Blogs About Dogs

Tyne and Wear has plenty of places that will happily seat you and your dog, from Ouseburn pubs to seafront cafés. Most of what follows comes from the NewcastleGateshead tourism board, Nexus, local press and National Trust pages rather than CAMRA tags, and some sources are a couple of years old, so we’ve flagged where

Tyne and Wear has a good spread of hotels that take dogs, from the coast to the city centre, but fees and rules are often unpublished. We’ve called a place confirmed only where its own page, or its chain’s official page, says so, and flagged where details conflict. Coastal inns with a stated fee The

Torfaen’s dog rules are set by one borough-wide council order, and it’s worth knowing before you head out, because it names specific sites where dogs must be on a lead or are excluded. We could confirm the order itself but found less official detail on the hills and reservoirs, and we say so below. The

Torfaen has one secure dog field we could confirm from the operator’s own site, in Cwmbran, plus a border-case paddock and a nearby field just over the county line. Our search was thin here, so this is a starting point rather than a full list. Prices change, so confirm before you travel. Verified: The Cwtch

The big thing to know about walking a dog in Swansea is the summer beach ban. From 1 May to 30 September dogs are banned from several of the city’s best-known beaches, while many Gower beaches stay open all year. Beach rules: 1 May to 30 September Swansea Council’s dogs-on-beaches page says dogs are banned

Swansea’s confirmed dog-friendly pubs are on Gower and in Mumbles. Our firmest source is CAMRA’s WhatPub listings, with a second group of cafés from a Gower visitor guide that we haven’t been able to confirm with the venues themselves. Pubs on CAMRA’s Dog Friendly list The Ship Inn at Port Eynon (SA3 1NN) allows dogs

Swansea and Gower are a brilliant base for a dog, but the stays we could confirm from operators’ own pages are fewer than you’d expect. Most hotels don’t publish a fee or a dog limit, so treat the phone call as part of booking. Confirmed on the operator’s own page Travelodge Swansea M4 (Penllergaer, SA4

Our first pass didn’t name individual Surrey dog walkers, because we couldn’t open walkers’ own websites or check review counts to our usual standard. A second look on Google Maps (below) now names nine with review counts. What we could find is more useful for choosing one: the schemes, permits and dog limits that apply

Surrey’s walking is mostly hills, heath and common land, and the rules that matter most are about nesting birds and grazing animals. Council dog orders vary borough by borough, and several are being renewed, so we’ve said where we couldn’t confirm the detail. Heaths and commons: the spring rule Surrey County Council’s countryside guidance for

Surrey has four secure dog fields we could confirm from the operators’ own pages, in Chertsey, Horley, Redhill and Send. A longer list appears on directories, but we couldn’t verify those individually. Prices and availability change, so check before you travel. Verified fields Mugford’s Meadow, Ruxbury Farm, St Ann’s Hill Road, Chertsey KT16 9NL, run