Blogs About Dogs

Sheffield is built on hills, and the Peak District starts almost at the city’s edge. That makes South Yorkshire unusual for a county with so much industrial history: you can be among woodland or on moorland edge within a short drive of the centre, which suits dogs who like a bit of variety. One quirk

Pendle Hill sits over the Lancashire landscape like a lid, and the Forest of Bowland rolls away to the north. It’s a county of fells, farmland and a long, flat coastline, and none of those suit a dog in quite the same way, so it pays to know what you’re heading into. Lancashire is reasonably

Wild boar live in the Forest of Dean, which is not something you expect to be thinking about on a dog walk in England. Gloucestershire stretches from that forest across the Severn to the Cotswold hills, so a walk can mean anything from woodland trails to wide sheep country, and your dog will have opinions

Box Hill has a set of stepping stones across the River Mole, and on a sunny weekend every Surrey spaniel seems to know exactly where they are. The county is more wooded and hilly than most people expect, with the Surrey Hills, heathland and commons all within reach of the commuter towns, so even a

Kent is the county that most of Europe-bound Britain drives through, so it’s easy to forget it’s also a place worth stopping. Chalk cliffs at the coast, orchards and hop country inland, and the North Downs rolling across the middle all make good dog-walking. The Garden of England is also the starting point for many

Devon has two coastlines, a moor in the middle and a summer population that swells every July. For dog owners that means everything from Dartmoor tors to north-coast surf beaches within a morning’s drive, and a fair few rules to learn along the way. We’ve gathered every AboutDogs guide for Devon here so you can

Birmingham is often said to have more miles of canal than Venice, which makes the West Midlands a good deal more dog-walkable than its reputation suggests. Towpaths run through Birmingham, Wolverhampton and beyond, and Sutton Park gives the area a big, wild green space right on the city’s doorstep. This page covers the West Midlands

From the old hornbeams of Epping Forest to Southend’s pier, said to be the longest pleasure pier in the world, Essex packs a lot into one county. That means woodland walks in the south-west, long coastline and estuary paths to the east, and plenty of town and village in between. Which dog help is closest

Ponies wander across the road in the New Forest as though they own it, and in a way they do. Hampshire is that sort of county: ancient forest and open heath in the west, the South Downs in the east, and the busy port cities of Southampton and Portsmouth along the coast. Between those very

Cardiff is a compact capital, and Bute Park proves it: you can step out of the city centre beside the castle walls and be on a riverside path along the Taff within minutes. The Taff Trail carries on from there, which makes it an easy place for a long dog walk without leaving town. Our