Kingsgate Yard · City centre · 38 rooms

The hotel where your dog is the guest of honour.

Plenty of hotels allow dogs. We built this one around them. Every room, menu and member of staff starts with the dog. You still get a proper city break, a good dinner and a room you'd want to stay in anyway.

“Not dog-friendly. Dog-first.”

For dogs

Everything they need, and a few things they didn't know they wanted.

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A bed that's actually theirs

An orthopaedic bed sized to your dog, made up with washed linen and left in a quiet corner away from the door. Raised water bowls in every room.

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The Day Club

Going to a gallery, a meeting or the theatre? Your dog spends the day in our supervised club with a garden, nap pods and small groups matched by temperament.

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The Larder

Fresh-cooked meals written with a canine nutritionist. Bring their usual food and we'll serve that at their usual times. Every allergy is logged when you arrive.

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The Parlour

Our in-house groomer does a wash and blow-dry, a nail trim, or the full spa if they've earned it. Book it at check-in and they come back to the room smelling better than you.

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Walkers who know the city

Three set walks a day through the parks and the river path. You can join in, or leave it to us and enjoy a lie-in.

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Vet on call, day and night

We have a partner practice four minutes away, a trained first-aider on every shift, and your dog's records on file before you arrive.

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Calm by design

The floors are soundproofed, the corridors have soft corners, and we keep a quiet wing for anxious dogs and older ones. Pheromone diffusers come on request.

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The Pupdate

When they're at Day Club you get a photo and a short note on your phone. It covers how they ate, who they played with and how long they slept.

Rooms & suites

Rooms you'd choose anyway. Your dog just gets more out of them.

Snug: window seat, built-in dog nook

The Snug

A king bed, a window seat at dog height, and a built-in nook beneath it. Best for one dog of any size.

from £295 / night

Townhouse Suite: separate lounge, wash station

Townhouse Suite

A separate lounge, a boot room with a warm-water dog shower, and space for two dogs to stretch out.

from £420 / night

Garden Loft: private terrace with turf patch

Garden Loft

Top-floor suite with a private planted terrace and a patch of real turf for the first thing in the morning. It looks out over the rooftops.

from £560 / night

All rates include breakfast for two people and one dog, a Larder dinner for the dog, and one Day Club session per night of your stay.

Art direction: spaniel under a marble bistro table, candlelight, wine

For people

A proper city hotel, with nobody fussing about the dog.

The restaurant, Bramble, serves seasonal British cooking. Dogs are welcome at every table, and each one has a hook for the lead and a water bowl. The cocktail bar has deep sofas, a fire, and a biscuit jar on the counter.

Downstairs there's a small spa with treatment rooms for people. Your dog can be in the Parlour next door having their own treatment while you're in yours.

A day at Wagstaff

How a Saturday goes here.

  1. The walker collects your dog for a loop of the river path. You stay in bed.
  2. Breakfast in Bramble. Your dog has poached chicken and rice from the Larder.
  3. Drop-off at Day Club. You head out for a gallery, a long lunch and the shops.
  4. A Pupdate lands on your phone: a nap, two new friends and a good lunch.
  5. A wash and blow-dry in the Parlour while you're in the spa.
  6. Dinner together. A biscuit and a fresh bowl of water arrive before your menus do.
  7. Turndown. Their bed is fluffed, and there's a chew on the pillow with a note.

“Hotels usually put up with Monty. This one was clearly delighted he'd come. Then they did the same for us.”

Hannah & Monty, Irish wolfhound

“Pickle has anxiety and we've never managed a city break with her. The quiet wing and the Day Club team made it possible.”

Raj & Pickle, rescue whippet

Book a stay

Tell us about your dog first.

We ask for your dog's details before we ask for your card. That way the bed, the meals and the walk times are sorted before you arrive.