Where Can I TakeMy Dog?

The perfect day out with your dog

Proper local guides to a genuinely good day with your dog, town by town. The best walk, the long lunch, the history bit and the beer garden, all in one place, with real spots we would actually take our own dogs.

Fishing boats on the shingle at Aldeburgh beach

A perfect day in Aldeburgh

Suffolk

The wide sandy beach and dunes at Alnmouth

A perfect day in Alnwick & Warkworth

Northumberland

Rydal Water and the fells above Ambleside

A perfect day in Ambleside

Cumbria

The Monsal Trail viaduct and dale near Bakewell

A perfect day in Bakewell

Derbyshire

The Palladian bridge and city view at Prior Park, Bath

A perfect day in Bath

Somerset

Mam Tor and the sweep of the Great Ridge above Castleton

A perfect day in Castleton & Hope Valley

Derbyshire

The Roman and medieval city walls of Chester

A perfect day in Chester

Cheshire

Dartmouth Castle guarding the mouth of the River Dart

A perfect day in Dartmouth

Devon

Exeter Cathedral and its green in the heart of the city

A perfect day in Exeter

Devon

Pendennis Castle guarding the mouth of Falmouth harbour

A perfect day in Falmouth

Cornwall

Guildford Castle keep above its flower gardens

A perfect day in Guildford

Surrey

The ridge of Catbells rising above Derwentwater near Keswick

A perfect day in Keswick

Cumbria

The west front of Lincoln Cathedral rising above the city

A perfect day in Lincoln

Lincolnshire

Ludlow Castle above the town and the River Teme

A perfect day in Ludlow

Shropshire

The Cobb harbour wall curving out into the sea at Lyme Regis

A perfect day in Lyme Regis

Dorset

Norwich Cathedral and its spire rising above the city

A perfect day in Norwich

Norfolk

Wollaton Hall standing above its deer park in Nottingham

A perfect day in Nottingham

Nottinghamshire

Normanton Church standing on the edge of Rutland Water

A perfect day in Oakham & Rutland Water

Rutland

The wide golden sands of Harbour Cove near Padstow

A perfect day in Padstow

Cornwall

Ancient oaks and grazing deer in Richmond Park

A perfect day in Richmond & Kew

London

Salisbury Cathedral and its record-breaking spire

A perfect day in Salisbury

Wiltshire

The sheltered cove and beach huts at Porthgwidden, St Ives

A perfect day in St Ives

Cornwall

The River Avon and Bancroft Gardens at Stratford

A perfect day in Stratford-upon-Avon

Warwickshire

The pastel harbour houses and boats of Tenby

A perfect day in Tenby

Pembrokeshire

Colourful beach huts along the grassy Tankerton Slopes at Whitstable

A perfect day in Whitstable

Kent

Worthing's Victorian pier reaching out over the sea

A perfect day in Worthing

West Sussex

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