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Dog-friendly days out
Waterfalls, castles, beaches and walks where dogs are allowed, and the parts where they aren't.
Tees Valley
Everything in Tees Valley
Area photoThe area: Out with the dogs by the River Tees by Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0 Piercebridge Roman Bridge
On leadsFrom the official siteThe stone footings of a Roman bridge over the Tees, free to visit, next to the village green and the remains of a Roman fort.
Source: English Heritage: dog-friendly places · checked 26 Oct 2026
Area photoThe area: Yarm Viaduct by Stephen McKay, CC BY-SA 2.0 Ormesby Hall
On leadsFrom the official siteA Georgian mansion with gardens, woodland and parkland on the edge of Middlesbrough, a handy green space for a dog walk.
Source: National Trust: Ormesby Hall with your dog · checked 25 Oct 2026
County Durham
Everything in County Durham
Photo: Sandy Gerrard, 2021, CC BY-SA 2.0 High Force Waterfall
On leadsFrom the official siteThe Tees plunges over the Whin Sill at one of England's best-known waterfalls, reached by a short woodland walk. Entry is paid.
Source: Raby Estates: High Force FAQs · checked 24 Oct 2026
Photo: Malcolm Neal, 2020, CC BY-SA 2.0 Raby Castle grounds
On leadsFrom the official siteWalk the deer park and walled gardens around one of England's great medieval castles, then stop at the Vinery Café with the dog.
Source: Raby Castle FAQs · checked 24 Oct 2026
Area photoThe area: The 1900s Town at Beamish by Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0 Beamish, The Living Museum of the North
On leadsFrom the official siteA huge open-air museum of North East life, with a 1900s town, a pit village, a working colliery yard, steam trains and trams. Dogs can come along for most of the day out.
Source: Beamish: visiting with dogs · checked 24 Oct 2026
Area photoThe area: Low Force, Teesdale by James Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0 Barnard Castle (the castle)
On leadsFrom the official siteThe ruined Norman castle that gave the town its name, high on a cliff above the Tees, with riverside paths below it.
Source: English Heritage: dog-friendly places · checked 26 Oct 2026
The area: Low Force, Teesdale by James Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0 Egglestone Abbey
On leadsFrom the official siteFree-to-visit abbey ruins in a quiet spot above the Tees, an easy riverside walk from Barnard Castle.
Source: English Heritage: dog-friendly places · checked 26 Oct 2026
The area: Low Force, Teesdale by James Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0 Bowes Castle
On leadsFrom the official siteThe roofless Norman keep of a castle built inside a Roman fort, guarding the old road over Stainmore. Free to visit and handy for the A66.
Source: English Heritage: dog-friendly places · checked 26 Oct 2026
The area: The 1900s Town at Beamish by Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0 Derwentcote Steel Furnace
On leadsFrom the official siteThe oldest complete steel-making furnace in Britain, in woodland by the River Derwent, with the Derwent Walk railway path close by.
Source: English Heritage: dog-friendly places · checked 26 Oct 2026
The area: The 1900s Town at Beamish by Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0 Finchale Priory
On leadsFrom the official siteFree-to-visit priory ruins in a loop of the River Wear, a few miles north of Durham city, with riverside walks either way.
Source: English Heritage: dog-friendly places · checked 26 Oct 2026
North Yorkshire
Everything in North Yorkshire
Area photoThe area: River Swale, Richmond by Chris Heaton, CC BY-SA 2.0 Richmond Castle
On leadsFrom the official siteOne of the oldest stone castles in England, with a tall keep above the River Swale and big views over Richmond's market place.
Source: English Heritage: dog-friendly places · checked 26 Oct 2026
The area: River Swale, Richmond by Chris Heaton, CC BY-SA 2.0 Easby Abbey
On leadsFrom the official siteFree abbey ruins by the Swale, reached on a flat riverside walk of about a mile from Richmond.
Source: English Heritage: dog-friendly places · checked 26 Oct 2026
The area: River Swale, Richmond by Chris Heaton, CC BY-SA 2.0 Stanwick Iron Age Fortifications
On leadsFrom the official sitePart of the huge earthworks of a British tribal centre from the time of the Roman conquest, free to visit in quiet farmland.
Source: English Heritage: dog-friendly places · checked 26 Oct 2026
Northumberland
Everything in Northumberland
Area photoThe area: Bamburgh Castle from the beach by Martin Dawes, CC BY-SA 2.0 Dunstanburgh Castle
On leadsFrom the official siteHuge ruined castle on a lonely headland, reached by a flat 1.3-mile walk along the coast from Craster harbour.
Source: English Heritage: dog-friendly places · checked 25 Oct 2026
The area: Bamburgh Castle from the beach by Martin Dawes, CC BY-SA 2.0 Lindisfarne Priory
On leadsFrom the official siteRuins of the early Christian priory on Holy Island, cut off by the tide twice a day. Check the causeway times before you go.
Source: English Heritage: dog-friendly places · checked 25 Oct 2026
The area: Bamburgh Castle from the beach by Martin Dawes, CC BY-SA 2.0 Berwick Barracks
On leadsFrom the official siteSome of the earliest purpose-built barracks in Britain, inside Berwick's Elizabethan town walls, which make a good dog walk too.
Source: English Heritage: dog-friendly places · checked 25 Oct 2026
The area: Bamburgh Castle from the beach by Martin Dawes, CC BY-SA 2.0 Lindisfarne Castle
On leadsFrom the official siteA small castle perched on a rock at the edge of Holy Island, with lime kilns and a walled garden nearby.
Source: National Trust: Lindisfarne Castle with your dog · checked 25 Oct 2026
The area: Bamburgh Castle from the beach by Martin Dawes, CC BY-SA 2.0 Embleton Bay & Newton Links
On leadsFrom the official siteNational Trust beaches and dunes between Embleton and Beadnell, with views of Dunstanburgh Castle and the Ship Inn at Low Newton for afterwards.
Source: National Trust: Embleton Bay & Newton Links with your dog · checked 25 Oct 2026
Area photoThe area: The River Coquet and Warkworth Castle by Humphrey Bolton, CC BY-SA 2.0 Warkworth Castle & Hermitage
On leadsFrom the official siteA big medieval castle above a loop of the River Coquet, with a riverside walk to a hermitage cut into the rock.
Source: English Heritage: dog-friendly places · checked 25 Oct 2026
The area: The River Coquet and Warkworth Castle by Humphrey Bolton, CC BY-SA 2.0 Edlingham Castle
On leadsFrom the official siteA free-to-visit ruined tower house in a quiet valley south-west of Alnwick, below a Victorian railway viaduct.
Source: English Heritage: dog-friendly places · checked 25 Oct 2026
Area photoThe area: Hadrian's Wall towards Housesteads Crags by Russel Wills, CC BY-SA 2.0 Aydon Castle
On leadsFrom the official siteOne of England's best-preserved medieval manor houses, set above a wooded ravine just north of Corbridge.
Source: English Heritage: dog-friendly places · checked 25 Oct 2026
The area: Hadrian's Wall towards Housesteads Crags by Russel Wills, CC BY-SA 2.0 Prudhoe Castle
On leadsFrom the official siteA Norman castle on a wooded hill above the Tyne, with a gatehouse, a keep and a Georgian manor house inside the walls.
Source: English Heritage: dog-friendly places · checked 25 Oct 2026
The area: Hadrian's Wall towards Housesteads Crags by Russel Wills, CC BY-SA 2.0 Chesters Roman Fort
On leadsFrom the official siteThe remains of a cavalry fort on Hadrian's Wall beside the North Tyne, including the best-preserved Roman bath house in Britain.
Source: English Heritage: dog-friendly places · checked 25 Oct 2026
The area: Hadrian's Wall towards Housesteads Crags by Russel Wills, CC BY-SA 2.0 Housesteads Roman Fort
On leadsFrom the official siteThe most complete Roman fort in Britain, high on the Whin Sill, with the classic walk along Hadrian's Wall in both directions.
Source: National Trust: Housesteads Roman Fort with your dog · checked 25 Oct 2026
The area: Hadrian's Wall towards Housesteads Crags by Russel Wills, CC BY-SA 2.0 Corbridge Roman Town
On leadsFrom the official siteThe streets and granaries of a Roman supply town just west of Corbridge village, a short walk from its pubs.
Source: English Heritage: dog-friendly places · checked 25 Oct 2026
The area: Hadrian's Wall towards Housesteads Crags by Russel Wills, CC BY-SA 2.0 Allen Banks & Staward Gorge
On leadsFrom the official siteThe largest area of ancient woodland in Northumberland, with riverside and gorge paths along the River Allen.
Source: National Trust: Allen Banks & Staward Gorge with your dog · checked 25 Oct 2026
Area photoThe area: The Simonside Hills, Coquetdale by Carroll Pierce, CC BY-SA 2.0 Cragside
On leadsFrom the official siteThe Victorian home of inventor Lord Armstrong, the first house lit by hydroelectricity, set in a huge rocky estate of lakes and woodland.
Source: National Trust: Cragside with your dog · checked 25 Oct 2026
The area: The Simonside Hills, Coquetdale by Carroll Pierce, CC BY-SA 2.0 Wallington
On leadsFrom the official siteA country house estate with a hidden walled garden, woodland and riverside walks in the middle of Northumberland.
Source: National Trust: Wallington with your dog · checked 25 Oct 2026
The area: The Simonside Hills, Coquetdale by Carroll Pierce, CC BY-SA 2.0 Brinkburn Priory
On leadsFrom the official siteA restored medieval priory church in a wooded bend of the River Coquet, reached by a short walk from the car park.
Source: English Heritage: dog-friendly places · checked 25 Oct 2026
The area: The Simonside Hills, Coquetdale by Carroll Pierce, CC BY-SA 2.0 Black Middens Bastle House
On leadsFrom the official siteA free, remote 16th-century fortified farmhouse from the border-reiver days, with a waymarked walk to other bastles nearby.
Source: English Heritage: dog-friendly places · checked 25 Oct 2026
Area photoThe area: Towards the Cheviots by Tim Heaton, CC BY-SA 2.0 Norham Castle
On leadsFrom the official siteA great border fortress above the River Tweed, painted many times by Turner, with free entry to the grounds.
Source: English Heritage: dog-friendly places · checked 25 Oct 2026
The area: Towards the Cheviots by Tim Heaton, CC BY-SA 2.0 Etal Castle
On leadsFrom the official siteA small border castle at the end of Etal's thatched village street, close to the Heatherslaw Light Railway and Flodden battlefield.
Source: English Heritage: dog-friendly places · checked 25 Oct 2026