Blogs About Dogs

Nottinghamshire’s pub coverage via CAMRA’s own “Dog Friendly” tag is strong and spread right across the county, from Nottingham city centre to its smallest towns. Cafés and restaurants are much thinner, with one standout exception at a National Trust site. Verified pubs (CAMRA “Dog Friendly” tag, currently open) Nottingham city centre and Mapperley: Glass House,

Nottinghamshire’s dog-friendly accommodation is thinner than you’d expect for a county this size, with most leads needing a direct call to confirm — but a couple of genuinely solid, first-party-confirmed options stand out. Verified on the operator’s own site The Bowman, Hucknall (Greene King Inns) — confirmed via the operator’s own site: 34 en-suite rooms,

Northumberland’s best dog walks run from National Trust coastline and country estates to Kielder’s vast forest, with a long, well-documented coastline that carries its own seasonal rules — and a couple of commonly-repeated claims worth correcting. National Trust and English Heritage sites Lindisfarne Castle, Holy Island: dogs on a short lead throughout, essential near sheep,

Northumberland’s pub coverage via CAMRA’s own “Dog Friendly” tag is genuinely strong and spread right across the county, from Alnwick to Cramlington. Cafés and restaurants are, as usual, much thinner, and two seaside towns came back as genuine gaps for pubs too. Verified pubs (CAMRA “Dog Friendly” tag) Alnwick: Market Tavern, Ale Gate, Plough. Berwick-upon-Tweed:

Northumberland’s dog-friendly accommodation leans heavily on one group with a shared booking template, plus a couple of stronger independent finds inland — and three towns where we found nothing dog-friendly at all, even after a real search. The Inn Collection Group: five venues, one shared policy Five Inn Collection Group venues across the county run

Northamptonshire’s best dog walks run from the county’s one National Trust property to a trio of council-run country parks and two PSPOs that set genuinely different rules either side of the county’s unitary-authority split. Canons Ashby — the county’s only National Trust property Dogs on leads welcome across the whole site — garden and historic

Northamptonshire has exactly one secure dog field we could independently verify, tucked in the far south-west of the county near Brackley — convenient for that corner, but leaving the rest of the county, including Northampton town itself, without a confirmed option. Hinton-in-the-Hedges Secure Dog Walking Field Near Brackley, NN13 5NF — confirmed via the operator’s

Northamptonshire has no dog-walker licensing scheme in either of its two unitary authorities, and on our first pass most market towns returned nothing independently verifiable, though a second look on Google Maps (below) found more. One genuine, long-running business in Northampton itself did clear our bar, alongside a useful (if negative) finding about the county’s

Northamptonshire’s pub coverage is good via CAMRA’s own “Dog Friendly” tags, spread right across the county from Northampton town to its smallest villages. Cafés and restaurants are much thinner, with only one genuinely strong lead in the whole county. Verified pubs (CAMRA “Dog Friendly” tag) Northampton: Gardeners Arms, Britannia, Road to Morocco (bar only), Lamplighter,

Northamptonshire turned out thinner than most counties for dog-friendly accommodation, with several market towns coming back with nothing confirmed at all. What we did verify is solid and spread across the county, from a historic coaching inn to Forestry England camping. Verified on the operator’s own site The Talbot Hotel, New Street, Oundle, PE8 4GF