Cookies Policy

Last Updated: January 21, 2026

What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently and provide information to website owners.

How We Use Cookies

West Quay Cottages uses cookies to enhance your browsing experience and understand how you use our website. We use the following types of cookies:

1. Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are essential for the operation of our website. They enable you to navigate our site and use its features, such as accessing secure areas.

Cookie Name	Purpose	Duration
PHPSESSID	Admin session management - keeps you logged in	Session (deleted when browser closes)
cookie_consent	Stores your cookie preferences	1 year

        Important: These cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be disabled in our systems. You can set your browser to block these cookies, but some parts of the site may not work properly.
    

2. Analytics Cookies (Optional)

We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors interact with our website. This helps us improve our services and content.

Cookie Name	Purpose	Duration
_ga	Distinguishes unique users and tracks website usage	2 years
_gid	Distinguishes unique users	24 hours
_gat	Throttles request rate	1 minute

Information Collected: Analytics cookies collect information about:

Number of visitors to our website
Pages visited and time spent on each page
How you found our website (e.g., search engines, direct link)
Device type and browser used
General location (country/city level, not exact address)

Note: This data is anonymized and cannot be used to identify you personally.

Managing Your Cookie Preferences

Cookie Consent Banner

When you first visit our website, you'll see a cookie consent banner. You can choose to:

Accept All Cookies: Allows all cookies including analytics
Reject Non-Essential: Only allows strictly necessary cookies
Manage Preferences: Choose which types of cookies to allow

Browser Settings

You can also control cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to:

View what cookies are stored and delete them individually
Block third-party cookies
Block cookies from specific sites
Block all cookies
Delete all cookies when you close your browser

How to manage cookies in popular browsers:

        Warning: Disabling cookies may affect the functionality of this and many other websites you visit. Disabling cookies will usually result in disabling certain functionality and features of the site.
    

Google Analytics Opt-Out

You can opt out of Google Analytics tracking by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on:

https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout

Third-Party Cookies

We may use third-party services that set cookies on our behalf, such as:

Google Analytics: Website analytics (when enabled)
Social Media Widgets: Facebook, Instagram embeds (if present)

These third parties have their own privacy policies and cookie policies, which we encourage you to review.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this Cookies Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated revision date. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.

Your Rights

Under UK GDPR and PECR, you have the right to:

Know what cookies are being used on our website
Choose whether to accept or reject non-essential cookies
Withdraw consent at any time
Request information about data collected via cookies

Contact Us

If you have any questions about our use of cookies, please contact us:

Email: stay@westquaycottages.com
Phone: 01984 568477
Address: Market Street, Watchet, Somerset, TA23 0AN

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