The Hand Hotel

The Hand Hotel is a traditional town-centre hotel and pub on Bridge Street in Llangollen, with dogs welcome inside the bar area. It's a proper stop for visitors with dogs, where the public bar serves light bites and pub classics in a setting that happily accommodates leads tucked under the table.

The bar is dog-friendly and fully set up for food, so you and your dog can settle in together for a meal without the awkward restaurant shuffle. The main restaurant upstairs operates separately and doesn't welcome dogs, but the bar downstairs handles the pub-classic menu and gives you exactly what you need: food, drink and your dog at your feet.

Llangollen's river and town core are a short walk away, making this a useful base or mid-visit refuel for dog owners exploring the area. It's the kind of central, accessible pub-hotel that works when you want a warm welcome, a decent meal and no fuss about the four-legged member of the group.