London & South East Broadstairs
Stones Throw, Broadstairs
Independent pet-friendly review by Four Legged Guests · updated August 2026 · paw rating built from 6 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 Broadstairs / the London & South East and want a pet-friendly anchor for day trips
- The wider guest experience is strong - guests rate this 9.4/10 overall on booking platforms
Worth knowing
- 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: 6 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 43 guest reviews overall across booking platforms, averaging 9.4/10 - the paw rating reflects only the pet-mentioning subset.
- Last refreshed: August 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
Stones Throw is a whole house a few minutes' walk from Broadstairs high street and about the same again from the sea, and the thing that sets it apart for dog owners is the enclosed rear garden. Almost every dog-owning guest mentions it, and for good reason: a secure garden turns the first and last trip of the day into opening a back door, and it is the one feature most self-catering lets on this stretch of Kent coast do not have.
Dogs are welcomed as a matter of course rather than tolerated, and parties arriving with two dogs are common, so this is not a one-small-dog-only sort of let. The owners are the other half of it: they organise the residents' parking permits ahead of arrival, reply to messages quickly, and have been willing to allow an early check-in, which is worth having when you have travelled with dogs in the car. The property does not publish a pet charge or a maximum number of dogs, so agree both when you book.
The location does a lot of work. The high street, the restaurants, the jetty and the beach walks are all a short stroll away, so the dog comes along to most of what you would be doing anyway. Viking Bay carries the usual seasonal dog restrictions of a Kent town beach, but the clifftop path north past Stone Bay towards Joss Bay opens up quickly and gives you the longer walks.
The complaints that come up are domestic rather than canine: awkward blinds, a light stock of pans and utensils, and the occasional towel that should not have made it back onto the rail. None of it touches the dog side of the stay. For a family travelling with two dogs who want a secure garden, a short walk to the sand and owners who actually answer, Stones Throw is a straightforward 4.5/5.
Highlights from pet-mentioning reviews
What reviewers travelling with dogs consistently noted about staying here.
- Secure enclosed garden for dogs
- Two dogs comfortably accommodated
- Short walk to beach and high street
- Owners arrange parking permits in advance
- Quick replies from attentive owners
About this hotel
A four-and-a-half-star self-catering house on Wardour Close in Broadstairs, a few minutes from both the high street and the sea. It sleeps a family comfortably, has an enclosed rear garden, and comes with residents' parking permits arranged by the owners. Guest scores average 9.4 out of 10 across 43 reviews.
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Location
22 Wardour Close,, Broadstairs, CT10 1LB
