Blogs About Dogs

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 &

South Yorkshire’s dog-friendly accommodation is led by a genuinely confirmed hotel find plus a cluster of Travelodge branches, with several real market towns turning up little to no hotel stock at all, dog-friendly or otherwise. Verified on the operator’s own site Mosborough Hall Hotel, Mosborough, Sheffield — confirmed via the hotel’s own site: dogs, cats

Unlike several of the landlocked counties we’ve covered recently, Somerset has a genuine coastline — so seasonal beach rules are back in play alongside the usual hills, moors and nature reserves, and the council’s dog control rules are currently mid-reorganisation. Somerset Council’s rules, mid-reorganisation Somerset Council is currently consolidating a patchwork of old district-level dog

Somerset turns up a genuine, growing cluster of secure dog fields, concentrated around Taunton, Bridgwater and Chard — not a near-zero result at all, though a couple of the strongest-sounding names need a direct check before you book. Verified secure fields Five Acres Dog Field, Creech St Michael, near Taunton — 5 acres with Clipex

Somerset gives us a genuine, if concentrated, result this round: two independently verifiable dog walking businesses on our first pass, both with their own websites, clustered around Taunton and Bridgwater — with most of the rest of the county looking empty until a second look on Google Maps (below) turned up nine more. Verified dog

Somerset’s pub coverage via CAMRA’s own “Dog Friendly” tag is solid across most of the county’s towns, though we also caught a surprising number of confirmed closures worth knowing before you plan a trip — and cafés and restaurants, as usual, are much thinner. Verified pubs (CAMRA “Dog Friendly” tag), by town Taunton: Black Horse

Somerset’s dog-friendly accommodation is a genuine mixed picture — a handful of confirmed finds, a longer list worth a direct call before booking, and several market towns where we simply couldn’t confirm anything. Verified dog-friendly stays The Manor Hotel, Yeovil — a Greene King Inns property whose own site states plainly “we’re proud to be

Shropshire has no coastline, so none of the seasonal beach bans in our coastal-county guides apply here — instead, the county’s walking rules centre on two separate council orders, a scattering of National Trust and nature-reserve policies, and a couple of place-name mix-ups worth sorting out before you set off. Two councils, two separate dog