Dog Friendly Lodges & Log Cabins in Dorset

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Richard - Verified booking

  Having recently rented Bobbin Cottage and its sister property, The Old Haberdashery, I cannot recommend both of them highly enough.

  The cottages are situated in the lovely village of Langton Matravers, a few minutes’ drive from Swanage, the Dorset seaside resort ranked in the top 10 in a recent survey of British seaside towns by Which magazine. Apart from the excellent beach and attractions in Swanage, the village is only a 10-15 minute drive from Studland and its 4-mile stretch of sandy beach. The village is also great for walkers/hikers as it offers easy access to the South West Coastal Path which runs along the Jurassic coast for 600+ miles. The accommodation itself was clean and comfortable with a kitchen fitted out with all the mod cons one would need for an enjoyable stay. The owners also left us a very useful welcome pack of tea, milk etc and some household items. Parking our cars was easy on the not very busy main road outside the cottages. The village boasts a very friendly pub, the King's Arms and I would also recommend the nearby Square and Compass and Scott Arms pubs, both of which have stunning views, the latter over Corfe Castle. All in all a very enjoyable week. We will be returning!

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• Paul - Verified booking

  A lovely well equipped, comfortable and clean (apart from the cobwebs on the veluxes) cottage.

  But it is listed as having a garden. Not true. Also part of text says “step outside to the private courtyard to raise a toast to your romantic retreat as the stars begin to fill the sky over Dorset”. What a laugh! The sunless courtyard consisted of a scruffy thin strip with a six foot fence for its boundary. There were 2 flowerpots on a stand, one containing a plastic plant, the other full of stagnant water and also some rusty chairs and table. The funniest item was a deckchair so you could either sit looking at the fence or the back of the property with its myriad of drainpipes. HARDLY ROMANTIC!! Pity because there were some lovely views just over the fence and this is a perfect spot to stay with many Dorset gems in easy reach.

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• Paula - Verified booking

  We had a really excellent holdiay due to the location of this cottage.

  We visited RSPB Arne which is absolutely stunning. Swanage is a delightful seaside town. I would highly recommend The Square and Compass for a truly unusual pub experience. The village pub, The Kings Arms is also worth a visit. The locals were very welcoming. In terms of the cottage - it was a little too basic for us. For us the following would have improved our stay. 1. Comfortable seating downstairs. 2. Summer weight quilts on the beds. 3. Provide two plastic chopping boards in the kitchen. 4. Paint the rusty garden furniture and provide cushions. Add some items of interest to the walls and fence panels. 5. Fixing the leaking tap in the downstairs toilet. 6. Provide clearer instructions for the hob and oven.

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• Rosemary - Verified booking

  We chose this cottage as a get away and catch up with friends who lived there.

  The were cobwebs in the bathroom it looked like that had a new induction hob but they had not hob fitted but new new pans to use on it.vwhuch meant our Christmas dinner was really hard to cook,! The sponge they had supplied was old and so made it difficult to clean anything. The smart tv has absolutely no channels so was not very smart at all . We have booked with Sykes holidays for some years now and was shocked there was nothing supplied by the owner. No milk or sugar. We had to purchase a knife to carve our turkey too. All in all we will not be using Sykes again. We talked to the shop owner where we bought our knife and this is why we are complaining.

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• Dilys - Verified booking

  High Bullen Lodge is just the perfect place to spend a quiet break.

  Although it is up a short track there is very easy access onto the A35. The chalet itself is just lovely, being decorated in a seaside theme with bunting strung across the walls and an enclosed garden (down 4 steps) which is pebbly like being on the beach (no grass). Our elderly dog struggled with the steps up to the chalet and down into the garden but we manged. The only downside for us personally was that our old dog who suffers badly with arthritis kept slipping and falling on the laminated flooring. We were also kept awake by the click clack of his nails as he wandered around so a carpet or large rug would have helped.

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