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Slateford House 1770
Independent pet-friendly review by Four Legged Guests · updated July 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 Edinburgh / the Scotland and want a pet-friendly anchor for day trips
- The wider guest experience is strong - guests rate this 8.6/10 overall on booking platforms
Worth knowing
- Paw rating is based on 2 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: 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 557 guest reviews overall across booking platforms, averaging 8.6/10 - the paw rating reflects only the pet-mentioning subset.
- Last refreshed: July 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
Slateford House 1770 is a 4-star period serviced aparthotel on Lanark Road in west Edinburgh, run by The House of Danu as a whole-house family-letting. The building is a Georgian period property (the 1770 date is in the name), set up over three floors with two bedrooms and a sofa bed sleeping up to six. For dog owners, the appeal is the combination of a self-contained period house, private off-street parking, and a small lawn in front of the property where dogs can be let out quickly without a long walk.
The single confirmed pet-traveller review is detailed and positive (a family of four travelling with one dog). They specifically highlight three pet-relevant features: the front lawn for quick toilet breaks, private parking (rather than street-parking), and a riverside walk immediately next door for longer outings. The location works for guests who want to be away from Edinburgh's central tourist density while keeping the city accessible: bus 44 stops directly across the road and takes about 30 minutes into the centre, with Slateford railway station a 10-minute walk away.
The aparthotel itself is well-equipped for self-catering: full kitchen, washer and drier (genuinely useful on multi-night dog stays for muddy paws + walking gear), and the period features that come with a Georgian property. There is no extra pet fee disclosed on the booking listing.
Two operational caveats matter for both pet and non-pet stays. First, the ground-floor bedroom does not have double-glazing and the main road is 2-3 metres from the window - light sleepers should sleep on the first or second floors, or bring earplugs. Second, the period building has steep stairs between floors, which is a real consideration if anyone in the party (or the dog!) has mobility issues.
Data caveat: this opinion is based on a single confirmed pet-traveller review at the time of publication. The signal is concrete and positive but the the booking listing pet-candidate pool is thin (2 candidates of which 1 was a non-pet-traveller anti-pet preference review, excluded). More pet-stay reviews would firm up the picture, particularly around any specific dog amenities the host provides.
Best suited to: dog-owning families wanting a self-catering Georgian period house in west Edinburgh with off-street parking and a riverside walk; less suited to those wanting central-Edinburgh walking distance, single-floor accessibility, or absolute road-noise quiet.
Highlights from pet-mentioning reviews
What reviewers travelling with dogs consistently noted about staying here.
- Private off-street parking
- Front lawn for quick dog toilet breaks
- Riverside walk immediately next door
- Washer and drier (muddy-paw friendly)
- No advertised pet fee on the booking listing
- Ground-floor road noise + steep stairs caveats
About this hotel
Slateford House 1770 is a 4-star Georgian period serviced aparthotel on Lanark Road in west Edinburgh, sleeping up to six. Private off-street parking, small front lawn for quick dog toilet breaks, riverside walk next door, washer and drier for muddy paws. No advertised pet fee.
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Location
51-53 Lanark Road, Edinburgh, EH14 1TL
