A pet food manufacturer has created a league table of what it claims are the most pet-friendly cities for private rentals.
In none of the cities there is over 14% of rental listings designated as pet-friendly.
Glasgow tops the list, as the most pet-friendly rental city in the UK although only 14% of the 551 listed rental properties are pet-friendly.
Northampton ranked in second, where just over one in 10 (11.2%) of the properties are suitable for owners and their furry friends, and rounding off the trop three, Manchester ranked as the third best city in the UK, with 9.2% pet-friendly rental properties, which is 181 out of 1,962 available.
Towards the bottom of the top ten, London ranked in eighth with2,858 rentals out of 44,822 – a total of 6.37% pet-friendly rentals. Sheffield ranks closely behind in ninth with 6% of pet-friendly rental properties and Plymouth completes the top ten with 5.9%.
| Rank | City | Number of total rental properties | Number of pet-friendly rental properties | Percentage of pet-friendly rentals |
| 1 | Glasgow | 551 | 77 | 14% |
| 2 | Northampton | 188 | 21 | 11.2% |
| 3 | Manchester | 1,962 | 181 | 9.2% |
| 4 | Reading | 466 | 38 | 8.2% |
| 5 | Brighton | 595 | 45 | 7.6% |
| 6 | Edinburgh | 592 | 43 | 7.3% |
| 7 | Cardiff | 470 | 30 | 6.38% |
| 8 | London | 44,822 | 2,858 | 6.37% |
| 9 | Sheffield | 702 | 42 | 6% |
| 10 | Plymouth | 253 | 15 | 5.9% |
Portsmouth was revealed as the worst in the country for pet-friendly renting with just 2.2% of homes allowing furry friends. Only narrowly better than the southern city were Nottingham and Newcastle with 2.74% and 2.75% respectively. Also sitting at the bottom of the rankings are Exeter (3.2%), Bristol (3.6%) and Leeds (4%).
| Rank | City | Number of total rental properties | Number of pet-friendly rental properties | Percentage of pet-friendly rentals |
| 1 | Portsmouth | 136 | 3 | 2.2% |
| 2 | Nottingham | 2,153 | 59 | 2.74% |
| 3 | Newcastle | 437 | 12 | 2.75% |
| 4 | Exeter | 253 | 8 | 3.2% |
| 5 | Bristol | 777 | 28 | 3.6% |
| 6 | Leeds | 2,031 | 81 | 4% |
| 7 | Liverpool | 1,141 | 53 | 4.64% |
| 8 | Bradford | 285 | 13 | 4.67% |
| 9 | Coventry | 1,048 | 49 | 4.7% |
| 10 | Hull | 403 | 20 | 5% |
The full research by Harringtons, including how to get started renting with a pet, top tips on renting with your dog and more, can be found here.
This article is taken from Landlord Today