The George Hotel Easingwold

The George sits on Easingwold's market place and is set up for dogs in a way that goes past simply tolerating them. Two of its six room types are designated pet-friendly - a twin with two 4ft queen beds and a king room - and the rest are explicitly no-pets. That makes the room you book matter more here than at most hotels, because booking the wrong one means the dog cannot come.

Dogs are specifically named in the property's pet policy rather than folded into a vague pets-welcome line, and assistance dogs are welcomed outright. Bowls are available and a pet-sitting service is listed among the pet amenities, which is useful if you want an evening out without the dog. The one firm rule is that pets cannot be left alone in the room. A pet charge applies; the amount is not published on the booking listing, so confirm it when you book.

The annex rooms are the pick for dog owners: you can park directly outside your door and come and go without crossing the bar or the main staircase. That matters, because the flip side of a genuinely dog-heavy inn is that guests without dogs have found the bar busy with them and have reported a lingering dog smell on the staircases. If you are the one with the dog it is far less of an issue, and the annex sidesteps it almost entirely, but the pet traffic here is real and worth knowing about.

Easingwold sits between York and the southern edge of the North York Moors, with the market place at the door and open country a short drive out. The pub side of the hotel draws consistently strong marks for its food and for attentive staff. Best suited to dog owners who want a proper inn with a kitchen rather than a self-catering base, and who will book an annex room. The George earns a 4.4/5 paw rating.