviewers travelling with dogs consistently noted about staying here.
- Dog bowls, towels and blankets already provided
- Owner keeps dogs and welcomes them warmly
- Walks from the door across the park
- Northumberland beaches five miles away
- No dog bins around the wider site
About this hotel
Percy Wood Country Park is a quiet holiday park near Swarland in Northumberland, a few miles inland from the county's beaches. This 3.5-star lodge is a whole-property let with a balcony looking over the golf course and open countryside. Alnwick and Amble are both about fifteen minutes away by car.
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Location
Swarland, NE65 9JW
