Dog-friendly Crackington and around

A small shingle-and-sand cove wedged between the highest cliffs in Cornwall, with contorted rock beds on either side. It carries the long restriction, 15 May to 30 September between 10am and 6pm, so an early start is the only way to use it in season. The coast path out to High Cliff is exposed, unfenced and very steep with a dog.

A mile and a half of sand and low reef south of Bude, split by a rocky spine at low tide. The restriction is the long one, mid-May to the end of September between 10am and 6pm, which catches out a lot of visitors who assume the Cornish ban is July and August only. The southern end at Black Rock empties out first.

Bude's harbour beach, with the sea pool cut into the rocks at the far end and the canal lock behind. Unusually for Cornwall this is a leads beach rather than a banned one: between 21 May and 30 September, 10am to 6pm, dogs may be on the sand as long as they are on a lead and under close control. Outside that they can run.

The northern of Bude's two town beaches, backed by the old lifeguard buildings and a grassy hill. Dogs are excluded 10am to 6pm from 15 May to 30 September, the longer award-beach window. Northcott Mouth, twenty minutes up the coast path, is not on the council's list.