To help dog owners find the best home for them and their pet, CIA Landlords Insurance have put together a list of the best – and worst – cities in the UK to rent with a dog based on a number of factors, including the quality of parks and green spaces, the number of rental properties that allow pets, and the number of services such as dog groomers, vets and kennels.
London is the best UK city to rent with dogs
London ranks as the number one UK city for renters with dogs, with the highest number of pet-friendly rental properties available (2,213 at the time of writing), as well as an excellent rating of 80.4 out of 100 for the quality of its parks and green spaces.
The UK capital also has the most pet-sitters (0.4) and kennels (0.4) available per 250,000 people, meaning owners who travel frequently are provided plenty of options to leave their pets in safe hands.
Nottingham follows as the second-best city, offering the greatest number of vets at 17.9 per 250,000 people, compared to London’s low 1.3 per 250,000 people.
The table below reveals the top 10 best UK cities to rent with dogs.
Belfast is the top UK city for pet-lovers
Belfast comes in third place, and is a great spot for anyone looking to connect with other dog owners, as they make up 40% of the population in Northern Ireland – more than any other area in the UK.
On the downside, Belfast currently has no pet-friendly properties advertised – however, that doesn’t mean renting with a pet isn’t possible here.
Landlords may be open to negotiation for the right tenant, and may even be required to consider tenants with pets in light of new guidelines removing a blanket ban on domestic animals in rented properties.
Bradford and Newport are the UK’s worst cities for dog owners
Bradford is revealed as the worst city in the UK for renters with dogs, with only 5.8 vets and 0.8 groomers per 250,000 people.
The number of kennels on offer is slightly higher at 5 per 250,000, but the number of pet-sitters remains low at just 2.5 per 250,000. On top of that, the city’s parks and green spaces receive a low-quality score of only 42.9.
Newport is the second worst city with an even worse quality rating of 41.7 for its green spaces, but slightly more vets (6.5) and groomers (1.6) are available per 250,000 people.
Rounding out the bottom five cities are Southend-on-Sea, Stoke-on-Trent and Sunderland.
