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Best dog friendly hotels in Sussex
The refined beauty of Sussex is a welcoming invitation to explore its hospitality and its natural surroundings. From vineyards to coastal walks, country to coast, Sussex is the perfect place to holiday with four-legged friends.
Dean's Place, Alfriston
Featured Hotels with Special Offers
The Star
Alfriston, Sussex
'Relax and Restore' Special Offer
There is star quality indeed at Olga and Alex Polizzi's updated version of a historic Tudor inn, in a charming medieval South Downs village.
Park House, Hotel & Spa
Midhurst, West Sussex
'Sunday Reset at the House' Special Offer
Pets are welcome with prior notice and can stay in select rooms with you for additional charges.
The Cat Inn
West Hoathly, West Sussex
15% Discount Two Night Stay Special Offer
Harvey the spaniel welcomes canine company and Winnie the Pooh's Ashdown Forest offers great walking. When it's time for a little something there are dog-friendly tables in the bar.
Beachcroft Hotel
Bognor Regis, Sussex
Luxury Beach Hut Suite 3 Nights for the Price of 2 Special Offer
A stay in Felpham inspired William Blake to write of 'England's green and pleasant land', but it's the beach that draws holidaymakers to the de Savarys' South Coast hotel.
The White Horse
Chilgrove, West Sussex
Summer Sip and Stay Special Offer
With the Goodwood Estate down the road and the South Downs on the doorstep, this rural, dog-friendly former coaching inn is popular with Barbour-wearing country-sports enthusiasts and hikers.
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Artist Residence Brighton
Brighton, Sussex
The hotel's dog-friendly rooms come with a doggy bed, bowl, and Lily's Kitchen dog treats. Dogs are charged at £15 per night, per dog.
The Alfriston
Alfriston, Sussex
The hotel allows dogs and cats to stay in select bedrooms. They can even allow the odd pony to stay in their fenced paddock where they have a water trough and field shelter.
Port Hotel
Eastbourne , Sussex
A Victorian townhouse on the seafront has been transformed into a super-stylish modern B&B with generously equipped bedrooms and a light-filled lounge/cocktail bar/breakfast room.
The Welldiggers Arms
West Sussex
Just a couple of minutes' drive from Petworth, with views over farmland to the South Downs, this gastropub has smart contemporary bedrooms and some exciting menu choices.
Old Whyly
East Hoathly, Sussex
Dogs are welcome to join you, staying in some of the rooms at this charming boutique and breakfast.
The Ginger Pig
Brighton, Sussex
Bedrooms are no mere afterthought at this Edwardian mock-timbered gastropub, across the road from the shingle beach, with modern artworks, many thoughtful touches, good bathrooms, a bar and buzzy restaurant serving a short menu of pub classics and more innovative dishes.
The Gallivant
Sussex
Dogs are allowed in the bar area and in a few of the hotel's bedrooms. They are also allowed on the beach all year round but in the summer only to the right hand side.
Jeake's House
Rye, Sussex
Dogs are welcome at this hotel in Rye, staying for £5 per dog, per night. They are also allowed in the lounge and bar area.
Ashling Park Estate
West Ashling, Sussex
You can almost imagine you're in rural France when you stay in one of the luxury self-catering lodges among the vines on this family-run wine estate, with farm-to-table menus in the restaurant, and tours and tastings for visitors.
The Millstream
Chichester, West Sussex
In rose-filled gardens approached by a bridge across a stream, the Wild family's hotel, converted from three 17th-century cottages a stroll from its own quayside, has well-equipped, country-classic bedrooms, and both formal and informal dining in restaurant and brasserie.
The Halfway Bridge
Petworth, West Sussex
At the heart of the South Downs National Park, this village dining pub, with smart rooms in a single-storey stable block, is the rural sister of the seaside Crab & Lobster, Sidlesham. It is country but no bumpkin.
The White Hart
South Harting, West Sussex
Dogs love walking in the surrounding countryside, can stay in select rooms and can accompany you in the bar area.
St Benedict Victorian B&B
Hastings, Sussex
Crammed with ceramics, clocks, chinoiserie, religious art, fire screens and antimacassars, this 19th-century villa B&B is a homage to the Victorian Aesthetic movement. Breakfast includes eggs from the hens, honey from the hives and fruit from the walled garden.
Ockenden Manor
Cuckfield, West Sussex
History meets the modern world at this Elizabethan manor house, a luxury hotel in eight-acre grounds, with gracious drawing room, swish spa and fine-dining restaurant.
The Royal Oak
East Lavant, West Sussex
Like all Butcombe gastropubs with rooms, this whitewashed Georgian village local retains its personality while offering smart bedrooms and creative cooking along with pub classics.
The Flint Barns at Rathfinny Wine Estate
Sussex
Idyllic days could be spent in summer at this South Downs wine estate, with rustic-chic bedrooms in converted barns, vineyard tours, and relaxed informal dining in the restaurant.
The Grand Hotel
Eastbourne, Sussex
Dogs are welcome to stay in select rooms. They even supply dog-friendly healthy meals from Arden Grange. Package includes dinner, bed and a bowl, and the chef can prepare a pre-ordered dinner using ingredients that form part of your dog's regular diet.
The refined beauty of Sussex is a welcoming invitation to explore its hospitality and its natural surroundings. From vineyards to coastal walks, country to coast, Sussex is the perfect place to holiday with four-legged friends. Head to a pub-with-rooms where you can walk the High Weald and Winnie the Pooh's Ashdown Forest before returning to tell the resident spaniel about your adventures. Or enjoy a break at a Victorian luxury Sussex spa hotel overlooking the sea in Eastbourne. Perhaps you prefer a country house retreat in Midhurst, a stylish restaurant with rooms in Camber or a quirky art hotel in Brighton. There are those that simply offer a friendly place to rest those paws, and those that go the extra mile with dog bowls, treats, blankets and toys. Here are some of the top dog-friendly hotels in Sussex.
