Blogs About Dogs

Surrey’s dog-friendly eating out is strongest at National Trust sites, where the dog rules are published. We couldn’t confirm individual pubs from CAMRA or their own websites this round, so the pubs below are leads from guides, not verified listings. National Trust cafés The National Trust’s own pages say short-lead dogs are welcome in the

Surrey’s confirmed dog-friendly stays lean towards country house and Guildford-area hotels. We’ve called a place verified only where its own website states a dog policy, and we’ve said plainly where a fee or limit wasn’t clear. Hotels with a stated dog policy Pennyhill Park Hotel & Spa, Bagshot GU19 5EU, has 12 dog-friendly rooms at

Suffolk’s dog walking is dominated by its coast and heaths, and the rules change with the calendar. The big things to know are the summer beach dates, the spring lead rules on the heaths, and the 2026 wildfire at Dunwich Heath, which affected access along the coast. Beaches: seasonal dates and year-round stretches East Suffolk

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