Yorkshire Scarborough
Wyke Lodge Cottage, Cloughton
Independent pet-friendly review by Four Legged Guests · updated October 2026 · paw rating built from 9 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 Scarborough / the Yorkshire and want a pet-friendly anchor for day trips
- Pet-mentioning reviewers spoke positively about the dog-friendly setup
Worth knowing
- Pet limits: max 1 pet - research-verified; the fee isn't published, so confirm the charge when you book
How this review was built Evidence, sources, refresh cadence
- Evidence: 9 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
- One well behaved dog welcome
Pet-friendly summary
Wyke Lodge Cottage is a rural cottage at Cloughton, on the coast road between Scarborough and Whitby, and it is a well-used base for people walking dogs on the North York Moors and the Yorkshire coast. Dog owners make up a good share of the people who stay here, and the cottage is spacious enough that a party of four plus dogs is not squeezed.
Inside, the things dog owners tend to check are mostly in place: hard-wearing ground-floor space, a patio at the back, parking for two cars off the road, and a kitchen stocked down to the dishwasher tablets, tea, coffee and biscuits. The upstairs bathroom with its roll-top bath is the feature guests single out most, and the setting is quiet, rural and dark enough at night for the stars to be worth stepping outside for. Walks start locally, with dog-friendly pubs a short drive away and Dalby Forest, Robin Hood's Bay, Whitby and Scarborough all within about half an hour.
The garden boundary is the thing to check on arrival, and accounts of it differ. Some parties describe the patio as enclosed and dog-safe; others have found a gap at the top side of the cottage large enough for an adventurous dog to get through onto the road, and blocked it themselves for the week. Given that the cottage sits on a road carrying traffic between Scarborough and Whitby, that is worth a walk round the boundary before letting a dog off the lead. The patio is also small, which suits one dog better than two - and the listing allows one well-behaved dog, so a party planning to bring two should confirm before booking.
A couple of other things come up. The ground-floor bathroom and kitchen are dated compared with the rest of the house, and some guests have arrived to find no welcome or information pack and no obvious way to contact the owner mid-stay. Only one door key and one gate fob are provided, which is awkward for a party who want to split up.
Wyke Lodge suits one dog and a small party who want a quiet, rural base with the moors and the coast both in reach, and who will check the boundary before trusting it. It earns a 4.5/5 paw rating.
Highlights from pet-mentioning reviews
What reviewers travelling with dogs consistently noted about staying here.
- Rural base for moors and coast walks
- Enclosed rear patio, though accounts differ
- One dog allowed under the listing
- Boundary gap reported onto a busy road
- Dog-friendly pubs a short drive away
About this hotel
Wyke Lodge Cottage is a self-catering cottage at Cloughton, on the A171 between Scarborough and Whitby in North Yorkshire. It sleeps a small party across two floors, with an enclosed rear patio, off-road parking for two cars and a roll-top bath. Dalby Forest, Robin Hood's Bay and the North York Moors are all within about half an hour.
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Location
Scarborough, YO13 0AX
