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Suffolk has a healthy spread of bookable secure dog fields, mostly in the middle of the county around Stowmarket, Woodbridge and Halesworth. We’ve confirmed six on their own booking pages, with a few more that are only partly confirmed. Prices and availability change, so check before you travel. Verified fields High Hounds, Highfields Farm, Battisford,

Suffolk’s confirmed dog-friendly pubs and cafés are strongest on the Heritage Coast and around Bury St Edmunds. Most of what follows comes from CAMRA’s “Dog Friendly” tag, National Trust pages or a venue’s own website, and many of those pages are undated, so a quick phone call is sensible. Coast: Southwold, Walberswick, Orford CAMRA lists

Suffolk is a lovely county to stay in with a dog, and the verified options cluster on the coast: Aldeburgh, Dunwich and Westleton, plus Woodbridge and Elveden Forest. We’ve only called a place confirmed where its own website states a dog policy, and we’ve said so plainly where a fee or limit wasn’t published. Hotels

Staffordshire has no coastline, so there are no seasonal beach bans to plan around. What it does have is Cannock Chase, a slice of the Peak District fringe and a patchwork of council dog rules, several of which are being renewed right now. Council rules: a patchwork, partly mid-renewal Stafford Borough Council has a 2023

Staffordshire is one of the stronger counties we’ve covered for secure dog fields: seven bookable fields with their own booking pages or listings, spread from the Stoke edge to the Lichfield side of the county. Prices and availability change, so confirm on the booking page before you travel. Verified fields Brown Edge Pooch Paddock, Holehouse

Staffordshire’s dog-friendly pubs are spread thinly but genuinely across the county, from the Moorlands to the Trent valley. Most of what follows comes from CAMRA’s “Dog Friendly” tag, a pub’s own website, or local press, and several sources are a few years old, so we’ve flagged where a quick phone call is sensible. Verified or

Staffordshire’s dog-friendly stays are led by Travelodge, whose chain policy we could confirm on its own site, plus one independent hotel in Burton upon Trent. A lot of other names turn up on aggregator listings, so we’ve been careful about which ones we’re calling confirmed and which need a phone call first. Travelodge: the chain

South Yorkshire has no coastline, so none of the seasonal beach bans in our coastal-county guides apply here — but the county’s four councils genuinely don’t agree with each other on dog control, which is the single most useful thing to know before you walk here. Four councils, four different rules Sheffield City Council has

South Yorkshire turns up a genuine near-zero for secure dog fields — just one well-verified field in the whole county, plus two cases where aggregators and local press have quietly placed a field from a neighbouring county into South Yorkshire by mistake. The one verified field Rivelin Valley Dog Park, Sheffield — a secure, fenced

South Yorkshire’s pub coverage is genuinely strong in Sheffield, Doncaster and Barnsley, thinner in Rotherham, and a real zero in several of the smaller towns — plus one standout café find that’s well worth the detour. Verified dog-friendly pubs, by town Sheffield: Wonky Labrador, Beagle Hotel, Admiral Rodney, Dog & Partridge, and S11 Bar &