Dog Friendly Cottages In Skegness

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What our customers say about their holidays

• Michelle - Verified booking

  Small but perfectly formed, The Dairy was a wonderful home away from home for our week's break (hubby, myself and our dog).

  It is very well equipped and had everything we needed for a restful break. On arrival, Karen escorted us to the cottage and went through everything with us and the welcome tray was ready and waiting for our cuppa. Yes, it opens out onto the cottages car parking area, but this didn't particularly bother us. I would perhaps suggest maybe voile in the window(s) to help a little with privacy, but it wasn't a deal breaker for us. The bed is comfy (quite soft) as are the couch and chair in the living area. The laundry room is literally just through the side gate should you need it I did wonder prior to our stay how peaceful it would be on a site with multiple cottages/houses/caravan pitches in such close proximity to each other, but I needn't have worried in the slightest. The site is peaceful and tranquil, with a beautiful area to walk around the lakes. It is beautifully kept and managed, and is exceptionally clean. Karen clearly takes great pride in what they have achieved at Jockhedge and I can see why. The area is perfectly placed whereby nothing is too far to travel to, whether that be the dog friendly beaches or the towns and cities. We visited Lincoln for the day as it was only an hour's drive away and is well worth the trip. For beaches, I can recommend Chapel Six Marshes and the beach by the North Sea Observatory (both of which are dog friendly) and within a few minutes drive of Burgh-le-Marsh. I would also recommend a trip to Gibraltar Point Nature Reserve as another peaceful place to visit and walk (note that dogs aren't allowed on the beach path during April to September). On the one day it absolutely tipped it down, we visited the Seal Sanctuary at Skegness as it is dog friendly (with the exception of the cafe, gift shop and floral/butterfly house) and spent a lovely hour or so wandering around. All in all, we had a lovely time which was made better having somewhere so lovely to return to at the end of the day. We will definitely return again to the area next year, most likely renting one of the cottages with a private enclosed garden (purely for convenience of a nightime wee for the pooch).

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• Paul - Verified booking

  Would not label as dog friendly and barely dog tolerant.

  The Dairy is not really suitable for dogs unless you want to put them on the lead & go out every time your pooch needs to answer the call of nature. The Visitor Pack is a long list of rules & regulations with little in the way of a welcome. Welcome pack was a small pack of ground coffee, a local Plum Loaf and a pint of milk - no shampoo/conditioner. You aren’t allowed to leave dogs unattended so were unable to use the hot tub. For couples without dogs the Dairy is small but comfortable with certain aspects looking very tired eg bad cracking around door in the shower room. A major issue is the door into the bedroom - this opens about 18 inches before hitting the bed so is unsuitable for restricted mobility or wheelchair users. Wardrobe has to be locked as the door swings open otherwise. Zero privacy unless curtains are closed - the Dairy fronts onto the car park where everyone walks past your windows. The outdoor sitting area is also on the car park. The grounds are excellent for dog walking if you ignore the “ dogs on leads” signage and are sensible. Our two slept in a crate (dogs not allowed on furniture or in bedroom) so really needed a morning run. As we were charged £30 per dog we got zero for our money ( being Cavapoos there is no shed hair to deal with). Overall it was a good week as the weather behaved, if it was raining it would have been an endurance test.

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• Vikki - Verified booking

  When we arrived we were shown around and I have to say there was Prosecco waiting for us but unfortunately we were on a working holiday and couldn’t drink it but a lovely gesture.

  The cottage was well equipped with everything you would need to make your stay enjoyable, we had taken 3 sister on holiday that all had different needs and there was plenty of space to move around, there was even games in the cupboard for them to play, lots of dvds and some outdoor games that they played with too. There was 2 pints of milk, chocolate bars, tea, coffee, sugar on our arrival, all washing detergents were provided also, it really was home from home for the sisters, they enjoyed it that much they want to go for 2 weeks next time. All the beds were comfy and clean all 3 sisters slept very well, there were towels provided for every person. We had no problems it was a very smooth booking and communication process, myself and the other support worker found this cottage was ideal for the 3 sister and the area was beautiful the village shops were friendly to us, there was some lovely walks too. This cottage is for all ages I would say but if you have little ones it’s near a main road but the garden is closed in round the back which is perfect. This gets the best rating possible from us all as the cottage is beautiful. Looking forward to next year already :)

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• Michael - Verified booking

  The Dairy is a pretty compact cottage front of property is on the main car park with no frontage to speak of .

  I sat out front for a cuppa on the footpath outside the cottage and felt like taking parking money as others arrived on the gravel car park. Photos make it look like it’s next to a courtyard not a car in sight untrue we even had a car parked outside our bedroom window. on arriving went to put suitcase in the bedroom and the door opened onto the bed and bounced back on my head no room to fully open the door in fact no room to swing a cat fortunately we had our dog but that was a big problem as not allowed off lead anywhere or to be left unattended so no visit to hot tub for us! 20 acres of lovely grounds to explore as long as dog was on a lead luckily there was a beach 5 miles away. so our dog could play ball etc they charged £30 cash for dog not sure why as not allowed on furniture so no extra cleaning required. definitely not dog friendly. we took photos of car park(sorry our country view) we left a day early couldn’t take anymore nearly left on day one but we had paid a lot of money. The Dairy would suit a slim couple( ref bedroom door) and no dog. Good news we could watch our car from the window.

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• D - Verified booking

  Overall good.

  However, Second double bedroom with a unfold wooden door, is uncomfortably small, smaller than in a caravan. All mattresses need replacing, very uncomfortable. As we had very small children with us, aged 6,4 & 2 years, the fact that you could not access the garden other than through the front door and consequently onto the drive on a very busy noisy road was alarming. Disliked the faded pictures of flowers & hunting scenes and the dried flowers. Vacuum cleaner interior needs cleaning, was musty and smelly. Kitchen well equipment & clean but few cobwebs in bedrooms. Liked the huge handy cupboard in the hall , the induction hob and the hot shower. Access to village with 5 pubs,several eateries and handy shops was excellent. Village playground is great. Parking for two cars was at the rear of the house - no problems. We all enjoyed our stay. Thank you. Thank you also for the milk and prosecco.

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